10 Representatives Jared Huffman and Ed Case introduced the Sustaining

10 Representatives Jared Huffman and Ed Case introduced the Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act updates to the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which governs fisheries in federal waters. While there is a way to go for this bill to become a reality, it is something Alaskas wild salmon and fisheries are in dire need of. Rep. Huffman spent years consulting with Tribes, communities, fishermen, organizations and stakeholders all up and down the Pacific Coast, including in Alaska and including SalmonState, while drafting the bill, and has invited Tribal and community leaders to speak at Capitol Hill about it as well.
The Magnuson Stevens Act, a bipartisan act originally sponsored by Senators Ted Stevens and Warren Magnuson, plays a vital role in sustaining Alaskas fisheries but it has not been updated in more than 20 years. Among other things, it does not mention climate change.

The Sustaining Americas Fisheries Act improves fishery disaster relief some communities, such as Chignik, have still not seen relief after disasters declared in 2018, updates the Act to include challenges like climate change adaptation and bycatch reduction, ensures community and Tribal participation currently, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which governs decisions about trawl bycatch and other federal fishery decisions, includes NO Indigenous representatives, despite its huge impact on Indigenous ways of life, and modernizes fisheries science and data, among other improvements.

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