CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

              ENGROSSED SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8016

                        57th Legislature

                      2001 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 17, 2001   YEAS 47   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2001   YEAS 95   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  ENGROSSED SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8016 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives	Secretary
Speaker of the       House of Representatives

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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               ENGROSSED SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8016

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Shin, Rasmussen and Sheahan

Read first time 02/15/2001.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & International Trade.

Emphasizing free and fair trade of nonanadromous

aquaculture products between the United States and Canada.  

    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.

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