FISH AND FISHING related term(s) Marine Mammals; National Wildlife Refuges; Wildlife

Amendments

Aquaculture: establish a national development and research policy (S. 1080), S8833 [4SE]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1658), H10803 [13NO]

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H. Con. Res. 8), H8866 [21OC]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (H.R. 1420), S9088, S9092 [10SE]

Articles and editorials

Lewiston Should Share the Motel Jobs With Boise, E1592 [1AU]

Potomac—An Endangered River?, E890 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust laws: application (see S. 533), S2900 [9AP]

Aquaculture: establish a national development and research policy (see S. 1080), S8262 [29JY]

Atlantic striped bass: prohibit commercial harvesting in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 393), H151 [9JA]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1658), H2874 [16MY]

Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (see S. Res. 109; H. Con. Res. 124), S7950 [23JY], H5826 [25JY]

China, People's Republic of: approve international fishery agreement (see H.R. 2393), H6797 [3SE]

Dept. of Defense: improve the management of fish and wildlife resources on military lands (see H.R. 374), H151 [9JA]

Ecology and environment: enhance fish and wildlife conservation and natural resources management programs (see S. 1363), S11678 [4NO]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (see H.R. 2233; H. Con. Res. 8; H. Res. 87), H155 [9JA], H812 [10MR], H5664 [23JY]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see S. 1180), S9411 [16SE]

Glacier Bay National Park: effective management of visitor services and fishing activity (see S. 1064), S8091 [24JY]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see S. 659; H.R. 1481), S3727 [25AP], H1988 [29AP]

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (see S. 1219; H.R. 2565), S9969 [25SE], H8054 [26SE]

Marine mammals: allow import of dolphin-safe tuna relative to lowering of dolphin mortality rate and certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 1259), H1391 [9AP]

Marion National Fish Hatchery: convey to Alabama (see H.R. 608), H347 [5FE]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2376), H6715 [1AU]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see S. 1059; H.R. 511, 952, 1420), S7950 [23JY], H282 [4FE], H767 [5MR], H1794 [23AP]

———prohibit expenditure of certain funds for new refuges without specific authorization from Congress (see H.R. 512), H282 [4FE]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins (see S. 1480), S12118 [8NO]

North Carolina: transfer of land to facilitate construction of jetty and sand transfer system by the Corps of Engineers (see S. 234), S804 [29JA]

North Dakota: increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats (see S. 1515), S12461 [10NO]

Public lands: analyze effects of potential hunting and fishing limitations before enacting new land use policies (see S. 751), S4588 [15MY]

Rivers: Corps of Engineers project to protect fish and wildlife habitat of the Missouri River and the middle Mississippi River (see H.R. 2949), H10419 [8NO]

Ships and vessels: limitation on vessels that may engage in harvesting Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring within the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 1575), H2445 [8MY]

———moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (see S. 1035, 1192; H.R. 1855), S7710 [17JY], S9636 [18SE], H3659 [10JN]

———prevent foreign control of U.S. flag fishing vessels employed in the navigable waters and exclusive economic zone of the U.S. (see S. 1221), S9969 [25SE]

Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: require acquisition of lands be only by donation, exchange, or by owner consent (see H.R. 13), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

States: authorize assistance for fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 2973), H10420 [8NO]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (see S. 379; H.R. 1267), S1734 [27FE], H1391 [9AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: feasibility study to establish a national recreational fishing license (see H.R. 2653), H8832 [9OC]

———utilization of proceeds from sales of certain items (see H.R. 2291), H6026 [29JY]

Walker River Basin: assist in litigation settlement and conserve and stabilize water quantity and quality for fish habitat and recreation (see S. 1527; H.R. 2947), S12575 [13NO], H10419 [8NO]

Washington salmon fishery: funding for fishing licenses and vessels (see H.R. 1088), H1040 [17MR]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see S. 1222, 1321), S9969 [25SE], S11289 [28OC]

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H3201 [22MY]

