CSPAN Today In Washington May 28, 2010
recreational fishing in order to ensure that seafood will remain safe for consumers. that is slightly more than 22% of the federal waters in the waters of the gulf of mexico. a closure of this size is bound to have devastating impact on the fisheries in the gulf where commercial fishermen harvested more than 1 billion pounds of fish and shellfish in 2008. on monday, secretary of commerce gary locke determined that there had been a fishery disaster in the gulf of mexico due to the economic impact on commercial and recreation fisheries. the affected area includes the states of louisian...
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