Most shocking, significant taxpayer dollars have been directed toward research on the Steller sea lion. The National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS, still cannot answer basic questions, and is making decisions that impact the economies of an entire region and countless individual families with grossly limited data.
Don Young criticized NMFS for ineffective research impacting regional economies.
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Congress authorized the leasing and development program within the 1002 Area of ANWR not on a whim, but after decades of robust debate.
The facts and data do not support this. In the North Pacific, bycatch has been on the agenda at nearly every meeting since I began working in the Council process in 2015.
I come before you today to plead on behalf of all Alaskans for relief from the inimical policies imposed by the current Administration.
Mr. Young's bill continues that management style while providing for more flexibility and transparency in the law.
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