Creating broad exemptions to the requirement to set reasonable timelines for rebuilding a depleted fish population, as well as allowing such timelines to be extended out indefinitely.200 jeopardizes the MSA and ocean conservation in several ways, including:

Thanks to the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), as improved with overwhelming bi-partisan support in 19, the United States is recognized as a global leader in fisheries management. oceans and fisheries by increasing the risk of overfishing, which occurs when fish are caught faster than they can reproduce, and by delaying the rebuilding of vulnerable commercial and recreational fish populations to more sustainable levels. 200 significantly reduces the health of U.S. 200 - a bill that is scheduled to be voted on this week. I am writing to ask you to vote against H.R. Urge your representative to vote No on H.R. Help ensure that fishermen, coastal communities, oceans and future generations benefit from stable, abundant fish populations. It also adds broad loopholes to rebuilding overfished populations as soon as possible. 200 will exempt many fish stocks from having catch limits, leading to an increased risk of overfishing. fish populations subject to overfishing is at near record lows. The use of annual catch limits is a prime reason the number of U.S. fisheries policy, affording fishermen greater stability and the ocean ecosystem more protection. Preventing overfishing by relying on sound, science-based annual catch limits is central to U.S.

It would compromise the basis of the system that has led to our nation's recent successful turnaround in conserving fish stocks.

200 would significantly weaken the Magnuson Stevens Act, the law that governs how our fish populations are managed. The United States is a leader in fisheries management, but a bill that is expected to be voted on by the House of Representatives in upcoming days would change that. The health of our fisheries is in jeopardy.

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