Explanations

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107): Gorton Amendment on Recreation and Wildlife Funding, S9601 [18SE]

Letters

Dakota Water Resources Act: Arden Haner, North Dakota Water Resource Districts Association, S12474 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———Ben Varnson, Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board, S12467 [10NO]

———Bruce W. Furness, Mayor of Fargo, ND, S12468 [10NO], E2321 [10NO]

———Charles W. Murphy, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, S12468 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———Dale O. Anderson, Greater North Dakota Association, S12474 [10NO]

———David K. Martin, Fargo Chamber of Commerce, S12473 [10NO]

———E. Ward Koeser, Mayor of Williston, ND, S12474 [10NO]

———Fred S. Gengler, Mayor of Dickinson, ND, S12474 [10NO]

———Joseph A. Westby, North Dakota Education Association, S12467 [10NO]

———Myra Pearson, Spirit Lake Tribe, S12473 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———Orlin W. Backes, Mayor of Minot, ND, S12467 [10NO]

———Patricia A. Owens, Mayor of Grand Forks, ND, E2321 [10NO]

———Pinkie Evans-Curry, Southwest Water Authority, S12467 [10NO]

———Raphael J. DeCoteau, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, S12468 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———Russell D. Mason, Sr., Fort Berthold Indian, S12473 [10NO]

———several North Dakota elected officials, S12466 [10NO], E2321 [10NO]

———Thomas C. Rolfstad, Industrial Development Association of North Dakota, S12468 [10NO]

———Warren L. Jamison, Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, E2321 [10NO]

National Parks and Environmental Improvement Fund: William R. Irvin, Center for Marine Conservation, S9592 [18SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act: Mark Van Putten, National Wildlife Federation, H3229 [3JN]

Protection from liability relative to marine mammal disentanglement: D. James Baker, Dept. of Commerce, S4915 [21MY]

Salton Sea region, CA, environmental restoration: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S11220 [27OC]

———Senator Feinstein, S11220, S11221 [27OC]

Lists

National Wildlife Refuge System grazing sites, S9093 [10SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System oil and gas activities, S9094 [10SE]

Memorandums

Dakota Water Resources Act: Alfred Underdahl, West River Joint Board, S12474 [10NO]

———Dennis Hill, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, S12467 [10NO]

———Glenn Wunderlich, Souris River Joint Board, S12474 [10NO]

———Mike Dwyer and Jack Olin, North Dakota Water Users Association, S12467 [10NO], E2322 [10NO]

———William B. Bicknell, North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society, S12472 [10NO]

Messages

Fisheries Agreement Between the U.S. and Estonia: President Clinton, S939 [4FE], H259 [4FE]

Fisheries Agreement Between the U.S. and Lithuania: President Clinton, S938 [4FE], H259 [4FE]

Fisheries Agreement With the People's Republic of China: President Clinton, S7602 [16JY], H5309 [16JY]

International Whaling Commission: President Clinton, S1224 [11FE], H421 [11FE]

Press releases

Endangered Species Act Reauthorization: Representatives Dingell and Saxton, H8691 [8OC]

Remarks in House

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1658), H4858-H4860 [8JY], H10803, H10804 [13NO]

Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (H. Con. Res. 124), H5836-H5838 [28JY]

Centers for Disease Control: pfiesteria research funding, H7235-H7237 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: improve the management of fish and wildlife resources on military lands, H4381 [25JN]

———improve the management of fish and wildlife resources on military lands (H.R. 374), E17 [7JA]

Dole, Bob: trade efforts relative to Chilean salmon farmers, H9804 [31OC]

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H. Con. Res. 8), H1742-H1744 [23AP], E86 [9JA], E1118 [4JN]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H. Con. Res. 8), Senate amendments, H8866, H8867 [21OC]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H. Res. 87), E418 [10MR]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H.R. 2233), H8066, H8067 [29SE], H8293 [1OC]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize, H8636, H8691 [8OC]

