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Olympia Snowe: “I reasoned that if strong controls on ending overfishing were front-loaded into rebuilding plans, and overfishing was…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2011
I reasoned that if strong controls on ending overfishing were front-loaded into rebuilding plans, and overfishing was avoided, that greater flexibility in the recovery process would follow.
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Olympia Snowe
Republican · Maine

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Explaining her rationale for flexibility in fish stock recovery timelines.

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