Washington—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, announced today that his first two fisheries roundtable discussions will be held in Northern California; the first on Saturday, October 5th, at 2:30 p.m. in Arcata, California, and the second on Monday, October 7th, at 1:00 p.m. in San Francisco. These are the initial stops on a nationwide listening tour on federal fisheries management designed to engage diverse perspectives, interests, and needs of individuals who have a stake in management of federal ocean and fisheries resources. The events are both free and open to the public and press.

Arcata roundtable:

WHO:            Congressman Jared Huffman, fisheries and oceans experts

WHAT:          Roundtable discussion on federal fisheries management

WHEN:          October 5, 2019, 2:30-4:30 PM

WHERE:       D Street Community Center, 1301 D Street, Arcata, CA 95521

San Francisco roundtable:

WHO:            Congressman Jared Huffman, fisheries and oceans experts

WHAT:          Roundtable discussion on federal fisheries management

WHEN:          October 7, 2019, 1:00-3:00 PM

WHERE:       Aquarium of the Bay – Farallon room, Pier 39 Embarcadero & Beach St, San Francisco CA 94133

Each of Huffman’s roundtable panel discussions with experts and stakeholders will include a detailed, technical examination of current and future challenges in federal fisheries management and will explore potential solutions. Guests will be able to submit written questions during the roundtable and provide public comments at its conclusion. Members of the public can register for the events and submit questions ahead of time:

• Link for the public to register for the Arcata event
• Link for the public to register for the San Francisco event

The ideas Huffman receives from this listening tour, and from other stakeholder outreach that is already underway, will inform his introduction of a reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the primary law governing fisheries management in U.S. federal waters.

More detail on Huffman’s listening tour, which was first announced in July, can be found here.