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (H.R. 2565), H8986 [22OC]

———research on oyster diseases and oyster-related human health risks, H3886 [18JN]

Marine mammals: allow import of dolphin-safe tuna relative to lowering of dolphin mortality rate and certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.R. 1259), E614 [9AP]

Morro Bay, CA: tribute to Morro Bay Harbor Festival, E1601 [1AU]

National Marine Fisheries Service: Conservation Management and Operations Program funding, H7782 [24SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (H.R. 1420), H3225-H3232 [3JN], H7646-H7648 [23SE]

———improve management (H.R. 511), E181 [6FE]

———improve management (H.R. 952), E387 [5MR]

Natural Resource Summit of America: tribute, E1180 [11JN]

NOAA: non-point source pollution control programs funding, H7892-H7896 [25SE]

———Northwest Emergency Assistance Program funding, H8022 [26SE]

———pfiesteria piscicida research funding, H7790 [24SE], H7892-H7896 [25SE], E1876 [26SE]

North Dakota: increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats (H.R. 3012), E2320 [10NO]

Parravano, Pietro: Highliner of the Year Award recipient, E2283 [9NO]

Potomac River: pollution cleanup, E890 [8MY]

Ships and vessels: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (H.R. 1855), H5832-H5836 [28JY], H7894 [25SE], E1549, E1550, E1552, E1556 [29JY]

Suffolk County, NY: tribute to Suffolk Alliance of Sportsmen, Inc., E83 [9JA]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (H.R. 1267), E611 [9AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: division of Pacific regional office, H9529, H9530 [24OC]

———utilization of proceeds from sales of certain items (H.R. 2291), E1553 [29JY]

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (H.R. 1719), E1014, E1020, E1021, E1023 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: effective management of visitor services and fishing activity, S11266 [28OC]

Antitrust laws: application (S. 533), S2915 [9AP]

Aquaculture: establish a national development and research policy (S. 1080), S8266, S8269 [29JY]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1658), S12191 [8NO], S12495 [10NO]

———reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1658), conditional sequential referral, S8674 [2SE]

BIA: tribal fishing resources management funding, S9618 [18SE]

California: environmental restoration for the Salton Sea region, S9622 [18SE], S11218-S11221 [27OC]

Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (S. Res. 109), S7814 [22JY], S7897, S7911, S7912, S7948 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: improve the management of fish and wildlife resources on military lands, S7107, S7108 [9JY], S11816 [6NO]

Ecology and environment: fish and wildlife habitat protection funding, S12439 [10NO]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H. Con. Res. 8), S10778, S10779 [9OC]

———Teaming With Wildlife initiative funding, S11856 [6NO]

Endangered Species: Blue Pike Study funding, S9617 [18SE]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (S. 1180), S9411-S9423 [16SE]

Glacier Bay National Park: effective management of visitor services and fishing activity (S. 1064), S8093 [24JY]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (S. 659), S3735 [25AP]

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (S. 1219), S9969, S9970 [25SE]

Marine mammals: protection from liability relative to marine mammal disentanglement, S4199, S4200 [8MY], S4914 [21MY]

Michigan: Huron and Manistee National Forests land acquisition, S9621 [18SE]

National Marine Fisheries Service: hiring of full-time employees for implementation of endangered species and fisheries regulations, S8219 [29JY]

National Parks and Environmental Improvement Fund: establish, S9591-S9596 [18SE], S9805 [23SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System: compatibility of certain activities with the specific mission or purposes of a particular refuge, S9238 [11SE]

———improve management (H.R. 1420), S9092-S9096 [10SE], S9238 [11SE]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins (S. 1480), S12145 [8NO]

North Carolina: transfer of land to facilitate construction of jetty and sand transfer system by the Corps of Engineers (S. 234), S817 [29JA]

North Dakota: increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats (S. 1515), S12462-S12475 [10NO]

Public lands: analyze effects of potential hunting and fishing limitations before enacting new land use policies (S. 751), S4599 [15MY]

