Austin Scott actually said...

"if you are an end-user and you qualify for the clearing exemption, you would also qualify for the margin exemption"

"NOAA has chosen to actively pursue a path of severe and unwarranted closures while failing to address the severe deficiencies in its science and data collection."

"If NOAA continues to implement severe policies based on flawed incomplete, poorly implemented science, an adversarial relationship will continue to grow between fisheries and NOAA."

"The quality and quantity of science and data used by NOAA/NMFS is fatally flawed."