SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] — June 2, 2014 — An amendment that may have threatened to hamper the passage of the House version of the Magnuson Stevens Reauthorization (H.R. 1335) was withdrawn by by Rep. Garrett Graves of Lousiana.
The amendment would have given management authority over red snapper out to 200 miles to the Gulf states.
Members of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance praised the defeat, as it would have jeapordized a continuing commercial supply of American caught red snapper.
“The defeat by withdrawal of the Graves amendment is a win for the millions of Americans who access Gulf red snapper through their favorite restaurants and seafood markets. This idea has been solidly defeated twice now so hopefully others will be discouraged from threatening the success of this sustainable fishery,” said Buddy Guindon, a commercial fisherman from Galveston, Texas.
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