Legislature(1993 - 1994)
02/17/1993 08:00 AM House FSH
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JOINT MEETING OF THE
HOUSE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE AND
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES
February 17, 1993
8:00 a.m.
HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Bill Williams, Chairman
Representative Bill Hudson, Vice Chairman
Representative Con Bunde
Representative Pat Carney
Representative John Davies
Representative Joe Green
Representative Jeannette James
Representative Eldon Mulder
Representative David Finkelstein
MEMBERS ABSENT
None
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Carl Moses, Chairman
Representative Harley Olberg, Vice Chairman
Representative Irene Nicholia
Representative Cliff Davidson
Representative Gail Phillips
MEMBERS ABSENT
None
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Representative Fran Ulmer
Representative Jerry Sanders
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
Joint Meeting: Briefing on Community Development Quotas
(CDQ)
Resources Only:
EO 86: Transferring the functions and duties of the
division of fisheries rehabilitation, enhancement
and development (FRED) to the Department of Fish
and Game.
MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH NO RECOMMENDATION
WITNESS REGISTER
Edgar Blatchford, Commissioner
Department of Community and Regional Affairs
P. O. Box 112100
Juneau, Alaska 99811-2100
Phone: 465-4700
Position Statement: Testified on CDQ's
John Jemewouk, Executive Director
Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation
P.O. Box 89
Elim, Alaska 99739
Phone: 890-3071
Position Statement: Supported CDQ
Mark Snigaroff, Chairman
Aleutian Pribilof Island Community
Development Association
P.O. Box 47007
Atka, Alaska 99547
Phone: 586-3107
Position Statement: Supported CDQ
Robin Samuelson, Jr.
Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation
P.O. Box 412
Dillingham, Alaska 99516
Phone: 842-5257
Position Statement: Supported CDQ
Perfinia Pletnikoff, Jr., President
Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Association
1500 W. 33rd St., Suite 100
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone: 278-2312
Position Statement: Supported CDQ
Fred Phillip
Coastal Villages Fishing Cooperative
P.O. Box 6
Kwigillingok, Alaska 99622
Phone: 588-8114
Position Statement: Supported CDQ
Laurentia Mike
Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association
P.O. Box 20269
Kotlik, Alaska 99620
Phone: 899-4220
Position Statement: Supported CDQ
John Walsh, Deputy Director
Division of Community and Rural Development
Department of Community and Regional Affairs
P.O. Box 112100
Juneau, Alaska 99811-2100
Phone: 465-4898
Position Statement: Responded to question on CDQ
Mark Springer
Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association
General Delivery
Hooper Bay, Alaska 99604
Phone: 758-4535
Position Statement: Supported CDQ
Clem Tillion, Adviser
Office of the Governor
State Capitol
Juneau, Alaska 99811
Phone: 465-3500
Position Statement: Supported CDQ
Geron Bruce, Special Assistant
Alaska Department of Fish & Game
P.O. Box 25526
Juneau, Alaska 99802-5526
Phone: 465-4100
Position Statement: Testified on EO 86
Jeff Koenings, Director
FRED Division
Alaska Department of Fish & Game
P.O. Box 25526
Juneau, Alaska 99802-5526
Phone: 465-4100
Position Statement: Testified on EO 86
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 93-19, SIDE A
Number 000
The joint meeting of the House Resources Committee and House
Special Committee on Fisheries was called to order by
Fisheries' Chairman Carl Moses at 8:08 a.m. Resources
Committee members present at the call to order were
Representatives Williams, Hudson, Bunde, Carney, Davies,
James, Finkelstein and Mulder. Absent was Representative
Green. Fisheries Committee members present at the call to
order were Representatives Moses, Olberg, Nicholia,
Davidson, and Phillips. No Fisheries Committee members were
absent at the call.
CHAIRMAN CARL MOSES announced the purpose of the joint
meeting would be to hear a briefing on the Community
Development Quota (CDQ) program. After the briefing, he
explained, the Fisheries Committee would reconvene in its
regular meeting place, and the Resources Committee would
also reconvene to hear regular business.
