• On June 4 in Washington, D.C., the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a hearing on "Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness." More details here.
• The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet June 5-10 in Newport, Oregon. The council, based in Anchorage, manages fisheries off Alaska and includes voting members from Alaska, Washington and Oregon.
Two Alaskans are scheduled as witnesses in the congressional hearing. Here is their written testimony.
ReplyDeleteLarson Hunter, board chairman, Coastal Villages Region Fund
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/II/II13/20250604/118330/HHRG-119-II13-Wstate-HunterL-20250604.pdf
Jamie O'Connor, Bristol Bay fisherman and deputy executive director, Alaska Marine Conservation Council
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/II/II13/20250604/118330/HHRG-119-II13-Wstate-OConnorJ-20250604.pdf
The seafood industry couldn't come up with anyone better? AMCC has been trying to shut everything down but jig fishing and setnetting. Should have just had Greenpeace up there.
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