There should be places that are off limits to commercial fishing, just as there are places that are off limits to hunting, drilling, mining, driving, smoking, nude sunbathing and other activities that may have negative consequences for society if allowed to occur anywhere.
Bishop advocates for restrictions on commercial fishing to protect certain areas.
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I think many of those local fisheries on the coast would have some quibbling with your jurisdictional approach.
There really is no reason to add to this hearing--unless it is to give Members another 5 minutes to campaign, or speak on the bills. It is kind of a waste of time.
Just as locking up large sums of lands has been a terrible and expensive idea, locking up 30 percent of our oceans does not translate to good stewardship.
Yesterday, I called Lisa Pittman, who is the counsel for our committee, to make sure we had somebody covering us for floor time. She chastised me then, saying that under my condition, I need to ask about calling a doctor first, not calling…
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