CONTENTS 



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Opening statement of Senator Hollings 2 



Opening statement of Senator Kerry 1 



List of Witnesses 



Baker, Hon. D. James, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmos- 

 phere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 



Prepared statement 6 



Burris, John E., Ph.D., Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Marine 



Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 29 



Prepared statement 31 



Helms, Bennett, Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Little Neck Clam Farms, 



Inc 33 



Pell, Hon. Claiborne, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 36 



Silva, Mark, Research Director, American Proteins, Sandwich, MA 34 



Appendix 

 Questions asked by Senator Pressler and answers thereto by Dr. Baker 51 



(III) 



