Quotes about fishery (16 Quotes)


    We have 10 million for the Bering Sea crab disasters, 10 million for a Northeast fishery, seven for a Hawaii fishery and five for an Alaska sea life center, ... We've covered a good part of those senior members of the Appropriations Committee that have a coastline.








    The market softens now because they anticipate those guys going fishing and they anticipate cheaper crabs on the market really soon. It takes about two weeks to mop up the majority of that fishery up there, so hopefully when that starts tapering off we can afford to go fishing again.

    It's time for NMFS to step in and do their job, ... NMFS needs to make a determination that the fishery is managed first to protect the environment and marine mammals, and not primarily for the economic benefit of the fishing industry.


    This raises huge questions about the authorities of States and Tribes to access the best scientific data and manage a regional resource. Congress was clear 26 years ago when it passed the Northwest Power Act laying out the roles and responsibilities of tribes and federal and state fishery agencies. If this stands, it says that any member of Congress, behind closed doors, can undo a decades-long effort with words hidden in a legislative report.

    I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that.

    Today, fishery managers are continuing to ignore the law and allow unsustainable fishing for too many of our economically and ecologically important fish. It's time to listen to the science and put long-term sustainability ahead of short-term profits.


    The determination came in response to a virtual fishery shutdown in the affected states due to major flooding, damage to fishing boats and fishing ports, waterways clogged with debris and closed processing facilities. We are taking action now because of the significant economic effects of Hurricane Katrina on fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico, ... Major commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico include fin fish, shrimp and oysters, with an estimated value of almost 700 million per year.

    It is very clear that regional fishery management organizations have failed to properly conserve shark populations. This is a great disappointment for shark conservation.



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