mr. barry nelson. excuse me, i'm gonna call mr. nelson up first. pardon me, please. >>> thank u, chairman kwan and members of the commission. barry nelson working with the golden gate salmon association and the other organizations here today on the issues in washington dc. to put this in a slightly larger legislative context in dc, the salmon fishing community is fighting at least seven different riders like this appearing in congress. as you've heard, this is very much a coordinated attack on the salmon fishing industry coming from the trump administration and very conservative members of congress. we're not asking for your help on all of those things. we're o asking for your help on that one attack on salmon that effects your river. and there are three reasons why it really makes sense for the sfpuc to speak up, given what's likely to play out in dc ithe next several months. this rider is in the cjs,he t commerce justice and science opns ll. what we've seen in the past is that these riders will often pop up again and again and again on multiple ve

mr. barry nelson. welcome, mr. nelson. >> thank you, chairman kwon, and members of the commission. i would like to thank the commission and thank the staff as well, especially michael carlin, for their work on this item. the two letters that staff mentioned, they were modest and we're confident that it wouldn't have happened without you taking up the issue and the staff's involvement. because the city has gone on record and senator feinstein has taken the position, it will help us with this and other anti-salmon riders as well. we know there are other riders coming between now and the end of the year, so i want to thank you for standing up for san francisco's fishing industry. thank you. >> good to see you. >> in the spirit of appreciation, i do want to thank peter and barry for your work on this and bringing this to our attention. and we want you to continue to do so, especially as we see different threats and riders coming forward. so thank you. we appreciate your guidance. >> president kwon: any other public comment on 8b? okay. >> that concludes my report. >> president kwon: ok

next speaker is barry nelson. mr. lson. >> good afternoon. >> thank you, chair kwon and members of the commission. i'm barry nelson speaking for the golden gate salmon association. i would like to talk briefly about the tawalame river rider. golden gate salmon association is an industry association of the entire salmon fishing industry in california. the commercial boats, recreational boats, the charter boats, folks who manufacture retail gear, tribal interests, restaurants and more. headquartered in san francisco and because san francisco bay and the rivers that feed it are the most important salmon runs south of the columbia river. without bay delta salmon, there is no salmon fishing industry in california, pretty simple. and that's an enormously important industry. there are before of our salmon runs really got into trouble a decade ago, $1.4 billion a year, 23,000 jobs spread up and down the whole california coast and up our rivers. it's a remarkably significant industry, but we are, we are here in san francisco fo