[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 194 Referred in House (RFH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 194


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1994

       Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
To designate the second week of August 1994 as ``National United States 
                            Seafood Week''.

Whereas seafood is an important natural resource commercially harvested from the 
        waters of every region of the United States;
Whereas an increasing amount of seafood is also available through United States 
        aquaculture production;
Whereas the United States seafood industry provides hundreds of thousands of 
        jobs and includes fish harvesters, growers, processors, managers, 
        biologists, ship builders and suppliers, shippers, carriers, marketing 
        personnel, wholesale and retail sellers, grocers, and others;
Whereas the buying and consumption of American seafood products boosts our 
        national economy and supports the ``Made in the USA'' theme;
Whereas seafood is one of the healthiest forms of protein, and is low in 
        calories, fat, and cholesterol;
Whereas seafood is being processed in increasingly creative forms to provide a 
        vast market and a great variety of products;
Whereas each United States citizen consumes an average of 15 pounds of seafood 
        annually, while citizens of some other industrialized fishing countries 
        each consume over 50 pounds of seafood annually;
Whereas the United States harvests and produces 10 billion pounds of seafood 
        annually;
Whereas the United States is the largest exporter of seafood in the world, but 
        also the second largest importer of seafood, and domestic seafood which 
        could be consumed by United States citizens is being exported to other 
        countries;
Whereas the average American consumer will unknowingly purchase foreign seafood 
        due to a lack of awareness about the availability and superior quality 
        of domestic seafood;
Whereas competition in the world seafood market has increased, in part due to 
        the subsidization of foreign seafood industries, particularly foreign 
        aquaculture;
Whereas domestic seafood is one of the Nation's most valuable sustainable 
        natural resources; and
Whereas the United States could become a much healthier Nation simply by eating 
        a better diet, including eating more domestic seafood: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the second week of August 
1994 be designated as ``National United States Seafood Week''. The 
President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling 
upon the people of the United States to observe the week with 
appropriate ceremonies and activities.

            Passed the Senate August 4 (legislative day, July 20), 
      1994.

            Attest:

                                                MARTHA S. POPE,

                                                             Secretary.