US president Donald Trump, on Friday, vetoed S. 906, the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act, a bill that would've gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets in federal waters off the coast of California. He said in a statement that the legislation would further increase reliance on imported seafood and "not achieve its purported conservation benefits". [...]
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