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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 1438

              Senate Committee Report

              Water & Rural Affairs

              April 1, 2019 - 2:00 PM or upon adjournment

                        FOR:

                                          Blanco, Mauricio   Boat owner and ucot  (also providing written testimony)  (Self; Union

                                          comercial of oystermen of texas), Port la vaca, TX

                                          Boney, W. Brad    (also providing written testimony)  (Self; Texas outdoor coastal council),

                                          Galveston, TX

                                          Bunjaku, Sadik   Fisherman  (Self; Prestige oysters), Friendswood, TX

                                          Halili, Lisa   Vp  (Self; Prestige oysters), San leon, TX

                                          Halili, Ruzhdi   Vice president  (Self; Prestige oysters inc), Bacliff, TX

                                          Halilo, Rhonda    (Prestige Oysters,Inc), Dickinson, TX

                                          Ivic, Michael   Oyster fisherman  (Self; Mishos Oyster Company), San Leon, TX

                                          Watkins, Kenneth    (Self) , La porte, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Baker, Richard    (Self; Sustainable Texas Oyster Resource Management LLC), Anahuac,

                                          TX

                                          Woody, Tracy    (Self; Sustainable texas oyster resource managment), Anahuac, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Berisha, Shpend    (Self; Prestige oysters), San leon, TX

                                          Biscamp, Paulina    (Self; Prestige oyster), La marque, TX

                                          Blume, Cindy   Owner  (Self; J.B's Seafood), Winnie, TX

                                          Blume III, Jack    (Self; J.B.'s Seafood), Port Bolivar, TX

                                          Blume, Jr., Jack   President  (Self; J.B'S Seafood), Winnie, TX

                                          Cruz, Jose Luis   Owner. Capetan  (Self) , Port Lavaca, TX

                                          Halili, Gezim    (Prestige oyster), San leon, TX

                                          Halili, Habib    (Prestige Oysters, Inc), Dickinson, TX

                                          Halili, Hajrulla    (Self; Prestige oysters inc), Bacliff, TX

                                          Halili, Samantha    (Self) , Kemah, TX

                                          Halimi, Liridona    (Self; Prestige Oysters), San leon, TX

                                          Hamilton, Mike    (Self; Texas restaurant association), Beaumont, TX

                                          Hunter, Nina    (Self; Panapesca usa), San antonio, TX

                                          Hunter, Sara    (Self; PanaPesca USA), San antonio, TX

                                          Ivic, Joseph   Boat owner (oyster boat)  (Self; Mishos Oyster Company), Seabrook, TX

                                          Lugo, Suzanne    (Self; PJ's Shrimp Co.), Rockport, TX

                                          Lugo estrada, Emmanuel    (Self; Pj's shrimp co.), Rockport, TX

                                          Martinez, Jose A    (Self; Prestige oysters), San leon, TX

                                          Padilla, Joaquin    (Self; Prestige oysters), San leon, TX

                                          Palacios, Jorge   Oysterman  (Self; Union of texas oysterman), Port lavaca, TX

                                          Portillo, Gabriel   Oysterman  (Self; Union of texas oystermen), Port lavaca, TX

                                          Reed, Cyrus   Conservation director  (Lone star chapter sierra club), Austin, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 1438

              Senate Committee Report

              Water & Rural Affairs

                                          Rodriguez, Manuel   Oysterman  (Self; Prestige oysters), Port lavaca, TX

                                          Sahiti, Ekrem    (Self; Prestige oysters), San leon, TX

                                          Slabic, Ivo   Oyster fisherman  (Self) , League city, TX

                                          Slabic, Nevenka    (Self) , League city, TX

                                          Slavic, Jure   Oyster Fisherman  (Self; Gulf coast oyster inc), League city, TX

                        ON:

                                          Hawkins, Andrew   Staff Attorney  (Texas General Land Office (GLO)), Austin, TX

                                          Riechers, Robin    (Texas Parks and Wildlife), Austin, TX

                                          Sweeney, Robert    (Texas Parks and Wildlife), Austin, TX

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