John Fleming actually said...

What is really most troubling here is that these areas already have a great deal of protections under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Fleming highlights existing protections under the Magnuson-Stevens Act against new marine monument designations.

09/28/2015

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Now, first of all I will ask. This is a two part question, and I would love to hear from anybody on the panel on this.

It doesn't appear that there is very good access. That is the whole problem.

So the question is why can't we divert these kind of funds towards a restoration and access rather than running out there and stuffing money...

If we put that back into congressional approval we could make it statutory where access would be required.