Rob Bishop: “I think it would probably be helpful for the counties if there was a specific date on which they could depend.”

Thank you. I appreciate it, sir.

I think many of those local fisheries on the coast would have some quibbling with your jurisdictional approach.

I appreciate this opportunity. This bill has got one thing that I think is going for it very heavily in that it authorizes the opportunity of having the Federal Government being forced to actually deal with the local community on…

The current system protects biodiversity over 100 percent of the Economic Zone of the United States through the councils.