LD-2 disclosure · 1st Quarter - Report
VIKING VILLAGE DOCK
Coverage · No income or expenses were reported on this filing.
Client
- Location
- New Jersey · United States of America
Registrant
- Description
- Lobbyist firm
- Location
- Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Lobbying activities
3 issuesMarine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
● Provide Client with information/implications of S.4236 and gaining access to agriculture programs ● Participate in Hill staff discussions on MSA/ESA/MMPA reforms; continue to oppose the transfer of protected species management authority from NOAA to USFWS; inform Client on NOAA ANPRM related to North Atlantic Right Whale vessel speed rule ● Outreach to NOAA on implementation of seafood EO and deregulatory agenda ● Continue to monitor federal agency activities, hearings (reports on US-CAN-MEX Senate & House IUU hearings in Q1) and legislation (S.688 & S.1369) related to IUU fishing and forced labor in the seafood industry; updates on NOAA MMPA comparability findings and status of industry-driven litigation ● Monitor Offshore Wind developments, related EOs, and track BOEM activities and House passage of the SPEED Act (H.R. 4776); share NAS OSW West Coast final report on impacts to fisheries
LobbyistsRICK MARKS
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Trade (domestic/foreign)
No lobbying activity - continue to monitor NOAA trade developments around the Boston Seafood Show
LobbyistsRICK MARKS
TargetedNatl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Budget/Appropriations
Communications with NOAA staff on OMB scoring for the FFP; submit FFP FY27 programmatic appropriations request to House and Senate staff, including Client letter of support; help Client with information and strategy to contact NOAA staff to discuss FFP opportunities