PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

● File Clients FY26 CDS and programmatic requests for NOAA marine fisheries surveys, data collection and research portfolio including: regional councils and commissions; interjurisdictional grants; data collection, surveys and assessments; electronic monitoring, salmon management, groundfish surveys on the West Coast and Alaska; organize/attend 2025 Client lobby visit to Washington DC; draft/submit FY26 appropriations support letters Track and report to Client on grant programs as part of federal government reform initiative

MAR · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

● Conduct strategy session to assist Client with preparations for upcoming MMPA issues in the region ● Provide Hill staff with updates from Client on the status of fishery disaster assistance in the region ● Assist Client to communicate with OMB regarding grant funding status ● Continue to provide Client with ongoing intelligence on several key regional marine issues including: MSA legislation, ESA salmon listings, OSW energy development & impacts on whales; sanctuary proposal in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; WA-AK chinook salmon status and SRKW population issues; CA/OR sea otter reintroduction; and MSA reauthorization, Hill staff changes, NOAAs 2023 IRA spend plan, MMPA issues; fishery disaster reform, Aquatic Invasives Species funding and project awards, SSL ESA salmon predation, availability for fisheries-dependent ports to seek MARAD grant funding, aquaculture provisions considered in reauthorization of USDA farm programs, Harmful Algal Blooms legislation/funding, final rule on vessel electronic monitoring, Federal Fish Passage Grant Programs and awards, Mitchell Act hatcheries, Columbia River Basin restoration; provide information on Chumash Sanctuary Advisory Council nominations