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  1. Hrg. adjourned.Calls today for commitment to research, to adaptive mgt., and recognition of value of fishing communities, rec & commercial.
  2. Another theme at House subcmte hrg today: too much one-size-fits-all mgt.
  3. Greg DiDomenico, Garden State Seafood: We all agree stocks must rebuilt. We disagree on time frame.
  4. Capt. Brown: NMFS moves like "runaway train" despite flawed data, faulty assumptions, and dimisses independent science.
  5. Mark Brown, SC snapper groupr charter: Regulators held hostage to agressive timelines and questionable data.
  6. RFA: Do we rebuild for abundance, or benefits of abundance?
  7. RFA, at House hearing: Sees "insitutional bias" against recreational fishing sector.
  8. Recreational Fishing Alliance: Many anglers have come to view gov't as the enemy. Why: questionable data, closures, NMFS view of rec fishing
  9. Goethel predicts handful of large boats will harvest NE groundfish.
  10. Goethel: Cost of monitoring could exceeld value of catch in NE. What of National standards, 4, 8?
  11. Dave Goethel, NH. Fears "complete elimination"of commercial fishermen in NH as a result of ACL-setting process.
  12. House subcmte hrg on SFA... Julian Magras, St. T., USVI: NMFS, council less interested in collaborative effort, want to impose own view.
  13. Will ecosystem shifts due to depletion prevent, for example, recovery of cod?
  14. Caribbean rep inquiring as to drawbacks of catch shares: Fewer halibut boats, says British Columbian. Those that remained "flourishing."
  15. Murawski, asked about economic impact on communities. Regs "really needs to account for... economic dependence."
  16. What can the species handle? What can the ecosystem handle?
  17. Harris also said that "We've got to have better data," or no one will believe stock assessments.
  18. Duane Harris, chairman of South Atlantic council, says additonal funds needed to implement catch shares.
  19. Testimony at House subcommittee hearing on implementation of Magnuson Act emphasizing need for data.
  20. US House subcommittee to webcast oversight hearing on implementation of the Magnuson Act at 10 am 10/27. http://is.gd/4CSFU