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Chairman Hastings Seeks Public Input on Draft Plan to Strengthen and Improve our Nation’s Fisheries

| Posted in Press Release

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today unveiled a draft proposal to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which was last authorized by Congress in 2006 through fiscal year 2013. The draft proposal, H.R. ____ Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, would renew and amend the…

Committee Passes Legislation to Help Protect Endangered Salmon Survival in the Pacific Northwest

| Posted in Press Release

Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 1308 the “Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act” by a vote of 22-16.  This legislation is aimed at protecting endangered Columbia River salmon and other fish species from predation by California and Steller Sea Lions.  The bill only addresses sea lions that are not listed under the Endangered Species…

Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act (H.R. 1308)

| Posted in Committee Votes

Reporting H.R. 1308 Out of Committee (Passed 22-16. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would amend the Marine Mammals Protection Act in order to protect endangered Columbia River salmon and other fish species from predation by California and Steller sea lions. The bill only addresses sea lions that are not listed under the Endangered Species Act. * For complete legislative action for the…

Letter from 75 Members of Congress to Fish and Wildlife Service Director Ashe Calling for Full Delisting of the Gray Wolf

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Dear Director Ashe: We write in strong support of the proposed rule to delist the gray wolf nationally, included in docket number FWS-HQ-ES-2013-0073, although we are opposed to the provision included in this rule that would list the Mexican wolf as an endangered sub-species. The statutory purpose of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is to recover species to the point where they are no…

Chairman Hastings’ Statement on Obama Administration’s Endorsement of States' Lesser Prairie-Chicken Conservation Plan

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Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) endorsement of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan. “It’s encouraging that after a year of review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is finally endorsing a…