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• Latest Action: Dec 01, 2011 Committee Hearings Held.

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• Committee Assignment: House Natural Resources

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• USA. Legislation introduced to stop unwarranted fisheries closures ... - July 18, 2012 by puoobsqvje - H.R. 2304 provides a timely path for NOAA Fisheries to manage all of Americas marine fish stocks based on sound scientific data. View the Fishery Science Improvement Act Fact Sheet. The Situation As amended in 2006, the ...

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  As noted by puoobsqvje on July 18, 2012, "H.R. 2304 provides a timely path for NOAA Fisheries to manage all of Americas marine fish stocks based on sound scientific data. View the Fishery Science Improvement Act Fact Sheet. The Situation As amended in 2006, the ..." (/url?q=http://cubfcazyv.exblog.jp/16407529/&sa=U&ei=8N4OUMqgNqGW2AWL-YGYCg&ved=0CDsQmAEwBw&usg=AFQjCNH7CGjVcIdeHiITxnyWXrgGeRwBZg)
• USA. Legislation introduced to stop unwarranted fisheries closures ... - July 18, 2012 by puoobsqvje - H.R. 2304 provides a timely path for NOAA Fisheries to manage all of Americas marine fish stocks based on sound scientific data. View the Fishery Science Improvement Act Fact Sheet. The Situation As amended in 2006, the ...

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  As noted by puoobsqvje on July 18, 2012, "H.R. 2304 provides a timely path for NOAA Fisheries to manage all of Americas marine fish stocks based on sound scientific data. View the Fishery Science Improvement Act Fact Sheet. The Situation As amended in 2006, the ..." (/url?q=http://cubfcazyv.exblog.jp/16407529/&sa=U&ei=5i4MUNbRHqTe2QWW9SE&ved=0CDsQmAEwBw&usg=AFQjCNElQsFmQ-ruvIzaNANcHQGVxFbDfw)
• USA. Legislation introduced to stop unwarranted Fisheries Closures ... - July 17, 2012 by yafeqyyg - H.R. 2304 provides a timely path for NOAA Fisheries to manage all of Americas marine fish stocks based on sound scientific data. View the Fishery Science Improvement Act Fact Sheet. The Situation As amended in 2006, the ...

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  As noted by yafeqyyg on July 17, 2012, "H.R. 2304 provides a timely path for NOAA Fisheries to manage all of Americas marine fish stocks based on sound scientific data. View the Fishery Science Improvement Act Fact Sheet. The Situation As amended in 2006, the ..." (/url?q=http://oawygdyxu.exblog.jp/16397994/&sa=U&ei=CdcVUODPIY-C8ASo1YCgDQ&ved=0CCQQmAEwAg&usg=AFQjCNFs4PF1ohPXUdC1an9celNb9EhDAw)

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• America's World-Best Fishing Model Must Not Be Destroyed - January 13, 2012 by Natural Resources Defenses Council - ...as I wrote previously, a bill introduced last year, misleadingly named the “Fisheries Science Improvement Act of 2011” (H.R.2304), would gut these new provisions and turn back the clock on improving science-based fisheries management (see NRDC’s F

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  As noted by Natural Resources Defenses Council on January 13, 2012, "...as I wrote previously, a bill introduced last year, misleadingly named the “Fisheries Science Improvement Act of 2011” (H.R.2304), would gut these new provisions and turn back the clock on improving science-based fisheries management (see NRDC’s F" (http://rss.nrdcfeeds.org/~r/switchboard_all/~3/fLLO3TjaY48/americas_world-best_fishing_mo.html)
• Congress' fishing bill riles critics - December 16, 2011 by New York Post - According to the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA), the two-page HR2304 is structured primarily to delay deadlines for annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures in those fisheries in which a peer-reviewed stock survey and stock assessment has

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  As noted by New York Post on December 16, 2011, "According to the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA), the two-page HR2304 is structured primarily to delay deadlines for annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures in those fisheries in which a peer-reviewed stock survey and stock assessment has" (http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/congress_fishing_bill_riles_critics_MIEsmufZWXLYgrOk0vrWsJ)
• Science should set limits on fish, Nelson, Rubio say - December 04, 2011 by Florida Today - A similar bill introduced in the House (H.R. 2304) by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) has the bi-partisan support of 34 co-authors. “The Nelson-Rubio bill strengthens the ties between science and the rational management of our resources,” said Jeff ...

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  As noted by Florida Today on December 04, 2011, "A similar bill introduced in the House (H.R. 2304) by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) has the bi-partisan support of 34 co-authors. “The Nelson-Rubio bill strengthens the ties between science and the rational management of our resources,” said Jeff ..." (http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20111204/COLUMNISTS0308/312040020/Science-should-set-limits-fish-Nelson-Rubio-say)