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Press Release – Modern Recreational Fisheries Management Act Implications in the Western Pacific Region (10 January 2019)

by wpcouncil | Jan 10, 2019 | News and Updates, Press Releases

Press Releases ← Previous Post Next Post → HONOLULU (10 January 2019) On the last day of 2018, President Trump signed into law the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act (S. 1520), also known as the Modern Fish Act. The bill, which had been...

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