[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11774-11775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATING THE CITY OF MORRO BAY

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

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  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to extend my congratulations to 
the city of Morro Bay in my congressional district on the central coast 
of California.
  Last month, the city won the 2012 award for Excellence in Local 
Governance for coastal and ocean management from NOAA, the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This award is for its 
groundbreaking work with other coastal communities in California, local 
fishermen, and the Nature Conservancy to preserve historic fishing 
activity and build long-term economic and environmental resiliency on 
California's central coast.
  Working together, these partners realized that Morro Bay and other 
small fishing communities--our working waterfronts--needed to respond 
to the changing conditions of their fisheries. This effort has not been 
easy, to be sure; but Morro Bay's leaders, who have faced huge 
obstacles in their efforts to try new approaches to fisheries 
management, were determined to make this work. So it is great to see 
this recognition of their courage and their hard work to improve Morro 
Bay's leading industry.
  Again, I congratulate the city of Morro Bay and its innovative 
partners for earning this acknowledgement.

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