Scott Browns Fish Act

[Raven]

he'll be proposing it soon

from his news letter concerning Mass Jobs

Fishing communities throughout Massachusetts - one of the oldest industries in the state - are facing economic hardship because NOAA and the Commerce Department refuse to acknowledge that their regulations are strangling the fishing industry. My FISH Act would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery impact statements to be independent and updated on an annual basis. The Commerce Department must be forced to comply with an independent analysis, which will be done by an outside neutral third party who would be chosen by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). If an independent auditor finds that NOAA regulations are hurting fishing communities, NOAA should be forced to make changes.