{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221030824/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-louisiana-takes-bold-step-to-put-state-in-control-of-red-snapper-management", "Vitter: Louisiana Takes Bold Step to Put State in Control of Red Snapper Management", "2013-09-06", "2013", "2013-09", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Vitter: Louisiana Takes Bold Step to Put State in Control of Red Snapper Management\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFriday, September 6, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today applauded the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for withdrawing from the flawed federal program for estimating recreational red snapper harvest in the Gulf of Mexico. The federal program tasked with red snapper stock assessments say they have been overharvested this summer and will shut down the fall season.\n\u201cThere\u2019s no reason Louisiana anglers should get punished for federal miscalculations and bogus data,\u201d Vitter said. \u201cI trust the state\u2019s estimates much more than the federal agency\u2019s here and I fully support the state\u2019s decision to walk away from the federal program. I\u2019ll continue fighting to give coastal states the authority to regulate their own natural and commercial offshore resources which will help alleviate financial troubles and allow a much more local approach.\u201d\nThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s (NOAA) Marine Recreation Information Program (MRIP) estimated nearly 200,000 more pounds of red snapper harvested than state estimates indicate. This has resulted in NOAA\u2019s determination that Louisiana has overharvested red snapper and may significantly shorten their fall season from 21 days to as few as 7 days.\nOn February 28, Vitter and other U.S. Senators requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the methodology and practices of NOAA\u2019s stock assessments which have been using controversial data and science. The review is still pending.\nVitter also has legislation, the Offshore Fairness Act, which allows states to have exclusive fishery management over the red snapper fish, the lutjuanus campechanus, within a jurisdiction of 200 miles out from their coastline. Click here to read more about the legislation.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221030824/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-louisiana-takes-bold-step-to-put-state-in-control-of-red-snapper-management"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3535390608012676, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}