Number 059
EDGAR BLATCHFORD, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND
REGIONAL AFFAIRS, explained that the CDQ program had grown
from a joint effort with himself, Commissioners Paul Fuhs of
the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, Carl
Rosier of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G),
and Clem Tillion, who served as an advisor on the project
for the Governor's Office. The purpose of the program, he
said, was to strengthen local economies by bringing
opportunities for commercial fishing home.
MR. BLATCHFORD remarked on opposition to the CDQ program by
outside interests, such as the Washington state fishing
industry and foreign markets, who perceived the CDQs as a
threat to their own jobs and profitability. He mentioned
editorials against the CDQs that had appeared in Seattle
area newspapers. He reported that in the view of the Alaska
administration, the program did not take jobs away from
anyone; it simply created new jobs. He said the burden to
show the program worked was on the six applicant groups
which comprised 55 communities.
Number 150
MR. BLATCHFORD described the initial success of the new
program, and noted the CDQs had generated $20 million in its
first month, December, 1992, in economically depressed
areas. He told the committee Governor Hickel was behind the
effort and had instructed the commissioners to move forward.
The cost to the state for the program, he said, included an
initial investment of $300,000 late in the 1992 legislative
session. Those funds were intended to monitor the program,
he added. The applicant groups have received maximum grants
of $5,000. He equated the success and importance of the
CDQs in the coastal communities of Southwest Alaska to the
economic impact of Prudhoe Bay to the North Slope.
Number 233
JOHN JEMEWOUK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NORTON SOUND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, introduced representatives of the
CDQ applicant groups. In Norton Sound, he said, there had
been a dramatic interest in developing the fisheries as a
means of boosting local economies. The CDQs were planned to
continue through 1995, he said, but recommended extending
the program indefinitely, and expanding it to include other
fisheries, such as crab, cod, sablefish, and halibut. He
added the CDQ applicant groups have worked closely with the
state in development of the regulations for the program, and
with the state acting as liaison with the U.S. Department of
Commerce. He asked for the committees' support in expanding
the program to other fisheries, and concluded his remarks
with a comment on how much the program had benefitted many
user groups.
Number 350
MARK SNIGAROFF, CHAIRMAN, ALEUTIAN PRIBILOF ISLAND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (APICDA), referred members'
attention to a handout in their files, an overview of APICDA
and its role in the CDQ program. He reported the fishery
had been successful in 1992, and the profits were placed in
escrow for the 1994 fishery. Programs underway now, he
said, would be completed by 1995. He urged extension of the
program.
Number 380
ROBIN SAMUELSON, JR. spoke on behalf of the BRISTOL BAY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (BBEDC). He said BBEDC's
partner in the CDQ venture was Ocean Trawl. Regarding the
program's successful December start-up, Mr. Samuelson said
it was rare for government to work that fast. He
anticipated approximately 60 people would be employed
through BBEDC's participation in the CDQ program, including
those participating in vocational education programs related
to the fishery. He also reported the BBEDC was working with
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to save limited entry
permits in jeopardy of being seized by the IRS.
Number 400
MR. SAMUELSON claimed the BBEDC expected to go into the
bottom-fish fishery and use a percentage of profits for
scholarships and further investments. He noted their
participation in the CDQ program was structured to be
carried into the 21st century. The December CDQ activities,
he said, added two million dollars to the economy of Bristol
Bay. Employment was the number one objective of the
program, he concluded.
Number 420
PERFINIA PLETNIKOFF, JR., PRESIDENT, CENTRAL BERING SEA
FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION (CBSFA), said a result of the CDQ
program had been to "Alaskanize" the fishery. He expressed
hope that the program might be extended to fisheries in
other species.
Number 440
FRED PHILLIP from Kwigillingok, represented THE COASTAL
VILLAGES FISHING COOPERATIVE (CVFC), comprised of 17
participating villages along the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta. Of
the 5,000 people in the area comprising the CVFC, he
reported that 3,500 were of employment age. Over 50% of
those employable were not in the work force, he reported.
