Expect no changes in Nlagnuson-Stevens this year

摘要

No changes: Alaska Sen. Mark Begich said he will use his position as chairman of the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee to block any attempts to amend the Magnu-son-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act this year."We are not interested in opening that act up, especially this year because of all the political controversy, the elections, and all that," Begich, a Democrat, said at a July news conference. "We want to be careful to be very frank, that our friends in Washington and Oregon don't see this as an opportunity to start managing our fisheries again," Begich added.