The so-called "Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act"

Don't be fooled by the public relations spin.

H.R. 1335, the so-called Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, is bad for fish and bad for fisherman.

How bad is it?

“If the President were presented with H.R. 1335, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill."

The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 1335, which would amend the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), because it would impose arbitrary and unnecessary requirements that would harm the environment and the economy. The MSA currently provides the flexibility needed to effectively manage the Nation's marine commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries. In contrast, H.R. 1335 would undermine science-based actions to end and prevent overfishing.

As always, Charles Witek delivers the straight scoop.

When a bill’s primary sponsor has to reassure his constituents that his bill won’t hurt them, regardless of how it might impact anyone else, and that their fisheries managers “will continue to use sound scientific data in their management decisions” even if, because of his bill, others stop doing so, it’s a pretty good indication that the guy promoting the bill understands that it has some really big problems.

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