In a press release the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it was deeply saddened by the death of former Sen. Ted Stevens.
Those of us in the fishing world are familiar with Stevens for his role in establishing the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Act in 1976, along with Sen. Warren Magnuson.
This legislation, enacted in 1976 and reauthorized most recently in 2006, extended our nation's boundaries on the seas to the 200-mile limit and created regional councils to empower area-specific fishery management the news release said.
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