I want to acknowledge and express appreciation for the work of Congressman Young, who was not only instrumental in framing what I view as one of the most successful conservation statutes ever written, the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Acknowledgment of Congressman Young's role in the Magnuson-Stevens Act's success.
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