Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-900

ENV 900

Fisheries Research

Mr. Montigny moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2330-0100, by adding at the end thereof the following:- "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 Dartmouth, that applies innovative technology to assess the biomass of fish, in the region managed by the New England Fishery Management Council;”