Jared Huffman actually said...

We have to take action to reduce the risk from vessel strikes if we are to prevent what now is up to 30 mortalities per year from vessel str...

We are strongly in favor of these improvements from the previous rule and ask that you support these common sense changes that are the best ...

But today we are hearing fierce opposition to a regulation that NMFS is trying to develop in a sensible, science-based way.

The science is telling us that vessel strikes, if we don't do something about them, are going to cause this whale to go functionally extinct...