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We are also concerned that other Federal initiatives underway 

 may combine with the restrictions on groundfishing to overwhelm 

 an industry already trying to adopt to dynamic changes. Clean 

 Water Act requirements on processors and the new Food and Drug 

 Administration regulations due within the year will affect virtually 

 every segment of tne industry from harvesters to retailers. 



While the commercial fishing industrv is hardly unique in having 

 to respond to regulations from multiple sources, its historic inde- 

 pendence and lack of a well-established central communications 

 network makes it singularly susceptible to being overwhelmed by 

 simultaneous demands for compliance. This situation underscores 

 the need for close and continuing coordination between Federal 

 agencies and the Federal Government and State and local govern- 

 ments in all matters pertaining to commercial fishing industry, not 

 just the amendment 5 restrictions. 



I'll wrap it up there. Thank you very much. 



Senator Kerry. Let me thank you very much. Those are impor- 

 tant points. 



What I would like to ask, though, if I can, is if you have a pre- 

 pared testimony, it will be placed in the record in full as if read. 

 I really want to ask you to summarize it and truly to do it in 2 

 minutes or so, otherwise we are not going to have a dialog here. 

 We can chew up the entire morning if we go around the table and 

 simply receive testimony. 



So, the purpose of the roundtable is to truly have a roundtable. 

 I am going to start saying to folks — I'm going to give you a little 

 notice around 2 minutes and you can wrap up in 3. I am not trying 

 to cut anybody off. You will have plenty of time to give the full gist 

 of observations, but I think it will be more dynamic and will get 

 others involved more if we can go around. 



I am going to skip John because I want him to react to every- 

 body. 



Mr. BULLARD. In 2 minutes. 



Senator Kerry. I will give him a little extra time to do that be- 

 cause of the breadth of some of the things that he is working on. 

 He will be the one exception. Doctor, do you want to pick up here? 



STATEMENT OF DR. WILLIAM HOGAN, PROFESSOR, ECONOM- 

 \ J ICS DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT 

 DARTMOUTH 



Mr. HoGAN. Thank you, sir. 



Senator Kerry. I think you will all find it will be a little more 

 fun, too. We will all get a little more energy going here. 



Mr. HoGAN. William Shakespeare said and we all believe, "Brev- 

 ity is the soul of wit," so we'll try to be brief 



Thank you very much. Senator, for inviting me to come and tes- 

 tify here this morning. 



I'd like to welcome you on behalf of UMass, and particularly the 

 Dartmouth campus. I hope you have some time to look around. 



You mentioned earlier the coincidental or fortuitous change of 

 dates involving the week's delay and the coincidence with the Ca- 

 nadian situation, but it's also fortuitous, I think, that the week's 

 delay has allowed us to schedule this during the city's festival, 

 summer festival, and I hope you have a chance to take a look at 



