ROBERTSON, MONAGLE, & EASTAUGH LLC (FKA ROBERTSON, MONAGLE & EASTAUGH PC)
Lobbying for SOUTHEASTERN FISHERIES ASSOCIATION, INC. · Florida-based Commercial Fishing Association
● Provide Client with House & Senate contacts; assist development of a lobby document for the 119th Congress; help Client representatives plan a DC lobby trip ● Provide feedback and opposition to draft Executive Orders to: (1) dismantle NOAA and shift management responsibilities to USFWS; and (2) to prohibit commercial trawling ● Report to Client on nomination process for Secretary of Commerce and NOAA Assistant Administrator ● Participate in Hill staff discussions on MSA/ESA/MMPA reforms; provide reform recommendations; monitor House hearing ● Provide strategic advice on developing tariff situation related to US seafood products ● Provide information to Client on NOAAs withdrawal of the vessel speed rule for protection of North Atlantic Right Whales ● Monitor congressional hearings/markups/CR/NDAA/USCG reauthorization legislation for ocean-related issues and report to Client; provide USTR report on forced labor in the seafood industry; provide information on critical habitat listing for FL manatee ● No lobby activity - continue to track USCG life raft requirements