Through the CDQ program, 30 people were employed in 1992,
and the plan for 1993 was to have at least 50 people
employed. If a fish processing operation were started in
the area, he anticipated even higher employment. The
Cooperative became a profit-making company in order to enter
fisheries as a fishing company and not as a granting agency.
MR. PHILLIP referred to a planned training facility for
local residents to become salmon roe technicians, which
would allow local residents to replace Japanese technicians.
They also were looking into internships and apprenticeship
programs to increase employment in the villages, he added.
Number 490
LAURENTIA MIKE spoke for the YUKON DELTA FISHERIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (YDFDA). She reported on the
success of the CDQ in employing residents in the area, and
in training a number of individuals. She said the YDFDA was
able to purchase three longline vessels, and upgrade
facilities of the Yukon Delta Fish Marketing cooperative,
which was the oldest Alaska Native-owned facility in the
state. At least 20 new jobs had been created in the
communities of the YDFDA because of the CDQ program, she
concluded.
Number 520
MR. JEMEWOUK resumed his testimony, referring to a hand-out
on the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation's
(NSEDC's) programs. The NSEDC included 15 villages from
Wales to Stebbins, he said, and was incorporated in 1989 by
the Northwest Mayors Conference to be an economic
development vehicle for the Norton Sound area. The
organization's fishing partner is Glacier Fish Company,
selected because of the company's structure and its success
in the bottom fishery of the Bering Sea. A goal of the
NSEDC is to develop a new market for salmon and herring.
MR. JEMEWOUK said Norton Sound was not able to participate
in the herring fishery last spring because of late ice pack.
He said this was disastrous for the economy. He reported
Norton Sound received 20% of the allocation of the CDQ
pollack reserve, or 25 metric tons, and harvested just under
the amount allocated. Among the programs of the NSEDC is a
low-interest loan program to help fishermen start up. He
said the NSEDC's CDQ program is set up to employ 80
residents of the region each year. They were also planning
on-shore capabilities for handling salmon products in Norton
Sound, and have set up a scholarship program, he noted.
MR. JEMEWOUK said the NSEDC was trying to work with the
state on developing a salmon incubation and hatchery
program. An infrastructure for fish processing was
anticipated to create more jobs for the local economy, he
added, and long-term plans included the purchase of a
vessel. He noted the December pollack fishery harvested
20,183 metric tons of product, generating approximately $4.5
million in the Norton Sound area, and 45 Bering Straits'
residents had been trained in entry level fisheries jobs.
The Board of Fisheries, he said, approved a super-exclusive
red king crab fishery that allowed fishermen to use their
boats for more than just the short herring opening.
MR. JEMEWOUK advised that a loan program made gear
available, and encouraged opening new markets for products.
He remarked on an agreement with the ADF&G to conduct a
salmon rehabilitation enhancement program, with matching
funds requested from Western Alaska Salmon Restoration
Initiative.
Number 622
REPRESENTATIVE BILL HUDSON expressed concern over the IRS
problem with the attachment of permits. He suggested the
CDCDQ process be used to gain collective permits, maintained in
each CDQ area.
MR. JEMEWOUK responded that Norton Sound had established a
loan program to give more access and flexibility in funding
to obtain and retain permits. Educational programs to train
participants in good business practices had also been a
focus of the CDQ group, in order to avoid situations where
taxes became delinquent.
Number 656
MR. SAMUELSON said his group had contacted the IRS, and said
the board was not in a position to loan money to bail out
fishermen at risk of losing permits. They offered financial
consulting, and devised payment schedules that the IRS would
agree with, as well as matching people with jobs to generate
income in the non-fishing season. He spoke of the need for
more intervention to work out problems between fishermen and
the IRS.
Number 671
REPRESENTATIVE GAIL PHILLIPS asked about the owner of
Glacier Fish Company.
MR. JEMEWOUK answered that the company was owned by
individuals who live in Seattle.
