the whole purpose of the Act is to protect our fisheries and have a conservation ethic to be the major goal.

[t]he waste in that area was as great as the total catch of all the major fisheries off our shores. These 60 factory trawlers threw overboard--dead and unused--about one out of every four fish they caught.

[I]n 1995, 60 factory trawlers discarded nearly as much fish in the Bering Sea as was kept in the New England lobster fishery, the Atlantic mackerel fishery, the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery, the Pacific sablefish fishery, and the North…

If President Obama does not think the EAC can do its job, why is he making new nominations to it?

It is now crystal clear an amendment to the Constitution is necessary to allow meaningful campaign finance rules.

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Senator Stevens authored the Alaska Native Education Equity, Support and Assistance Act in response to these disparities.