S. 1143 · 114th Congress
West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Maria Cantwell
- Introduced
- 2015-04-30
- Latest action
- 2016-05-23 · Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 114-260.
Summary
West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
This bill makes permanent the authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to adopt and enforce state laws governing fishing and processing in the exclusive economic zone adjacent to their state in any Dungeness crab fishery for which there is no fishery management plan in effect under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.