Rob Bishop: “These closures around remote, uninhabited U.S. islands in the Pacific include traditional and productive U.S. fishing…”

Thank you. I appreciate it, sir.

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

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.

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