● Advise Client on opportunity to provide comments to USFWS on definitional change of squid as shellfish ● Provide Client with information/implications of S.4236 and gaining access to agriculture programs ● Participate in Hill staff discussions on MSA/ESA/MMPA reforms; continue to oppose the transfer of protected species management authority from NOAA to USFWS; inform Client on NOAA ANPRM related to North Atlantic Right Whale vessel speed rule ● Outreach to NOAA on implementation of seafood EO and deregulatory agenda ● Continue to monitor federal agency activities, hearings (reports on US-CAN-MEX Senate & House IUU hearings in Q1) and legislation (S.688 & S.1369) related to IUU fishing and forced labor in the seafood industry; updates on NOAA MMPA comparability findings and status of industry-driven litigation ● Monitor Offshore Wind developments, related EOs, and track BOEM activities and House passage of the SPEED Act (H.R. 4776); share NAS OSW West Coast final report on impacts to fisheries
Lobbyists: RICK MARKS
Government entities lobbied:HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)
● No lobbying activity - continue to monitor NOAA trade developments around the Boston Seafood Show
Lobbyists: RICK MARKS
Government entities lobbied:Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
BUD — Budget/Appropriations
● Communications with NOAA staff on OMB scoring for the FFP; submit FFP FY27 programmatic appropriations request to House and Senate staff, including Client letter of support
Lobbyists: RICK MARKS
Government entities lobbied:HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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