HR 8 — Recognizing 2019 as the International Year of the Salmon and supporting an associated global initiative identifying the importance of wild salmon.

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CS FOR HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

8(RES)8 01 Recognizing 2019 as the International Year of the Salmon and supporting an associated 02 global initiative identifying the importance of wild salmon.

and 25 WHEREAS resource managers have identified watersheds across the statefederal ingovernment whichhas 26spent theover salmon$10,000,000,000 stocks are "stocks of concern," and these managers recognize the need for morewild 27salmon research26 torecovery betterin understand the measuresPacific necessaryNorthwest tosince improve the health1970s; of the salmon 28 runs;

and 2927 WHEREAS the28 federalpopulations governmentof hassalmon spentand oversteelhead $10,000,000,000on forthe wildwest salmoncoast 30of recoverythe inUnited the28 PacificStates Northwestare sincelisted as threatened or endangered under the 1970s;Endangered Species Act;

and 3129 WHEREAS 28the populationshealth of salmonthe andwild steelheadAtlantic onsalmon theis westan coastindicator of the Unitedgeneral States30 areenvironmental listedhealth asof threatenedits orsurroundings; endangered under the Endangered Species Act;

and 0231 WHEREASWHEREAS, in the health1970s ofand the1980s, wildas many as 900,000 Atlantic salmon isreturned anannually indicatorto of the generalstreams 03and environmentalrivers healthalong the east coast of itsNorth surroundings;America;

and 04 WHEREAS, in the2017, 1970sit andwas 1980s,02 asestimated manythat asonly 900,000496,000 Atlantic salmon returnedspawned, 05 annually to the streams and riversnearly alongall theof eastthose coastreturned ofto North03 America;Canadian watersheds;

inand 2017,04 itWHEREAS, wasin 06the estimatedUnited thatStates, onlywhere 496,000wild Atlantic salmon spawned,are andlisted nearlyunder allthe of05 thoseEndangered Species Act, only 1,041 Atlantic salmon returned to 07rivers Canadianin watersheds;the United States in 06 2017;

and 0807 WHEREAS,WHEREAS in the Unitedfederal States,government wherehas spent tens of millions of dollars for wild Atlantic08 salmon arerecovery listedalong underthe east coast of the 09United EndangeredStates, Speciesand Act,the onlyamount 1,041of Atlanticfunds salmonthat returnedwould to09 riversbe inadditionally therequired Unitedfor StatesAtlantic insalmon 10to 2017;recover is unknown;

and 1110 WHEREAS the federalInternational governmentYear hasof spentthe tensSalmon ofestablishes millionsa ofperiod dollarsto forcelebrate wildand 1211 salmoneducate recoveryabout alongthe contributions of wild salmon to the easthealth coastand economy of the state, the 12 United States, Canada, and other nations across the amountworld ofand fundsto thatfind wouldways 13to berebuild additionallysalmon required13 forstocks Atlanticthat salmonare failing to recovermeet isescapement unknown;goals;

and 14 WHEREASBE theIT InternationalRESOLVED Yearthat of the SalmonHouse establishesof aRepresentatives periodrecognizes to2019 celebrateas andthe 15 educateInternational aboutYear the contributions of wild salmon to the healthSalmon and economysupports of the state,research theefforts 16that Unitedwill States,extend Canada,through and16 other2022 nationsas acrosspart of the worldglobal andinitiative; to find ways to rebuild salmon 17 stocks that are failing to meet escapement goals;

18and BEbe ITit 17 FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives recognizesencourages 2019individuals as18 theand local, state, tribal, national, and international governments, corporations, and other 19 Internationalrelevant Yearorganizations ofto work together to uphold regulatory processes that apply best 20 practices to the Salmonmanagement of wild salmon fisheries, to support and supportsinvest thein researchscientific efforts21 thatresearch willto extendbetter throughunderstand 20the 2022wild assalmon partpopulations of the globalnorthern initiative;hemisphere, and to 22 better manage wild salmon populations and the industries wild salmon support;

and be it 2123 FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives encouragescelebrates individualsthe 22sustainable and local, state, tribal, national, and international governments, corporations, and other 23 relevant organizations to work together to uphold regulatory processes that apply best 24 practices to the management of wild salmon fisheries,industry to support and invest in scientific 25 research to better understand the wildhealth salmonand populationssocial ofbenefits the northernindustry hemisphere,provides and to 26 better manage wild salmon populations and the industriesUnited wild25 salmonStates. support;

and26 beCOPIES it 27 FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representativesthis celebratesresolution theshall sustainablebe 28sent wild salmon industry and the health and social benefits the industry provides to the UnitedHonorable 29Mike StatesDunleavy, andGovernor the27 internationalof community.Alaska;

30and COPIESthe ofHonorable thisLisa resolutionMurkowski shalland be sent to the Honorable MikeDan Dunleavy,Sullivan, GovernorU.S. 31 of Alaska;

the28 HonorableSenators, Jayand Inslee,the GovernorHonorable ofDon Washington;Young, U.S.

theRepresentative, Honorablemembers Kateof Brown,the GovernorAlaska of29 Oregon;delegation in Congress.

and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Dan Sullivan, 02 U.S.

Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.

Representative, members of the Alaska 03 delegation in Congress.