{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140822000550/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-gulf-council-considers-red-snapper-allocation-pushed-by-ny-based-environmental-activist-group", "Vitter: Gulf Council Considers Red Snapper Allocation Pushed by NY Based Environmental Activist Group", "2014-08-18", "2014", "2014-08", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Vitter: Gulf Council Considers Red Snapper Allocation Pushed by NY Based Environmental Activist Group\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tVitter says amendment considered today would negatively affect red snapper allocation, create long-term battles between sectors and further complicate situation in Gulf\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMonday, August 18, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t(Baton Rouge, La.) \u2013 U.S. Sen. David Vitter, top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), made the following statement regarding the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council public hearing in Baton Rouge today. They are discussing stakeholder views on an amendment that Vitter says would cut off additional access to offshore resources for Louisianians. The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. CT.\n\u201cAllowing states to have more control over red snapper fisheries and promoting transparency and accountability within the councils are very important to Louisiana anglers,\u201d said Vitter. \u201cThousands of Louisianians and businesses are impacted by the red snapper fisheries, and we should be giving States more control than the federal government. The amendment being discussed today is being pushed by a far-left environmental activist group whose goal is to cut off public access to red snapper in federal waters.\u201d\nThe hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. CT tonight at the Hyatt Place Baton Rouge:\nPublic Hearing on Reef Fish Amendment 40 - Sector Separation  6:00 p.m. \u2013 9:00 p.m. CT  Hyatt Place Baton Rouge  6080 Bluebonnet Boulevard  Baton Rouge\nThe amendment today is endorsed by the New York based Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). EDF has received a $225,959 Fisheries Innovation Fund grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. This grant program is primarily funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Walton Family Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The intended purpose is to support the implementation of a \u201clarge scale recreational catch share\u201d system in the Gulf Region. Vitter and the EPW Committee minority staff recently released a report that shows collusion between the Obama administration and groups like EDF. You can read the report here: The Chain of Environmental Command: How a Club of Billionaires and Their Foundations Control the Environmental Movement and Obama's EPA.\nIn July Vitter introduced two amendments to the bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid blocked both.\nVitter's first amendment would bring transparency to closed meetings of the Regional Fishery Management Councils (RFMC), including new requirements for detailed minutes and transcripts. Vitter's second amendment grants the Gulf States regional management authority of the red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.\nIn June, Vitter wrote an op-ed in the Houma Courier, \u201cProtecting red snapper fishing.\u201d Vitter\u2019s op-ed was about fairly managing our fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and protecting the rights of recreational anglers - particularly with access to the red snapper fishery. Click here to read the op-ed.", 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/20140822000550/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-gulf-council-considers-red-snapper-allocation-pushed-by-ny-based-environmental-activist-group"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1337317302823067, "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"}