Milam and Land Bill to Encourage Sustainable Harvest of Menhaden Fish Clears Assembly Panel

The Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday advanced a bill (A-5432) sponsored by Assemblymen Matthew Milam and Bruce Land (both D-Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland) to require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection or designee to create an individual transferable quota (ITQ) system for the menhaden purse seine fishery.

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