11-R244
2011 -- S 0850
Enacted 05/04/11
S E N A T E R E
S O L U T I O N
RESPECTFULLY
URGING CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE MARKETING OF RHODE
Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, DeVall, Walaska, McCaffrey, and DiPalma
Date Introduced: April 14, 2011
WHEREAS,
competition from imported seafood products, with more than eighty
percent of the total seafood
consumed in the
WHEREAS, Effective
domestic marketing of
consistent, and long-term marketing presence, especially in
times of oversupply and new
competition, in order for
WHEREAS, Current
expenditures for the domestic promotion of
are not sufficient to effectively develop the thriving
markets that sustainable
seafood products merit, especially when confronted with
nationally-supported promotional
programs aimed at
WHEREAS, There is not a federally-funded national seafood marketing
fund available
for the domestic marketing of American seafood; and
WHEREAS, Using seafood product import revenues to market American
seafood will
preserve American fishing and seafood processing jobs, will
preserve
capacity, and will ensure the availability of domestic seafood
for the American consumer; and
WHEREAS, Throughout recent history, each spill or leak associated
with the
transportation or production of oil negatively affects the seafood
industry through the closure of
commercial and recreational fishing operations, the destruction
of wildlife and natural habitat, or
loss of market share; and
WHEREAS, A new National Seafood Marketing Fund designed to promote
and develop
United States produced seafood would help the
future recoup damages related to oil spills that contribute
to decreased market demand for
seafood; and
WHEREAS, A small portion of oil revenues is a logical source of
funding for a National
Seafood Marketing Fund as mitigation for real damages
incurred by the seafood industry and
coastal communities; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That the Congress of the
generated from federal marine and fishery product import
tariffs for the domestic marketing of
RESOLVED,
That the Congress of the
dedicating a significant portion of marine and fishery product
import tariffs to a National Seafood
Marketing Fund to promote
domestic seafood products that face competition from foreign
imports; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of
hereby respectfully requests that the Rhode Island
Congressional Delegation works with
representatives of other seafood-producing states to secure adequate
funding for effective and
sustained domestic marketing of
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to
transmit certified copies of this resolution to the President
of the United States Senate, to the
Speaker of the
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