Fishing Industry Leader Fears Conservation Budget Cuts

The US fishing industry has expressed its concern that cuts in conservation funding in 2016 federal budgets will have a ‘profoundly negative impact’.
Both the House and Senate’s budget plans seek dramatic cuts for non-defence discretionary spending, which includes conservation and would mean investment shortfalls for critical programmes.
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) and its coalition of partners have urged Congress to provide funding for habitat resources that power a thriving outdoor economy.
But TRCP Government Relations Director, Steve Kline, was less than optimistic. “Planned reductions go beyond the already sequestered funding levels, so we are looking at deep cuts to what is already insufficient funding,” he said.