Rob Bishop: “If this new monument is created, Commissioner Pollock, it will be right outside the town of Escalante.”

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.

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

Both states and the Federal Government should play key roles in managing fisheries.