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

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

The Majority is pushing a so-called 30x30 idea, locking up 30 percent of our oceans by 2030, all under the guise of protecting biodiversity while tackling climate change.

State management gives you a greater opportunity of having success than if you have a Federal Government management system