Call to Action
Nov 13, 2018
3 minutes
BY JOHN BROWNLEE
This past December, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources approved H.R. 200, a bill of vital importance to recreational anglers. This bill amends the 1976 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to relieve restrictions on fishery managers and provide some stability for fishermen in terms of annual seasons and/or bag limits.
Congressman Garret Graves had introduced H.R. 2023, the Modern Fish Act, earlier in the year to address challenges recreational fishermen have always faced in the federal fisheries management system. He was joined by
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