US lawmaker proposes fishing legislation focused on climate change

The legislation addresses climate change and shifting stocks, improving climate science, using new technologies and modernizing fisheries data systems.

Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Chair of the Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee, and subcommittee member Ed Case (D-Honolulu) introduced the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act, legislation to update and reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA). — Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Chair of the Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee, and subcommittee member Ed Case (D-Honolulu) introduced the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act, legislation to update and reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA).Foto: Jared Huffman

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Published 26 July 2021, 19:56Updated 26 July 2021, 20:00

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