# Presentation: 673875

## FY 2006 Hurricane Supplemental FY 2007 House and Senate UpdateMarine Fisheries Advisory CommitteeJuly 25-27, 2006

_**National Marine **__**Fisheries**__** Service**_** **

## Budget Summary

| $ in millions | FY 06 Request | FY 06 House
Mark | FY 06 Senate
Mark | FY 06
Enacted
PL #109-234 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OR&F | $21.0M | $0.0M | $1,135.0M | $118.0M |
| Transfer from Agriculture | $0.0M | $0.0M | $38.0M | $38.0M |
| PAC | $11.8M | $11.8M | $32.0M | $32.0M |
| Total | $32.8M | $11.8M | $1,205.0M | $188.0M |

| $ in millions | FY 05
Enacted | FY 06
Enacted | FY 07 Pres
Budget | FY 07
House
Mark | FY 07
Senate
Mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OR&F | $676.5M | $667.2M  | $649.0M | $539.1M | $813.7M |
| PAC | $31.0M | $30.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Other | $115.5M | $106.2M | $83.3M | $36.7M | $106.4M |
| Total | $823.1M | $803.8M | $732.3M | $575.8M | $920.1M |

_**Hurricane Supplemental**_

_**FY 2007 House and Senate Mark**_

## Hurricane Supplemental

**$118.M in ORF Provides for;**
**$90M Oysters and Shrimp, Survey and Monitoring**
**$5M (Up to $5 million) for Industry Assistance**
**$20M NOS Maps**
**$2M NOS PORTS**
**$1M NOS Tide Gauges**
**$38M Transfer from Agriculture;**
**$38M Oyster Reseeding, Rehabilitation, Restoration**
**$32M in PAC provided for:**
**$20M Pascagoula Lab **
**$12M NMAO Aircraft**
**$188M**

## Hurricane Supplemental

**Fisheries Component ($133M)**
**Award grant to Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission $127.8M**
**$52.9M LA**
**$37.1M MS**
**$29.6M AL**
**$4.2M FL**
**$3.2M TX**
**$0.8M GSMFC**
**$2M grant to state of ME for Red Tide**
**$2M grant to state of MA for Red Tide**
**$1M to NMFS for Cooperative Research**

## FY 2007 House and Senate Marks

**Summary by Subactivity**

| $ in millions | FY 05 
Enacted | FY 06
Enacted | FY 07 Pres
Budget | FY 07
House
Mark | FY 07 
Senate
Mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Protected Species   | $175.5M | $145.0M  | $144.9M | $108.0M | $181.5M |
| Fisheries Research and Management  | $297.9M | $282.4M | $291.7M | $254.8M | $354.3M |
| Habitat | $53.2M | $46.6M | $39.9M | $40.0M | $55.9M |
| Enforcement & Observers | $70.3M | $72.7M | $80.7M | $73.5M | $84.5M |
| Other Activities Supporting Fisheries | $79.5M | $120.5M | $91.8M | $62.8M | $137.4M |
| Subtotal, ORF | $676.5M | $667.2M | $649.0M | $539.1M | $813.7M |
| Subtotal, PAC | $31.0M | $30.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund | $88.2M | $66.6M | $66.8M | $20.0M | $90.0M* |
| Other Accounts | $27.3M | $39.6M | $16.5M | $16.7M | $16.4M |
| Subtotal, Other Accounts | $115.5M | $106.2M  | $83.3M  | $36.7M  | $106.4M |
| Total, All Accounts | $823.1M | $803.8M | $732.3M | $575.8M | $920.1M |

- * $10M of PCSRF will be for Klamath Fishermen

## Summary

**The FY 2007 House Mark is a reduction of $156.5M or 28% below the FY 2006 Enacted level.**
**The FY 2007 Senate Mark is an increase of $187.9M or 26% above the FY 2006 Enacted level.**
**The FY 2007 Senate Mark is $344.3M higher than the FY 2007 House Mark**

## House Impacts

**Impedes implementation of U.S. Ocean Action Plan, and implementation of ESA and MMPA**
**Unsupportive of Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization**
**Eliminates requested increases in critical areas such as**
**Expand Stock Assessments**
**Economics and Social Sciences Research**
**Enforcement and Observers**
**Regional Councils and Commissions funded at $25M  --a $1.3M reduction from the President’s Request**

## House Impacts

**Protected Species **
**Increases processing time for permit applications**
**Impedes ability to issue incidental take permits for energy projects and military readiness exercises**
**Limits NMFS ability for proactive conservation**
**Fisheries Research and Management Programs**
**Large reduction in stock assessment funding**
**Can not collect basic fisheries data needed to make management decisions**
**Elimination of economics and social science program**
**Earmarks erode our base resources (e.g., HMS studies)**
**Habitat**
**Earmarks erode our base resources **
**Impacts EFH consultation responsibilities and refinement of EFH **
**Enforcement and Observers**
**Restricts enforcement’s investigation and monitoring efforts**
**Reduction in observer funding impact regional observer programs across the country, decreasing the number of observed days at sea by approximately 2,000 days.**

## Senate Impacts

**Supports implementation of U.S. Ocean Action Plan, and implementation of ESA and MMPA**
**Supports Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization**
**Senate Mark supports President’s request for **
**Protected Species**
**Expand Stock Assessments**
**Economics and Social Science Research**
**Regional Councils and Commissions funded at $40M  -- a $13.7M increase above the President’s Request**

## Senate Impacts

**Protected Species**
**Funds request for  needed protected species stock assessments**
**Funds Marine Mammal Initiative **
**Provides for cooperative protection of Right Whales**
**Fisheries Research and Management Programs**
**Supports request for Gulf of Mexico activities (HMS and Catch and Release Studies)**
**Provides funding for Fish Information Networks **
**Increases funding for efforts to reduce bycatch**
**Habitat**
**Supports request for base activities and increases for Great Lakes**
**Provides for increase in restoration activities**
**Enforcement and Observers**
**Small reduction in enforcement funding could reduce funding to JEA (cooperative agreements) and VMS**