January 14, 2020 — The following was released by The Office of Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA):
Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) Chair of the House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, will be hosting the next stop on his listening tour, Thursday, January 30 at 4:30p.m. in New Orleans, Louisiana. This is the fifth stop on a nationwide listening tour on federal fisheries management designed to engage diverse perspectives, interests, and needs of individuals who have a stake in the management of federal ocean and fisheries resources. The event is free and open to the public and press.
Members of the press interested in attending should submit their RSVP to Mary Hurrell at mary.hurrell@mail.house.gov.
WHO: Congressman Jared Huffman, Congressman Garret Graves, fisheries and oceans experts
WHAT: Discussion on federal fisheries management
WHEN: Thursday, January 30, 2020 @ 4:30p.m. – 6:30p.m. CST
WHERE: Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, 1 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Representative Huffman’s panel discussion with experts and stakeholders will include a detailed, technical examination of current and future challenges in federal fisheries management and will explore potential solutions. Guests will be able to ask questions during the roundtable and provide public comments at its conclusion.
The ideas Huffman receives from this listening tour, and from other stakeholder outreach that is already underway, will inform his introduction of a reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the primary law governing fisheries management in U.S. federal waters.
More detail on Huffman’s listening tour, which was first announced in July, can be found here.