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Ocean Laws and Legislation : US-Proposed Federal Legislation
- Congress Revisits Individual Fishing Quotas
-- Congress is now considering whether to authorize individual fishing quotas (IFQ's), giving exclusive rights to a share of a fish population to individuals and corporations.
(Added: 23-May-2003 Hits: 391 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
- Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress
-- Reauthorization of major legislation - the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) - will likely be on the agenda of the 108th Congress, since the authorization of appropriations for both laws expired at the end of FY1999.
(Added: 5-Jun-2003 Hits: 304 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
- Ocean Habitat Protection Act
-- "A bill to protect diverse and structurally complex areas of the seafloor in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls, and for other purposes."
(Added: 27-May-2003 Hits: 554 Rating: 6.67 Votes: 3) Rate It
- Orcas could get increased protection
-- Under a new plan, killer whales would be declared "depleted" and the federal government would launch an effort to rebuild their population. The depleted status, a legal definition under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, would bring increased attention to the plight of the southern resident orcas -- specifically the J, K and L pods.
(Added: 26-Aug-2003 Hits: 139 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
- Report calls for overhaul of US oceans policy
-- Overfishing, coastal sprawl, pollution and invasive species threaten the oceans off America, according to a report released this week that called for a new federal agency to manage the country's troubled waters.
(Added: 29-Aug-2003 Hits: 349 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 2) Rate It
- Senate Approves Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration
-- The Senate has voted to keep a provision within its version of the Energy bill that calls for a comprehensive inventory of the nation's offshore oil and gas resources. Critics of the measure fear it is the first step toward lifting a 20 year ban on offshore drilling in many of the nation's coastal waters and could harm the environment and the economies of affected coastal states.
(Added: 22-Aug-2003 Hits: 165 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
- Senator Akaka Introduces Methane Hydrates Bill
-- Akaka introduced legislation to promote research and development of methane hydrates as an energy resource. The Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1999 would establish a research and development program at the Department of Energy to assess and develop methane hydrates as an energy source.
(Added: 25-May-2003 Hits: 151 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
- Snowe Bill Sets Rules for Quotas
-- "Snowe, a longtime opponent of individual quotas, warned fishermen that some form of quotas was politically unavoidable after a two-year moratorium on the quotas expired last fall. Snowe staffer Sloan Rappoport told fishermen last month that Snowe had laid a lot of political capital on the line to get the moratorium extended one more time, and would not be able to do so again."
(Added: 23-May-2003 Hits: 159 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
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