News Washington U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland spars with National Ocean Policy team members Sutley and Lubchenco |
U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland spars with National Ocean Policy team members Sutley and Lubchenco |
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PANAMA CITY — Verbal sparing on Capital Hill between U.S. Rep. Steve
Southerland and two members of the National Ocean Policy team
highlighted a disagreement over the Obama Administration’s coastal
policies.
Southerland, R-Panama City, took the Obama Administration to task for “misleading the American people” in an attempt to increase its regulatory control over ocean and coastal waterways.
Southerland issued a statement last week decrying Washington regulations. Read the complete story from The Walton Sun
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
