Boater safety, manufacturing jobs and coastal economies will be significantly hurt if the Biden Administration does not stop its ill-conceived changes to the 2008 North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Department of Commerce is overreaching with its proposed changes, and this unaccountable agency must be stopped before it decimates the boating and fishing community.
Commerce and conservation can coexist.
There is a more balanced approach that can protect the North Atlantic right whale – one that does not severely restrict boaters’ access to the Atlantic Ocean.
Take action at MIACC.org.
– Tiffany Sawyer-Schank, Marine Industries Association of Collier County