Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-196-R1

Redraft ENV 196

FISHERIES RESEARCH

Messrs. Montigny and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2330-0100, <w:p><w:r><w:t xml:space="preserve">by inserting after the words “shellfish classification program” the following words:-

provided further, that no less than $350,000 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 Dartmouth, that applies innovative technology to assess the biomass of groundfish, including cod and yellowtail in the region managed by the New England Fishery Management Council