2013-03-22                     House Journal                      Page 0619
HR 6                                                                                                                          
The House Special Committee on Fisheries considered:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6                                                                                                      
    Requesting that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council                                                                
    take action to reduce the quantity of Chinook salmon bycatch in                                                             
    the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea trawl fisheries by setting new                                                            
    limits in the Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries and lowering the                                                               
    existing limits in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea pollock                                                                
    fisheries to at least half of the current limits.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6(FSH)                                                                                          
    Requesting that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council                                                                
    take action to reduce the quantity of Chinook salmon bycatch in                                                             
    the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea trawl fisheries by setting new                                                            
    limits in the Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries and lowering the                                                               
    existing limits in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea pollock                                                                
    fisheries to at least half of the current limits; and requesting that                                                       
    the North Pacific Fishery Management Council require that                                                                   
    participants in those trawl fisheries take part in the SeaShare                                                             
    program and that edible bycatch from the Gulf of Alaska and                                                                 
    Bering Sea fisheries be provided to Alaska residents.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Seaton, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (2):  Kreiss-Tomkins, Seaton                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (4):  Johnson, Feige, Gattis, Olson                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHR 6(FSH):                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, House Special Committee on Fisheries                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HR 6 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                   
calendar.