Tag: mesh drift gillnets

• Monday, January 4th 2021 - 04:30 UTC

  Trump vetoes bill to gradually end the use of large mesh drift gillnets off California

  

  President Donald Trump vetoed a bill that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California, saying such legislation would increase reliance on imported seafood and worsen a multibillion-dollar seafood trade deficit.