I recently, just this week, met with some trawlers from Oregon, Washington, and we were discussing the need that Mr. Grader mentioned to move beyond observers, get to electronic monitoring, and I am frustrated that we are not moving more quickly with that.
DeFazio expresses frustration over slow progress in implementing electronic monitoring for fisheries.
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