Under the provisions of GATT the holder of resource assets may have rights which supercede those of the state or Federal governments.
This entire process is about harvester reduction.
Please look past the attempt to cloak this greed under a respectable name like 'Rationalization'.
I do not support Processor quota in any form.
This is a question of national policy that reaches far beyond the domain of the Council.
Make no mistake we are governed by a Plutocracy.
I believe that that this legalized bribery system of ours is the root of corruption in this country.
The domestic issues of socioeconomic violence and antitrust law violations are bad enough; the international implications are truly frighten...
I would like the committee to consider the following points:
The decision that you, as our elected representatives, make will reach far beyond price negotiations for seafood.
In short, the processor share provisions of the Rationalization Plan may destroy the Magnuson Steven Act, and all American fisheries.
There is no reason to guarantee the four remaining companies a free ride for the rest of their corporate existence.
I think that we may be in bad trouble.
The U.S. may be in danger of giving away control of its fisheries and oceans simply by adapting the processor shares provisions of the Crab ...
It seems that all common sense has been thrown out the window on this issue of PQS.
I believe that there are grave dangers to the United States inherent in the Crab Rationalization Plan being considered by the North Pacific ...
I would just urge us, using our oversight rule, to make sure that we don't allow the bureaucracy... to take apart the most successful progra...
There needs to be that title, and it needs to be kept in place, because politically that sends a signal to the 1.2 million men and women acr...
