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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
2330-0100	Division of Marine Fisheries For the operation of the division of marine fisheries, including expenses of the Annisquam river marine research laboratory, marine research programs, a commercial fisheries program, a shellfish management program, including coastal area classification, mapping and technical assistance, and for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and shellfish classification program; provided, that $300,000 shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that not less than $333,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and that plant shall generate not less than $115,000 from purification fees; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the joint operation of a shellfish propagation program on Cape Cod between the division and the Barnstable county department of health and environment; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Family Fishing Assistance Center in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Family Fishing Assistance Center in the city of Gloucester; and provided further, that the division shall develop a strategy for the sustainable and commercially practicable harvest of dogfish by the commonwealth's commercial fishing industry	4,777,984	4,966,481

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	2,955	3,001	3,207	3,578	3,305
Pensions & Benefits	69	52	59	104	99
Operating Expenses	295	530	668	1,093	737
Public Assistance	0	0	5	5	2
Aid to Cities & Towns	283	333	190	422	823
TOTAL	3,602	3,917	4,129	5,202	4,966

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
A joint operation of a shellfish propagation program on Cape Cod between the division and Barnstable County	90,000
Fishing Family Assistance	50,000
Fishing Family Assistance	50,000
Operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant	333,000
Recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds	300,000