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Barney Frank: No, excuse me. That is what the amendment says. The amendment says you can't have what they call catch shares. If it…

On the recordMay 8, 2012
No, excuse me. That is what the amendment says. The amendment says you can't have what they call catch shares. If it passes, you will go back to the underlying Magnuson-Stevens Act, which did come out of committee. Do you know who amended the bill? Not here in the appropriations process, NMFS. If there are no catch shares, that means you can't do this without a vote of the fishermen. You will go back to the underlying statute, Magnuson-Stevens, which will say that if the people in the fishery want to vote for it, they can; otherwise, it doesn't happen. I thank my friend for yielding.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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May 8, 2012

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