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Trump took shot at fishery management councils in signing of Modern Fish Act

The president’s brief comments in a statement released after his signing of the Modern Fish Act are raising a few eyebrows 

By Jason Huffman | Jan. 7, 2019 17:51 GMT
President Donald Trump signing the Modern Fish Act on New Year's Eve.
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Despite earlier resistance from commercial fishing and ocean conservation groups, little uproar was registered after US president Donald Trump signed the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018 (S. 1520), also known as “the Modern Fish Act”, last week. The parts of the bill most objected to were removed. [...]

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