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FY 2006 Hurricane Supplemental FY 2007 House and Senate Update Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee July 25-27, 2006

FY 2006 Hurricane Supplemental FY 2007 House and Senate Update Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee July 25-27, 2006 National Marine Fisheries Service Budget Summary Hurricane Supplemental FY 2007 House and Senate Mark Hurricane Supplemental $118.M in ORF Provides for;

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FY 2006 Hurricane Supplemental FY 2007 House and Senate Update Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee July 25-27, 2006

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  1. FY 2006 Hurricane Supplemental FY 2007 House and Senate UpdateMarine Fisheries Advisory CommitteeJuly 25-27, 2006 National Marine Fisheries Service

  2. Budget Summary Hurricane Supplemental FY 2007 House and Senate Mark

  3. Hurricane Supplemental • $118.M in ORF Provides for; • $90M Oysters and Shrimp, Survey and Monitoring • $5M (Up to $5 million) for Industry Assistance • $20M NOS Maps • $2M NOS PORTS • $1M NOS Tide Gauges • $38M Transfer from Agriculture; • $38M Oyster Reseeding, Rehabilitation, Restoration • $32M in PAC provided for: • $20M Pascagoula Lab • $12M NMAO Aircraft $188M

  4. Hurricane Supplemental • Fisheries Component ($133M) • Award grant to Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission $127.8M • $52.9M LA • $37.1M MS • $29.6M AL • $4.2M FL • $3.2M TX • $0.8M GSMFC • $2M grant to state of ME for Red Tide • $2M grant to state of MA for Red Tide • $1M to NMFS for Cooperative Research

  5. FY 2007 House and Senate Marks Summary by Subactivity * $10M of PCSRF will be for Klamath Fishermen

  6. Summary • The FY 2007 House Mark is a reduction of $156.5M or 28% below the FY 2006 Enacted level. • The FY 2007 Senate Mark is an increase of $187.9M or 26% above the FY 2006 Enacted level. • The FY 2007 Senate Mark is $344.3M higher than the FY 2007 House Mark

  7. House Impacts • Impedes implementation of U.S. Ocean Action Plan, and implementation of ESA and MMPA • Unsupportive of Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization • Eliminates requested increases in critical areas such as • Expand Stock Assessments • Economics and Social Sciences Research • Enforcement and Observers • Regional Councils and Commissions funded at $25M --a $1.3M reduction from the President’s Request

  8. House Impacts Protected Species • Increases processing time for permit applications • Impedes ability to issue incidental take permits for energy projects and military readiness exercises • Limits NMFS ability for proactive conservation Fisheries Research and Management Programs • Large reduction in stock assessment funding • Can not collect basic fisheries data needed to make management decisions • Elimination of economics and social science program • Earmarks erode our base resources (e.g., HMS studies) Habitat • Earmarks erode our base resources • Impacts EFH consultation responsibilities and refinement of EFH Enforcement and Observers • Restricts enforcement’s investigation and monitoring efforts • Reduction in observer funding impact regional observer programs across the country, decreasing the number of observed days at sea by approximately 2,000 days.

  9. Senate Impacts • Supports implementation of U.S. Ocean Action Plan, and implementation of ESA and MMPA • Supports Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization • Senate Mark supports President’s request for • Protected Species • Expand Stock Assessments • Economics and Social Science Research • Regional Councils and Commissions funded at $40M -- a $13.7M increase above the President’s Request

  10. Senate Impacts Protected Species • Funds request for needed protected species stock assessments • Funds Marine Mammal Initiative • Provides for cooperative protection of Right Whales Fisheries Research and Management Programs • Supports request for Gulf of Mexico activities (HMS and Catch and Release Studies) • Provides funding for Fish Information Networks • Increases funding for efforts to reduce bycatch Habitat • Supports request for base activities and increases for Great Lakes • Provides for increase in restoration activities Enforcement and Observers • Small reduction in enforcement funding could reduce funding to JEA (cooperative agreements) and VMS

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