PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION

● Provide comprehensive services to organize/attend and prepare documents for numerous Client meeting in Washington, DC ● Provide feedback to Hill staff on WRDA language related to aquatic invasive species and watercraft inspection stations ● Provide feedback to Hill staff on improving the fishery disaster process ● Provide ongoing information to Client on Administration developments re: offshore wind energy sites and environmental impacts ● Provide lobbying support for technical correction in FY 2024 Interior Appropriations Bill on proper account for USGS funding of fisheries-related research ● Continue to provide Client with ongoing intelligence on several key regional marine issues including: OSW energy development & impacts on whales; sanctuary proposal in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; WA-AK chinook salmon status and SRKW population issues; CA/OR sea otter reintroduction; and MSA reauthorization, Hill staff changes, NOAAs 2023 IRA spend plan, MMPA issues; fishery disaster reform, Aquatic Invasives Species funding and project awards, SSL ESA salmon predation, availability for fisheries-dependent ports to seek MARAD grant funding, aquaculture provisions considered in reauthorization of USDA farm programs, Harmful Algal Blooms legislation/funding, final rule on vessel electronic monitoring, Federal Fish Passage Grant Programs and awards, Mitchell Act hatcheries, Columbia River Basin restoration.

● Report to Client on final FY2024 CDS requests; file multiple programmatic and CDS funding requests for FY2025 for NOAA programmatic marine fisheries surveys, data collection and research portfolio including: regional councils and commissions; interjurisdictional grants; data collection, surveys and assessments; electronic monitoring, salmon management, groundfish surveys on the West Coast and Alaska; and EIS needs for the West Coast States; advocate for House/Senate FY 2025 marine fisheries programs funding request letters.