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FISHIONADO · 01-31-2010, 05:00 PM

I'd like to support petitions for sustainable consumption but I don't understand what this petition and bill are asking for. What is the difference between "practicable" and "possible" in the context below?

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1584
HR 1584 Summary
Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable (currently, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years. Requires consideration, in evaluating progress to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, of factors other than commercial and recreational fishing. Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.

01-31-2010, 05:00 PM	#2
FISHIONADO Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 698	I'd like to support petitions for sustainable consumption but I don't understand what this petition and bill are asking for. What is the difference between "practicable" and "possible" in the context below? http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1584 HR 1584 Summary Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable (currently, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years. Requires consideration, in evaluating progress to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, of factors other than commercial and recreational fishing. Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.