MARINE RESOURCES

Articles and editorials

NMFS Has Yet Another Reason for Cooperation, E1606 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 3673), H140 [5FE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: clarify definition of ``essential fish habitat'' (see H.R. 5030), H4068 [26JN]

Georgia: protect marine species (see S. 2627), S5584 [14JN]

National Marine Fisheries Service: delay implementation of certain Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Management Plan regulations relative to stock populations (see S. 3110), S10360 [10OC]

———establish a pelagic longline highly migratory species bycatch and mortality reduction research program (see H.R. 4895), H3291 [6JN]

NOAA: improve conservation and management of coastal and ocean resources (see H.R. 4966), H3720 [19JN]

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H6373 [18SE]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see S. 2964), S8754 [18SE] (see H.R. 5396), H6373 [18SE]

Cost Estimates

NOAA Act (H.R. 4966): CBO, E2148 [16DE]

Remarks in House

National Marine Fisheries Service: review of scientific data limiting fishing quotas in New England waters, E1605 [19SE]

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (H.R. 5395), E1602 [18SE], E2059 [15NO]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (H.R. 5396), E2059 [15NO]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Commerce: flexibility in fishery rebuilding plans, S11795 [20NO]

Georgia: protect marine species (S. 2627), S5597 [14JN]

National Marine Fisheries Service: delay implementation of certain Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Management Plan regulations relative to stock populations (S. 3110), S10388 [10OC]

———restrictions on the number of days fishing is allowed in the Gulf of Maine, S1411 [4MR]

Water: establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (S. 2964), S8760 [18SE]

Reports filed

NOAA Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4966) (H. Rept. 107-759), H7929 [15OC]