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04-22-2012, 08:54 PM
http://www.nj.com/shore/blogs/fishing/index.ssf/2012/04/house_passes_bill_to_preserve.html
The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012 easily passed in the House of Representatives this week by a vote of 274 to 146. Among other things, the bill will prevent outlawing the use of lead in fishing tackle.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been petitioned three times in the last 18 months by non-fishing organizations to ban lead in fishing tackle, but those petitions have been rejected by an EPA headed by former N.J. EPA chief Lisa Jackson, who has fished for striped bass in Raritan Bay. But eventual passage of the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, strongly supported by the American Sportfishing Association, will ensure that anglers won’t have to pay for sinkers or jigs made of expensive material.
New Jersey Republican Representatives Chris Smith, Jon Runyan, Frank LoBiondo, Scott Garrett, Leonard Lance and Rodney Frelinghuysen all voted “yea,” but Democrats Rush Holt, Albio Sires, Robert Andrews, Bill Pascrell, Steve Rothman and Frank Pallone were opposed.
Following up last week’s article on the Obama administration’s decision to close the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Lab at Sandy Hook, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) moved a measure to save that facility through a Senate committee — though it still must be approved by the Senate, House and administration.
The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012 easily passed in the House of Representatives this week by a vote of 274 to 146. Among other things, the bill will prevent outlawing the use of lead in fishing tackle.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been petitioned three times in the last 18 months by non-fishing organizations to ban lead in fishing tackle, but those petitions have been rejected by an EPA headed by former N.J. EPA chief Lisa Jackson, who has fished for striped bass in Raritan Bay. But eventual passage of the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, strongly supported by the American Sportfishing Association, will ensure that anglers won’t have to pay for sinkers or jigs made of expensive material.
New Jersey Republican Representatives Chris Smith, Jon Runyan, Frank LoBiondo, Scott Garrett, Leonard Lance and Rodney Frelinghuysen all voted “yea,” but Democrats Rush Holt, Albio Sires, Robert Andrews, Bill Pascrell, Steve Rothman and Frank Pallone were opposed.
Following up last week’s article on the Obama administration’s decision to close the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Lab at Sandy Hook, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) moved a measure to save that facility through a Senate committee — though it still must be approved by the Senate, House and administration.