00              CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 32(FSH) am S                                                            
01 Relating to the labeling of fish and fishery food products.                                                             
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS Americans deserve wholesome foods and information about the contents                                    
04 and production of their food supply; and                                                                                
05       WHEREAS concerns have recently been raised about the safety of farmed fish to                                   
06 consumers; and                                                                                                          
07       WHEREAS farmed fish are often fed antibiotics, hormones, and coloring agents and                                
08 their environments are treated with various chemicals; and                                                              
09       WHEREAS Alaska's fish production is distinct from farmed fish production because                                
10 our stocks are wild, free-ranging, and, therefore, naturally wholesome and healthy; and                                 
11       WHEREAS there are numerous outstanding issues and questions regarding public                                    
12 policy, fair trade, and the social and economic consequences of farmed fish production; and                             
13       WHEREAS more and more consumers are expressing a preference for, and                                            
14 requesting wild fish over farmed fish; and                                                                              
15       WHEREAS both the Alaska State Legislature and the United States Congress have                                   
16 passed labeling laws specifically to inform consumers about fishery and other food products;                            

01       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports the timely labeling of                                
02 fish and fishery food products in the market place to identify the country of origin and the                            
03 presence of coloring and other additives, to indicate whether there has been genetic                                    
04 modification, and to distinguish between wild and farmed fish.                                                          
05       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable George W. Bush, President                              
06 of the United States; the Honorable Don Evans, United States Secretary of Commerce; the                                 
07 Honorable Ann Veneman, United States Secretary of Agriculture; and to the Honorable Ted                                 
08 Stevens and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young,                                   
09 U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.