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS then asked about the potential for a
halibut fishery in Norton Sound, and what products would
come out of such a fishery.
MR. JEMEWOUK responded that surveys were conducted in Norton
Sound last summer and would be continued next spring, which
found there was a lot of halibut.
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS mentioned Mr. Jemewouk's previous
comments on salmon rehabilitation and enhancement programs,
and asked whether the NSEDC was looking into putting in a
hatchery.
MR. JEMEWOUK answered that this was being studied to see
what kind of methods would best serve enhancement goals.
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS commented that villages in her
district were interested in finding out how they could get
into the program, because of the success in the areas the
program had been implemented. She then asked for figures on
individuals being trained at the Seward vocational technical
training facility.
MS. MIKE answered that from the Yukon Delta region there
would be six or seven who would be graduating.
MR. JEMEWOUK estimated a total of 38-40 had been trained.
TAPE 93-19, SIDE B
Number 000
JOHN WALSH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND
REGIONAL AFFAIRS, said he had been assisting with the
efforts to get people trained. He estimated approximately
140-160 people were trained in 1992, through various
programs associated with the CDQs. The target for 1993, he
said, was to have 300 people trained. A requirement of the
CDQ program was direct employment and training, he
explained.
Number 050
REPRESENTATIVE IRENE NICHOLIA noted the cooperative
extension program was doing fisheries enhancement program
training in the Interior, and that might be another
opportunity for the CDQ applicant groups to look into.
Regarding the potential extension of the CDQ program, she
asked how long they had in mind.
MR. JEMEWOUK responded that they would like to extend the
program indefinitely.
Number 063
CHAIRMAN MOSES noted Representative Joe Green had joined the
meeting.
Number 078
REPRESENTATIVE CON BUNDE commented his experience had shown
that students with a personal commitment were more apt to
succeed, and any training should encourage personal pride
and commitment.
Number 093
REPRESENTATIVE NICHOLIA asked whether the University of
Alaska's rural education program had been contacted as an
opportunity for training.
MR. PHILLIP responded that the training efforts had not
included that yet.
REPRESENTATIVE NICHOLIA suggested the CDQ groups consider
contacting the University of Alaska's rural education
program.
Number 113
REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON asked for a description of how the
product flowed, from harvest to processing to market.
MR. JEMEWOUK answered that the product was delivered to the
offshore trawler partner and processed on the boats, then
some of it was off-loaded at Dutch Harbor, with some shipped
to Seattle for distribution to various food chains,
restaurants, and other outlets. Some product was sent to
Japan, he said, and much of it was processed into fillets.
REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON asked whether some of the fish was
processed into surimi.
MR. JEMEWOUK said that within his company, they had not
looked into surimi because of the depressed market. Instead
they looked at fillets and roe.
Number 150
MARK SPRINGER, a Hooper Bay resident and consultant to the
YUKON DELTA FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, said the
majority of their product was processed into surimi paste
for the Japanese market.
Number 170
REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON commented that surimi was one of the
highest value-added products in Alaska. He commented on
modifying the tax laws to call for a landing tax, so when
the product was landed Alaska would receive revenues as it
did for salmon.
Number 185
CLEM TILLION, ADVISER TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE on the CDQ
program, addressed the remarks regarding landing taxes. He
said they were now looking into that issue, and the intent
was to avoid ear-marked or designated funding, because that
led to extra layers of bureaucracy. He noted places like
Peter Pan Seafoods in King Cove was even doing "boil-in-the-
bag" secondary processing for shipping to the Japanese
household.
Number 212
MR. TILLION continued his testimony, noting that the CDQ
program varied among the applicant groups, and was just one
step in the overall process to make the participating areas
independent and self-supporting. The pollack fishery, for
example, was seen as a way to get cash for some of the other
efforts, and the halibut fishery saw 50% of the quota made
available to people in the area. Another goal was to
reinvest earnings so that the economic benefit was brought
home to the villages as earnings.
