August 09, 2017

Congress delivers major win for crabbers

Lower Columbia River communities are thankful for bipartisan work led by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Rep Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3) to make the Tri-State Agreement a permanent fixture of West Coast fisheries management. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Diane Feinstein (D-CA) cosponsored the bill. In addition to Herrera-Beutler, Olympic Peninsula Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6) carried the legislation in the House. 


Source: Chinook Observer