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[Page S1805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:
POM-191. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of
the State of Maine respectfully urging and requesting the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration take the
lives of the men and women of the Maine lobster industry into
account in the agency's decision making and understand that
the agency's proposed changes to the Atlantic Large Whale
Take Reduction Plan will not save one right whale in Maine
waters but will put many human lives in danger; to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Senate Paper 762
We, your Memorialists, the Members of the One Hundred and
Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Maine now assembled
in the Second Regular Session, most respectfully present and
petition the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
as follows:
Whereas, the men and women who work in the Maine lobster
industry are constantly at risk of injury and loss of life;
and
Whereas, the safety of these workers must be the primary
concern of all government agencies that regulate the ocean;
and
Whereas, the Maine lobster industry has made many changes
to help protect the right whale; and
Whereas, no right whales have been killed by Maine lobster
gear and deaths in 2019 were predominantly by ship strikes in
Canadian waters or in one instance due to Canadian fishing
gear entanglements; and
Whereas, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration has stated that right whales likely are not
traveling in the waters in which Maine lobster fishing
occurs; and
Whereas, the proposal to modify the existing Atlantic Large
Whale Take Reduction Plan developed by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration will not save any right whales
in Maine waters but will put the lives of workers in the
Maine lobster industry at great risk; and
Whereas, the lobster industry is one of Maine's core
traditional natural resource industries and has employed
generations of Maine's citizens; and
Whereas, the lobster industry contributes $1.5 billion to
Maine's economy and entire communities depend upon the work
that the lobster industry provides; Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That We, your Memorialists, respectfully urge and
request that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration take the lives of the men and women of the
Maine lobster industry into account in the agency's decision
making and understand that the agency's proposed changes to
the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan will not save
one right whale in Maine waters but will put many human lives
in danger: and be it further
Resolved, That suitable copies of this resolution, duly
authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to
the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United
States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to Dr.
Neil Jacobs, acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere, and to each Member of the Maine Congressional
Delegation.
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POM-192. A petition from a citizen of the State of Texas
relative to H.R. 5383 the ``New Way Forward Act''; to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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