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SR 3                                                                                                                          
Senator Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent to take up                                                                      
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3 Urging the North Pacific Fishery                                                                        
Management Council to amend the groundfish fisheries management                                                                 
plan for the Gulf of Alaska to allow for an annually adjusted cap of                                                            
prohibited species catch based on an abundance of bycatch species,                                                              

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and expeditiously to implement a Chinook bycatch cap to limit the                                                               
number of Chinook salmon harvested as bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska,                                                            
which had been held on the Secretary's desk (page 592). Without                                                                 
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3 was read the second time and was                                                                        
before the Senate on final passage.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3 Urging                                                                       
the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to amend the                                                                       
groundfish fisheries management plan for the Gulf of Alaska to allow                                                            
for an annually adjusted cap of prohibited species catch based on an                                                            
abundance of bycatch species, and expeditiously to implement a                                                                  
Chinook bycatch cap to limit the number of Chinook salmon harvested                                                             
as bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska, pass the Senate?" The roll was taken                                                          
with the following result:                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SR 3                                                                                                                            
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, French, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                            
Huggins, Kookesh, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan, Stedman,                                                                       
Stevens, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  McGuire                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
and so, SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3 passed the Senate and was                                                                       
referred to the Secretary for engrossment and enrollment.