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Trump Took Shot at Fishery Management Councils in Signing of Modern Fish Act. “Despite earlier resistance from commercial fishing and ocean conservation groups, little uproar was registered after US president Donald Trump signed the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018 (S. 1520), also known as ‘the Modern Fish Act,’ last week. The parts of the bill most objected to were removed. However, the president’s brief comments – in a statement released after his signing of the bill – are raising a few eyebrows as well as questions about what actions might be taken next at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Trump suggested his administration has concerns about both the increasing authority and makeup of the country’s eight fishery management councils (FMCs).” [Undercurrent News, 1/7/19 (=)]