Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 3034 (February 22, 2024)

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Statement of the Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee to the Assembly, State of New Jersey, dated February 22, 2024, reporting Assembly Bill No. 3034 favorably. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote aquaculture products as part of the Jersey Fresh Program, expanding it to marketing for fish and shellfish produced in the State or in State waters through aquaculture. The department would develop a quality grading system specific to aquaculture products, as distinguished from wild-caught seafood products. The statement describes an initial appropriation of $100,000 and an annual appropriation of $100,000 in each fiscal year after the bill's effective date.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
           AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

                          STATEMENT TO

                     ASSEMBLY, No. 3034

       STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                         DATED: FEBRUARY 22, 2024

          The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and
      Agriculture Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 3034.
          This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to advertise and
      promote aquaculture products as part of the Jersey Fresh Program.
      The Jersey Fresh Program is the marketing and quality grading
      program that is currently used, by the department, to advertise and
      promote the availability of fruit and vegetable agricultural
      commodities that have been produced in the State and graded for
      quality. This bill would expand the Jersey Fresh Program to
      additionally include marketing for fish and shellfish that are produced
      in the State, or in State waters, through means of aquaculture, and the
      quality of which complies with standards adopted by the department
      and is verified thereby through the use of an appropriate quality
      grading system. The bill would require the department to develop and
      implement a quality grading system that is specific to the grading of
      aquaculture products, as distinguished from wild-caught seafood
      products, which system is to be consistent with, and similar to, the
      quality grading system that is used, by the department, to grade the
      quality of other agricultural commodities for the purposes of the Jersey
      Fresh Program.
          The bill provides an initial appropriation of $100,000 for the bill’s
      purposes, and it additionally provides for an annual appropriation of
      $100,000 to be made in each fiscal year after the bill’s effective date,
      in order to facilitate the ongoing marketing and promotion of
      aquaculture products under the Jersey Fresh Program. The monies
      made available under the bill would be in addition to any other monies
      that may be appropriated or allocated to the Jersey Fresh Program.
          This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2024-2025 session
      pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
      required by technical review, which has been performed.


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