Rye, NH: Walter B. Jones Memorial Award and NOAA Excellence Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management recipient, S10863 [20OC]

Salmon: fishing permit buy-back program, S4201 [8MY]

Seattle, WA: Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center funding, S8080 [24JY]

Ships and vessels: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (S. 1192), S9644 [18SE], S9734 [19SE]

———prevent foreign control of U.S. flag fishing vessels employed in the navigable waters and exclusive economic zone of the U.S. (S. 1221), S9972-S9974 [25SE], S10299 [1OC]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (S. 379), S1759 [27FE]

Uruguay: withhold U.S. assistance until certain U.S. business assets have been released, S4045 [7MY]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (S. 1222), S9975, S9976 [25SE], S10095 [26SE]

———estuary conservation and management programs funding (S. 1321), S11290 [28OC]

Reports filed

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1658) (S. Rept. 105-149), S12118 [8NO]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act Reauthorization and Amendments: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 1658) (S. Rept. 105-148), S12118 [8NO]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1658) (H. Rept. 105-169), H4912 [8JY]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2233) (H. Rept. 105-277), H8160 [29SE]

Endangered Species Recovery Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1180) (S. Rept. 105-128), S11544 [31OC]

Maintain Health and Stability of Coral Reef Ecosystems: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H. Con. Res. 8) (S. Rept. 105-94), S10229 [30SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H. Con. Res. 8) (H. Rept. 105-69), H1793 [23AP]

Moratorium on Large Vessels in Atlantic Mackerel or Atlantic Herring Fisheries: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1855) (H. Rept. 105-209), H5916 [28JY]

National Wildlife Refuge System Management Improvement: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1420) (H. Rept. 105-106), H3169 [21MY]

Nomination of Jamie Rappaport Clark To Be U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S8091 [24JY]

Pfiesteria Research Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1219) (S. Rept. 105-132), S11666 [4NO]

Prohibit Expenditure of Funds for New National Wildlife System Refuges Without Specific Authorization From Congress: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 512) (H. Rept. 105-276), H8160 [29SE]

Statements

Dakota Water Resources Act: North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society, S12466, S12472 [10NO]

———Wildlife Society, E2321 [10NO]

Endangered Species Act Reauthorization: Representative Dingell, H8691 [8OC]

———Representative Saxton, H8691 [8OC]

Moratorium on Large Vessels in Atlantic Mackerel or Atlantic Herring Fisheries (H.R. 1855), E1556-E1558 [29JY]

Summaries

Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act (S. 1222), S9975 [25SE]

Tables

Mortality rate of dolphins in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, S8299 [30JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 8, maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems, S10778 [9OC], H1742 [23AP]

H. Con. Res. 124, Canadian blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada, H5836 [28JY]

H.R. 1420, National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act, H3225-H3227 [3JN]

H.R. 1658, Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act reauthorization and amendments, S12496 [10NO], H4858 [8JY]

H.R. 1855, moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries, H5832 [28JY]

H.R. 2233, Coral Reef Conservation Act, H8066 [29SE]

S. 379, charitable tax deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains, S1759 [27FE]

S. 533, Fishing Industry Bargaining Act, S2915 [9AP]

S. 1064, Glacier Bay Management and Protection Act, S8094 [24JY]

S. 1080, National Aquaculture Development, Research, and Promotion Act, S8267 [29JY]

S. 1180, Endangered Species Recovery Act, S9413-S9421 [16SE]

S. 1192, North Atlantic Fisheries Conservation Act, S9734 [19SE]

S. 1219, Pfiesteria Research Act, S9970 [25SE]

S. 1321, estuary conservation and management programs funding, S11290 [28OC]

S. 1480, Harmful Algal Bloom Research and Control Act, S12145 [8NO]

S. 1515, Dakota Water Resources Act, S12468-S12470 [10NO]

S. Res. 109, Canadian blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada, S7919, S7965 [23JY]