Kerry, Snowe, Rockefeller, Brown and Whitehouse introduced a bill that helps fisheries

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5. Seems the bill is not particularly liked by the fishermen

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x467320905/Flap-over-Kerry-role-dawns-as-rally-nears

A controversial bill to redirect funding from NOAA Operations into regional fishery management council projects cast a shadow Monday over Wednesday's national fishermen's rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington — a rally aimed at building support for different legislation and allowing flexibility in stock rebuilding timetables.

The chief organizer for the rally told the Times he had advised the office of Sen. Olympia Snow that she would probably not be welcomed at the event should she make an appearance to promote the Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act of 2012 — the new bill she co-filed with Sen. John Kerry — rather than bills writing flexibility into the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the rally's prime focus.