11/30/2022
ACTION NEEDED BY 5PM EST, TODAY 11/29
NOAA Fisheries is considering action to implement President Biden’s decision to ban commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument by permanently changing regulations and fishery management plans.
Tap the link below to read the Saving Seafood Coalition’s letter on the matter and if you’d like to sign on, click the button at the bottom.
https://us3.list-manage.com/survey?u=c7a0a42d1e1fd1260ae20f598&id=9de81e72db&e=ccc008b6b0
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“We do not support the use of Presidential Proclamation to override the Congressionally established fisheries management process.
Fisheries management is a highly scientific, technical, and participatory process that is held to stringent legislative standards.
Council actions can take years of science, analysis, and public process to develop and implement, to ensure accordance with Magnuson Act standards.
To override this deliberative and legislatively established process by Presidential Proclamations which are devoid of science, devoid of analysis, and devoid of public process is poor management of our nation’s resources. It is also devastating to the nation’s fishermen and fishing communities that rely on them.“