MR. TILLION stressed the CDQ program was not a welfare
program, and its success depended entirely on the efforts of
the participating applicant groups. Any groups that did not
succeed would be cut and their portion parcelled out to the
other participants. He said the program was flexible to fit
the resources and needs of the different areas.
Number 280
MR. TILLION explained the CDQ program had input from the
Limited Entry Commission in setting up brokerages to help
stem the outflow of limited entry permits. He said a fund
was established for purchase or loan of Individual
Transferrable Quotas (ITQ). Under the ITQ system, he said,
the property right was forecloseable, so loans could be made
safely. He said the CDQ administrators were also working on
such issues as landing taxes. He said they were working
with factory trawlers, and had not dodged the legislative
appropriations system.
Number 340
REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON asked Mr. Tillion to explain the flow
of revenues generated by the CDQ program; specifically, how
they were collected and accounted for.
MR. TILLION described the process, and said the CDQ monies
came directly to the organizations that were given an
allocation by the Secretary of Commerce. All CDQ programs
must be approved under criteria set out by the Governor.
The money flowed directly to the village organizations from
their contractors, and the state oversees the process. The
money was regulated through the state's Banking and
Securities Division, who audited the accounting records to
assure that funds were used for purposes approved under
regulations. An educational grant, for example, must be
used for education purposes, he pointed out.
Number 370
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN DAVIES asked Mr. Tillion if he could
identify the main obstacles to the program's success from
region to region. He also asked what the state could do to
help assure success for the CDQ program.
MR. TILLION told the committee the state could help assure
success by making sure the criteria and the plan laid out by
each group were adhered to.
Number 395
REPRESENTATIVE BUNDE asked about the level of general fund
support for the program.
MR. TILLION said the program would have its own funding
sources, and the only expense to the state would be for
costs of enforcement by the ADF&G and the State Troopers,
from programs already funded for general enforcement
activities. Funds for those purposes could come from a raw
fish tax or landing tax, so the funds came from the fishing
industry.
Number 415
REPRESENTATIVE BUNDE asked about former Governor Hammond's
suggestion to have a fish excise tax.
MR. TILLION noted when he was in the state senate, the
legislature raised fish taxes 300%.
Number 434
REPRESENTATIVE JOE GREEN asked Mr. Tillion to comment on the
possibility of a situation arising where a CDQ participant
might fail because of the restrictions and allotments of the
program.
Number 446
MR. TILLION noted the participants agreed to the criteria
when they joined the program, and as long as they did not
deviate from the plan, the program should run smoothly and
avoid failure. He said avoiding litigation was a goal of
the program.
Number 455
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN asked about the effect of bad catch
years for fishing on the CDQ participants.
Number 470
MR. TILLION answered that the Board of Fish had tried to
open up other fisheries and spread out the risk so there
were options available. He said they could not cover
natural obstacles such as the ice-block in Norton Sound last
year. The yearly income would fluctuate, he noted.
ADJOURNMENT
Number 488
CHAIRMAN MOSES adjourned the joint meeting and said the
Fisheries Committee would reconvene in Room 17.
EO 86: TRANSFER OF FRED DIVISION FUNCTIONS TO THE ADF&G
CHAIRMAN BILL WILLIAMS announced the Resources committee
would take a brief break and then reconvene to hear EO 86.
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS reconvened the meeting of the House
Resources Committee at 9:25 a.m., and noted a quorum was
present. He announced the committee would take up EO 86,
which was heard previously in committee, on January 29,
1993. At the previous hearing, he said, questions arose to
which the committee had asked for a written response. The
response had since been received, he noted.
Number 520
GERON BRUCE, SPECIAL ASSISTANT, ADF&G, referred to the
written responses to previous questions, and told the
committee he would answer any questions they might have. He
noted representatives of the divisions of Sport Fish, FRED
and Commercial Fisheries were also in attendance at the
meeting and would answer questions if required.
Number 530
REPRESENTATIVE DAVIES commented that he previously had
questions about the process of reorganization in the ADF&G.
He asked how far the ADF&G was in the process.
