AQUACULTURE

Bills and resolutions

Coast Guard: prohibit a vessel with a ballast water tank from entering the Great Lakes if a certain capacity of the tank contains ballast water (see H.R. 3122), H8381 [17SE]

Fish and fishing: prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 1286), H1901 [13MR]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: amend (see H.R. 3645), H12309 [21NO]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 989), H1462 [27FE]

Marine resources: develop a unified approach to strengthen and promote national policy (see H. Res. 301), H6263 [26JN] (see H. Res. 308), H6348 [8JY]

National Invasive Species Council: establish (see S. 536), S3163 [5MR]

National objectives: unified approach to strengthen and promote national policy (see S. Res. 160), S7476 [5JN]

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. 1081), H1639 [5MR]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see S. 525), S3162 [5MR] (see H.R. 1080), H1639 [5MR]

Remarks in House

Fish and fishing: prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (H.R. 1286), E460 [13MR]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: amend (H.R. 3645), E2407 [22NO]

Great Lakes: aquatic invasive species dispersal barrier funding, H8837 [24SE]

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (H.R. 1081), E380 [6MR]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (H.R. 1080), E409 [7MR]

Remarks in Senate

Fish and fishing: promote domestic seafood production, S2439 [13FE]

Food: seafood safety research programs funding, S14016 [5NO]

National Invasive Species Council: establish (S. 536), S3189, S3190 [5MR]

National objectives: unified approach to strengthen and promote national policy (S. Res. 160), S7497 [5JN]

Rhode Island: eelgrass habitat restoration program funding, S14019 [5NO]

Water: establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (S. 525), S3178-S3181 [5MR], S3495 [11MR]

Reports filed

Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1081) (H. Rept. 108-324), H9737 [20OC]

Texts of

S. Res. 160, unified approach to strengthen and promote national aquaculture policy, S7496 [5JN]