Two years after the ‘United We Fish’ rally in Washington, US fishermen will gather again on 21 March in a demonstration supporting the amendment of the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act.
Signed into law in 1976, in recent years the Act has been transformed from its original intent, to conserve the USA’s fish and support the nation’s fishermen, into what the rally organisers have described as “a weapon employed by a handful of megafoundations and the anti-fishing ENGOs they support to drive fishermen off the water.”
The 2010 rally saw 5,000 recreational, commercial and party/charter vessel owners and associated businesses from all over the country gather in Washington, and this year the organisers hope for at least that many to attend.
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