Donofrio called for South Carolina Senators Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham to join in support of the bill which, if approved, would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Act to allow fishery management plan managers to specify a time period for rebuilding fisheries that is more practical.
The closures and reduced limits and quotas keep coming on marine fisheries along the East Coast. Recreational and commercial fishermen and members of the South Carolina and United States legislatures are voicing their concerns, calling for an overhaul of the U.S. fisheries management system.
Led by the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) – a national grass roots organization – thousands of fishermen from along the East Coast are planning a rally in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24 in protest of the direction in which fisheries management is going.