Reauthorization of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session on H.R. 2061 ... May 2, 1989--Washington, D.C.; May 8, 1989--Boston, Massachusetts, Part 2 |
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Aleuts allocation amendment American anadromous Bering Sea boats bottomfish bycatch catch Chairman Coast Guard commercial Committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Conservation and Management crab Director domestic Don Young driftnet economic enforcement Exclusive Economic Zone factory trawlers FCMA Federal fishermen Fishery Management Council fishery resources fishing industry FSAA funding Fur Seal Gerry Studds Greenpeace groundfish Gulf of Alaska habitat halibut Harbor harvest hearing high seas driftnet impact issue LIBRARY OF CONGRESS limited entry longline Magnuson Act Magnuson Fishery Conservation Management Act Marine Fisheries Service MFCMA million National Marine Fisheries native Hawaiian NMFS North Pacific Council North Pacific Fishery NPFMC observer program ocean operations Oregon Pacific Fishery Management percent pollock Pribilof Islands problem processing processors proposed quota reauthorization regional councils represent salmon seafood Seattle Senate shore-based species stocks STUDDS testimony Thank trawl U.S. REPRESENTATIVE UNSOELD Washington waters zone
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Page 46 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 409 - Conservation and management measures shall not discriminate between residents of different states. If it becomes necessary to allocate or assign fishing privileges among various United States fishermen, such allocation shall be: (a) fair and equitable to all such fishermen; (b) reasonably calculated to promote conservation; and (c) carried out in such a manner that no particular individual, corporation or other entity acquires an excessive share of such privileges.
Page 169 - ... and administration of such plans, and (B) which take into account the social and economic needs of the States; and (6) to encourage the development of fisheries which are currently underutilized or not utilized by United States fishermen, including bottom fish off Alaska.
Page 265 - ... shall include the names (including pertinent biographical data) of not less than three such individuals for each applicable vacancy, and (ii) the term "qualified individual" means an individual who is Knowledgeable or experienced with regard to the management, conservation, or recreational or commercial harvest, of the fishery resources of the geographical area concerned...
Page 133 - ... which was referred to the Committee on Merchant Marines and Fisheries A BILL To authorize appropriations to carry out the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act through fiscal year 1992. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That section 406 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 4 Management Act (16 USC 1882) is amended— 5 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and all that follows 6 through paragraph (14);...
Page 409 - Conservation and management measures shall, where practicable, promote efficiency in the utilization of fishery resources; except that no such measure shall have economic allocation as its sole purpose...
Page 156 - Trawl gear damage to king crab during the soft shell molting season is also recognized to be severe. It is extremely disturbing that federal managers are ignoring these impacts. The effect of trawling on the benthic environment is also believed to be quite significant. Crab in the first instar stage find refuge from predators by crawling into the subsurface layer of the seabed.
Page 457 - Reputation in a community, arising before the controversy, as to boundaries of or customs affecting lands in the community, and reputation as to events of general history important to the community or state or nation in which located.
Page 327 - ... importantly, it would set a high standard and would provide the flexibility to fishery managers and the councils to develop programs which take into account the differences among various fisheries. 2. Support the regional council process. In promulgating a comprehensive national fishery policy in...