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Legislative fight over changes to key US fishing law just getting started

'If enacted, this law will undermine regional approaches, bolster litigation, decrease domestic seafood availability and affordability, and send jobs overseas, making us dependent on foreign seafood' -- ranking member Bruce Westerman

By Jason Huffman | Sept. 22, 2022 16:24 BST
US House of Representatives' Natural Resources Committee holds hearing on Sept. 21, 2022 to discuss MSA reauthorization. Image is still from video.
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Following a marathon roughly six-hour hearing to markup a Magnuson Stevens Act (MSA) reauthorization bill on Wednesday (Sept. 21) by the US House of Representatives' Natural Resources Committee, the panel has scheduled a continuation of the event for next Thursday (Sept. 29), likewise postponing its vote. [...]

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