September 21, 2022 — The National Fisheries Institute (NFI), National Restaurant Association (NRA), National Retail Federation (NRF), National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR), and over 150 fishing companies have come out in opposition to an effort to renew the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA).
The Maine Lobster Dealers’ Association, At-Sea Processors Association, and other industry groups penned a a letter to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Raul M. Grijalva (D-Arizona) opposing H.R. 4690. According to the letter, the current effort would “throw the U.S. fishing and seafood sector into chaos.”