florida's bay scallop stabilization at pine island, the man deleef grove initiative in names and tarpon bay restoration on marco island. habitat restoration plays an important role in all of our communities and in the lives and welfare of our constituents especially mine. america's ecosystem is the lifeblood of so many of our american communities economies and culture. let's do everything we can to preserve it. fisheries contribute more than $70 billion to the gross domestic product. nationwide, commercial and recreational fishing, tourism and other industries provide 28 million jobs. together coastal watersed counties contribute $4.5 trillion to the g.d.p. an estimated 53% of the current population live in coastal communities. more than 60% of our coastal rivers and bays are moderately or severely degraded by runoff. this was my original reason for getting into politics. we live with this nutrient runoff in my district, in my back yard every day. it looks bad it smells bad, it's a pitiful situation. according to noaa studies 17-33 jobs are created for every $1 million invested in habit