When originally championed by Senator Olympia Snowe in the 1990s as part of the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA), National Standard 8 was intended to provide the crucial, missing ba...
I want to express my very profound appreciation to Senators Snowe and Kerry and other members of the Committee and Congress, and especially ...
The socioeconomic effect of fishery management decisions is a key issue, Administrator Schwaab, that as you know I have constantly addressed...
As you know, I was NOAA's Assistant Administrator for Fisheries when the Magnuson-Stevens Act was reauthorized in 2007.
I championed National Standard 8; to ensure that we do examine the economic impact of these regulations on the community and the fishing ind...
Just a couple of questions.
That's devastating. And that resulted in 130 jobs lost, and an American industry shattered.
fishermen want sector management to continue, because it's an improvement compared to the fluctuations.
Second, you also agree, from what you have said, that there have been some positive preliminary results under the sector-based approach, suc...
Extending the legacy as well of Senator Stevens, as Senator Kerry indicated, was the chair of this subcommittee for many years.
the sector-based approach is working.