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23300100 - Division of Marine Fisheries
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018
| Account | Description | FY2018 Spending |
FY2019 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, the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and a shellfish classification program; provided, that funds shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that the division shall continue to develop strategies to improve federal regulations governing the commercial fishing industry and to promote sustainable fisheries; provided further, that $400,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant; provided further, that the division shall offer wet storage and desanding services at the Newburyport shellfish purification plant as laid out in the report dated March 1, 2012; provided further, that for functions not being performed by the plant prior to July 1, 2012, the division may solicit competitive proposals for the utilization of excess processing capacity at the Newburyport shellfish purification plant, which may include proposals to offer wet storage and desanding services at the plant as described in the shellfish purification plant management plan dated March 1, 2012; provided further, that the division shall be under no obligation to consider or implement any proposal that the division determines would displace, impede or otherwise hinder the existing functions of the plant; provided further, that the division may enter into contracts based on proposals received and the division shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 60 days before taking any such action; provided further, that not more than $142,926 shall be expended on the Industry Based Survey (IBS); provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for coastal and marsh restoration and revitalization including, but not limited to, the treatment of phragmites and other invasive species; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Fishing Academy, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a Great Marsh green crab trapping program; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the division to complete a study of the impacts of the trawl fishery targeting longfin squid in waters under the jurisdiction of the commonwealth, with particular focus on the division of marine fisheries and federal sea sampling data collection programs concerning catch and by-catch; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for shellfish propagation in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties; provided further, that not less than $450,000 shall be expended for a program of collaborative research by the division of marine fisheries through the Marine Fisheries Institute, in collaboration with the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, that applies innovative technology to assess the biomass of fish, in the region managed by the New England Fishery Management Council; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the establishment, coordination, and operation of a state marine genomics program through the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, Incorporated in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Marine Station Gloucester and the department of marine fisheries; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of Herring Run to Whitman's Pond in Weymouth |
6,487,632 | 6,989,289 |
Veto Explanation: I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
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