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Mark Begich: “Doesn't it make sense that as we re-draft and tweak the Magnuson-Stevens Act and Reauthorization Act, we--if fisheries…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2013
Doesn't it make sense that as we re-draft and tweak the Magnuson-Stevens Act and Reauthorization Act, we--if fisheries meet the sustainability level by our standards and they rebuild stocks and they're sustainable--we'd classify them--isn't that the ultimate test of sustainability rather than these third-party NGOs.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Begich questions reliance on third-party certifications over federal sustainability standards.

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