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.

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

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

HR 1464, Great Cats Rare Candids Act of 2008. HR 1947, Haley's Act, To promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats, and for other purposes. HR 2327, Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007. S 1033, Great Cats Rare Candids Act of 2007. Issues relating to the ban on tiger farming. HR 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008. H. CON. RES. 350, Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States, through the issues realting to the International Whaling Commission and the appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes. HR 5534, Bear Protection Act of 2008. S 1406, Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007. HR 5536, 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, 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.

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

Monitoring developments relating to Customs and Border Protection interpretation and solicitation of comments pertaining to Hawaiian Coastwise cruises; Monitoring Congressional action on S.2657 & H.R. 5536, relating to requiring the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales (ship strikes).

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

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1499 - to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution for marine vessels S. 725 - National Acquatic Invasive Species Act of 2007 S. 1578 - to amend the Nonindigenoue Aquatic Nuisance of 1990 to establish vessel ballast water management requirements. HR 5536 - requires the Sec. of Commrece to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with N. Atlantic right whales by limiting speed of vessels. S. 2699 - Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2008 S. 2700 - Would change OPA'90 liability limits S. 2429 - Amends OPA'90 to equalize the limit of liability for oil tankers and cargo vessels in the event of an oil spill.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE