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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CELEBRATING THE 5TH ANNUAL "RHODE ISLAND CALAMARI FESTIVAL" ON

SEPTEMBER 7TH OF 2019, AND THANKING RHODE ISLAND'S FISHERMEN AND

FISHING INDUSTRY WORKERS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Quattrocchi, Filippi, McEntee, and Tanzi

     Date Introduced: June 13, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Rhode Island is home to the second largest fishing fleet in New England.

The fishing industry is not only vital to the State's economy, but also essential to the culinary

well-being of all who enjoy eating local, fresh caught seafood; and

     WHEREAS, The Port of Galilee is consistently in the top three commercial fishing ports

in the entire United States in squid landings and the squid that is brought in through the Port has

an international reputation for its quality; and

     WHEREAS, Officially celebrated on the first Saturday after Labor Day, the Rhode Island

Calamari Festival is a day to celebrate and devour delectable calamari, our "Official State

Appetizer"; and

     WHEREAS, This year's Calamari Festival will feature the music renderings of local

bands, a tempting lineup of food trucks, a vast array of unique seaside shopping opportunities, the

informative demonstrations of Calamari Cook-off contests, as well as the tantalizing delights of a

panoply of scrumptious calamari samples; and

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island commercial seafood and fishing industry is a vital part of

the State's economy. Rhode Island's fishing industry catches more the $93 million worth of

seafood annually with a sales value of $200 million annually. Altogether, the Rhode Island

fishing and seafood industry supports approximately 7,889 jobs and without these hard-working

men and women, our state wouldn't have an official appetizer nor would there be a calamari

festival to celebrate; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby celebrates the 5th annual "Rhode Island Calamari Festival", and

congratulates and wishes the best success, and sated appetites to all the participants and guests.

We moreover thank and recognize all of our hard-working fishing industry workers; and be it

further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Narragansett Chamber of Commerce.

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