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Rick Marks -- Legislation/Policy Update 2019

West Coast Regional Planning Body now the West Coast Ocean Alliance under new EO on Ocean Policy
HR 3697: Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act (Don Young, July 2019)
NOAA/USFWS joint press release outlining efforts to improve ESA regulatory processes (July 2019)
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H.R. 3742 -- $1.4B for state/tribal action plans/fish & wildlife conservation, etc.; (July 2019)
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 Passed: Title IX permanently exempts all commercial fishing & charter boats regardless of size, and commercial-use vessels <79-ft from NPDES permit (December 2018)
HR 3697: Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act (Don Young, July 2019)
NOAA/USFWS joint press release outlining efforts to improve ESA regulatory processes (July 2019)
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H.R. 3742 -- $1.4B for state/tribal action plans/fish & wildlife conservation, etc.; (July 2019)
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 Passed: Title IX permanently exempts all commercial fishing & charter boats regardless of size, and commercial-use vessels <79-ft from NPDES permit (December 2018)