Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008

HR 21 - Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century HR 5425 - Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 PL#109-479 - Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act Implementation issues related to charter fishing in Alaska International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; efforts to improve laws for shark conservation.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Fisheries rebuilding flexibility (HR 5425 and HR 4087) and scallop fishery management, including optimum yield, bycatch, essential fish habitat, surveys and observers, and protected species

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

Fisheries rebuilding flexibility (HR 5425 and HR 4087) and scallop fishery management, including optimum yield, bycatch, essential fish habitat, surveys and observers, and protected species

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

1) House Department of Commerce Appropriations bill, 2) S. 3182, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations At, 3) HR. 2638, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 4) HR 21, Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act 5) S. 3314, National Ocean Protection Act 6) Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 7) US accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 8) Sea Turtle Conservation Act 9) HR 4087, Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 10) HR 5425, Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 11) S. Res. 17, A joint resolution direction the United States to initiate international discussions and take necessary steps with other Nations to negotiate an agreement for managing migratory and transboundary fish stocks in the Arctic Ocean 12) HR 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008 13) S. 3231, Shark Conservation Act of 2008 14) HR 4174, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2008 15) S. 1581, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2008

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Coast Guard reauthorization and mandatory boater education issues: S 1892 and HR 2830 - Coast Guard Reauthorization Acts of 2007 and 2008. Issue: definition of PWC: Marine Sanctuary (Monterey Bay Amendment). Protecting water access issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our Waterways Working Act of 2007, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects and HR 5451 Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008. More water access issues: HR 5469 To Provide Grants for the Revitalization of Waterfront Brownfields. Marine sanctuary issues: HR 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Modification and Protection Act. Fish issues: HR 21 - Ocean Conservation Education. and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act and HR 5425 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008.

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 21 - Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century HR 5425 - Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 PL#109-479 - Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act Implementation issues related to charter fishing in Alaska International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; efforts to improve laws for shark conservation.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

HR 21 HR 5425 Clean Water Act

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; efforts to improve laws for shark conservation.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

1) House Department of Commerce Appropriations bill (no bill number yet) 2) S. 3182, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 3) H.R. 21, Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act 4) Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 5) US accession to UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 6) Sea turtle conservation 7) H.R. 4087, Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 8) H.R. 5425, Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 9) S.Res. 17, A joing resolution directing the United States to initiate international discussions and take necessary steps with other nations to negotiate an agreement for managing migratory and transboundary fish stocks in the Arctic Ocean 10) HR 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008 11) HR 4174, Federal Ocean Acidifcation Research and Monitoring Act of 2008

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Fisheries rebuilding flexibility (HR 5425 and HR 4087) and scallop fishery management, including optimum yield, bycatch, essential fish habitat, surveys and observers, and protected species

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Fisheries rebuilding flexibility (HR 5425 and HR 4087) and scallop fishery management, including optimum yield, bycatch, essential fish habitat, surveys and observers, and protected species

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 21 - Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century HR 5425 - Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 PL#109-479 - Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act Implementation issues related to charter fishing in Alaska

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Coast Guard reauthorization and mandatory boater education issues: S 1892 and HR 2830 - Coast Guard Reauthorization Acts of 2007 and 2008. Issue: definition of PWC: Marine Sanctuary (Monterey Bay Amendment). Protecting water access issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our Waterways Working Act of 2007, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects and HR 5451 Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008. More water access issues: HR 5469 To Provide Grants for the Revitalization of Waterfront Brownfields. Marine sanctuary issues: HR 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Modification and Protection Act. Fish issues: HR 21 - Ocean Conservation Education. and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act and HR 5425 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008.

Client expense: $217,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 21 - Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century HR 5425 - Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 PL#109-479 - Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act Implementation

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

1)House Department of Commerce Appropriations bill (no bill number yet) 2)Senate Department of Commerce Appropriations bill (no bill number yet) 3)H.R. 21, Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act 4)Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 5)US accession to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 6)Sea turtle conservation 7)H.R. 4087, Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 8)H.R. 5425, Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 9)S. Res. 17, A joint resolution directing the United States to initiate international discussions and take necessary steps with other Nations to negotiate an agreement for managing migratory and transboundary fish stocks in the Arctic Ocean.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Fisheries rebuilding flexibility (HR 5425 and HR 4087) and scallop fishery management, including optimum yield, bycatch, essential fish habitat, surveys and observers, and protected species

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Gulf of Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act HR 1187. Expansion of marine sanctuary off coast of CA in HR 1187 and S 2635. Lobby visits about HR 5425, a bill adding flexibility to rebuilding plans for overfished fish stocks. Appropriations for NOAA in the Dept. of Commerce budget.

Client expense: $65,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service