American fishermen and especially Massachusetts fishermen have had enough of IUU fishing.
We strongly encourage this committee and the entire Senate to approve the Agreement as soon as possible.
Thank the members of the committee for their support in passing the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014.
We need to level the playing field in order to make sure that we have an equal footing in the marketplace.
You would save the species, because undocumented fish... management has to make decisions.
I strongly urge the U.S. Senate to demonstrate leadership and immediately ratify and implement the Port State Measures Agreement.
The committee will reconvene and the Chair will recognize himself for a round of questions.
Thank you.
It is going to go a long way toward our ability to be able to move this treaty through the committee and out onto the Senate floor.
The choice is clear. We can support U.S. fishermen and coastal communities or we can continue to allow pirates and international criminals t...
If we can eliminate the high piracy at sea our fishermen will benefit in price on the Japanese market.