8016.E AMH TED H2411.1

8016.E AMH TED H2411.1

ESJM 8016 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 4/9/01

By Committee on Trade & Economic Development

Beginning on page 1, line 1, strike all material through "Washington." on page 2, line 12, and insert the following:

"TO THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:

We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:

WHEREAS, The upland aquaculture industry in Washington state produces high-quality, pathogen-free, nonanadromous upland products for sale to public agencies and private companies throughout the world; and

WHEREAS, Washington state's upland aquaculture industry employs hundreds of people in well-paying, technical positions located in many rural communities throughout the state, generating forty million dollars worth of products; and

WHEREAS, Canadian customers have expressed the desire to purchase high-quality aquacultural products from Washington state producers; and

WHEREAS, Many customers in the United States currently purchase aquacultural products from Canada; and

WHEREAS, Increased freedom to engage in the commercial trade of upland aquacultural products between the United States and Canada will only help our two nations grow more prosperous;

NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the government of the United States emphasize the importance of the free and fair trade of upland aquacultural products in its relations with the government of Canada.

BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted to the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each member of Congress from the State of Washington."