Bill Text: TX HR28 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Expressing a commitment to the elimination of illegal fishing and to the conservation of Texas marine resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-20 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR28-Introduced.html
83S10241 KEK-D | ||
By: Flynn | H.R. No. 28 |
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WHEREAS, Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is a | ||
global problem with serious economic, environmental, and security | ||
implications; and | ||
WHEREAS, Worldwide, illegal fishing accounts for economic | ||
losses of up to $23 billion per year; such activity is largely | ||
conducted by foreign fleets at the expense of United States | ||
fishermen, coastal communities, and the sustainability of global | ||
fish stocks; and | ||
WHEREAS, Illegal fishing is of particular consequence in | ||
Texas, where the Gulf Coast waters supply seafood for the American | ||
public and support the hospitality industry, tourism-related | ||
businesses, and vibrant recreational fishing; not only does illegal | ||
fishing result in economic losses to the Texas fishing industry and | ||
other coastal businesses, but it also threatens the sustainability | ||
of our fisheries and the Texas Gulf Coast ecosystem; and | ||
WHEREAS, Vessels involved with illegal fishing are | ||
associated with other crimes as well, including drug trafficking, | ||
human trafficking, and illegal immigration, and the incursion by | ||
these foreign fishing vessels into U.S. waters constitutes a | ||
violation of our sovereignty; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby express its commitment to | ||
the elimination of illegal fishing, to the long-term conservation | ||
of Texas marine resources, and to the protection of the Texas Gulf | ||
Coast fishing and coastal communities. |