The Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee is as obscure as its work is evident. The committee is a result of a 2000 law establishing a system of existing reserves much like the national park system. Its job is to bring together the various agencies in charge of protected areas and the people who use them, and to make recommendations on managing and potentially augmenting the reserves.
At the Charleston meeting, along with panels of national and local managers, the committee heard from a half-dozen speakers representing 50 to 60 recreational and commercial anglers.
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