COASTAL RESOURCES: Reaffirms support for the annual Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Mapping Cruise conducted by Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and memorializes Congress to provide continued funding

This bill is a concurrent resolution that reaffirms the Louisiana Legislature's support for the annual Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Mapping Cruise, a research project led by Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. The resolution highlights the cruise's role in tracking the size of the low-oxygen "dead zone" off the coast, which impacts local fishing industries and marine life, and notes that the project has been running since 1985 to provide long-term data. It formally asks the U.S. Congress and Louisiana's congressional delegation to ensure continued federal funding for the cruise, which is currently financed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The measure does not create new laws or change existing regulations but serves to publicly endorse the ongoing scientific effort and advocate for its financial sustainability.