Number 540
MR. BRUCE said the ADF&G's Commissioner had appointed a
planning team leader, Jeff Koenings, and a core planning
group, who met to exchange ideas on an informal basis. That
was as far into the process as the ADF&G had gone, he
reported. He noted EO 86 became effective March 13, so the
ADF&G needed to act quickly.
Number 559
REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON called the members' attention to a
February 4, 1993 letter from the ADF&G's Commissioner. He
expressed the concern that any reorganizational flexibility
not be at the expense of the forward progress of the
enhancement of sports fisheries. He believed page two of
the letter assured the functions and essential services of
the FRED Division would be performed. After receiving the
packet of information from the ADF&G, Representative Hudson
said he felt comfortable with EO 86.
Number 587
REPRESENTATIVE BUNDE asked Mr. Bruce to confirm that the
reorganization of the ADF&G would not diminish the role of
the Division of Sport Fish.
MR. BRUCE replied in the affirmative.
REPRESENTATIVE BUNDE then asked about the disposition of the
remaining functions of the FRED Division.
Number 601
MR. BRUCE said three facilities in the Anchorage area would
be transferred to the Division of Sport Fish. Other
facilities would remain with the combined Commercial
Fisheries and Development and Management Division.
Number 605
REPRESENTATIVE DAVIES still had questions on the nature of
any savings that might be achieved through the
reorganization. He asked what the ADF&G's highest
priorities would be.
Number 618
MR. BRUCE said he could not at that time report on the
ADF&G's Commissioner's priorities, but said the Commissioner
had stressed that one of the highest priorities was to
protect the basic data gathering and stock assessment
functions, and in-season management capabilities of the
ADF&G. Other priorities would be identified more clearly as
the reorganization plan moved further along, he said. One
plan was to develop an enhancement program in the Arctic and
Northwest areas of the state.
Number 647
REPRESENTATIVE BUNDE asked whether the CDQ program might
pick up where the ADF&G left off with the hatchery business.
MR. BRUCE replied the ADF&G would maintain its technical
support through research and development, but the private
sector would take the lead. He added the ADF&G would be
involved in planning and protection of wild stocks. He
assured Representative Bunde the ADF&G would still work in
partnership with the private sector. He also clarified that
the ADF&G would not be involved in developing any new
hatcheries.
Number 675
JEFF KOENINGS, DIRECTOR, FRED DIVISION, ADF&G, addressed the
question on the ADF&G's involvement in the hatchery
business. Two out of every three hatcheries, he said, were
operated by the private non-profit sector, who took
advantage of the technology and planning developed by the
state. He added that it was not now in the state's plans to
build new facilities.
Number 701
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN discussed the ADF&G's intent to avoid
the reorganization having an adverse effect on the
sportfishing industry. He asked whether decisions related
to the reorganization would be irreversible, in case it did
not work.
TAPE 93-20, SIDE A
Number 000
MR. KOENINGS commented on the controls on the private
sector, which were getting tighter. The goal of the program
has been to supplement, not supplant, wild stocks, he
explained. In some cases, if the reorganization plan did
not work out, the ADF&G might be able to go back.
Number 038
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN was concerned that the changes might
ruin the sport fishing, which was the reason many people
moved to Alaska.
Number 045
MR. KOENINGS responded that the basis for the program was to
have oversight to be sure that did not happen.
Number 048
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS asked if anyone else was present to
testify or had questions. No one came forward.
Number 049
REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON MOVED to PASS EO 86 out of the
committee with individual recommendations, and ADOPT the
zero fiscal note, with unanimous consent.
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS asked members to indicate their approval
of the motion. No members were opposed and the MOTION
CARRIED.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS announced the next meeting of the House
Resources Committee would be on Friday, February 17, 1993,
at 8 a.m., to hold confirmation hearings for Bruce Twomley's
reappointment to the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission.
Also on Friday's agenda, he announced, would be HB 116,
related to the state's share of federal gas lease royalties.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the House
Resources Committee, Chairman Williams adjourned the meeting
at 9:45 a.m.
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