A galaxy of non-government organizations with the deep-pocketed Pew Charitable Trusts at its core is urging Congress to stay away from the coastal coalition assembling behind a bill to bring some flexibility to fishery recovery programs.
Nearly four dozen environmental groups from states as far flung as Hawaii warned that the bill filed by Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., D-N. J., and co-sponsored by seven others, including Congressmen Barney Frank and John Tierney, both D-Mass., from along the Atlantic coast, is "misguided" and would allow the "overexploitation" of the most valuable fish populations.
A majority of the petitioners are recipients of grants that emanate from the Pew Charitable Trusts, a multibillion dollar philanthropy organized by the family of the founders of Sun Oil Co.