03/21/2013 10:00 AM House FISHERIES

                  HR 6-CHINOOK BYCATCH LIMITS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
10:14:41 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
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.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
10:15:51 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FEIGE  moved  to  adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS) for HR 6,  Version 28-LS0575\O, Bullard, 3/20/13,                                                               
as the working document.  There  being no objection Version O was                                                               
before the committee.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
10:16:20 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 10:16 a.m. to 10:17 a.m.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON said there are two amendments to consider and he                                                                   
offered Conceptual Amendment 1, which read [original punctuation                                                                
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          "WHEREAS,    the    House    of    Representatives                                                                  
     acknowledges  and appreciates  the work  that has  been                                                                    
     done  by  the  trawl  industry and  the  North  Pacific                                                                    
     Fishery  Management  Council  to  reduce  bycatch,  and                                                                    
     encourages  the  trawl  industry  and  the  council  to                                                                    
     further reduce bycatch; and be it"                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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10:18:45 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FEIGE objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON explained that the amendment acknowledges the work                                                                 
being undertaken by industry, as presented during public                                                                        
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FEIGE withdrew his objection.  With no further                                                                   
objection Conceptual Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:19:47 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON drew attention to Conceptual Amendment 2, which                                                                    
read [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     WHEREAS  SeaShare  is  a non-profit  organization  that                                                                    
     partners the  seafood industry  with the  nation's food                                                                    
     bank network to  utilize edible bycatch as  a source of                                                                    
     nutrition for hunger-relief; and                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON  said this  WHEREAS  is  offered for  insertion  to                                                               
immediately follow  Conceptual Amendment  1.   Without objection,                                                               
Conceptual Amendment 2 was adopted.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
10:21:55 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FEIGE  moved to  report the CS  for HR  6, Version                                                               
28-LS0575\O, Bullard, 3/20/13, as  amended, out of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
Without  objection,  CSHR  6(FSH)  was reported  from  the  House                                                               
Special Committee on Fisheries.