It has been 16 years since the last comprehensive update of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the overarching federal fisheries law, in 2006. The new effort, called the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act, took a major step forward this week.
Also known in Congress as H.R. 4690, the legislation went through a day-long markup session Tuesday in the House Committee on Natural Resources, to consider changes and proposed amendments. The measure is now scheduled for a final committee vote Sept. 29, clearing its way to the full House of Representatives for debate…