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heard. We want assurances that our grandchildren will reap bene- 

 fits from the Bering Sea fisheries. 



That is all I have. Thanks for the Magnuson Act and thanks for 

 you coming out here. 



The Chairman. Well, I thank you for your presentation. Mr. 

 McGill. 



STATEMENT OF JOSEPH McGELL, PRESIDENT, BRISTOL BAY 

 LONGLINE GELLNET COOPERATIVE, INC. 



Mr. McGlLL. I want to apologize because I do not have written 

 testimony, but I did not know I was going to be on the panel until 

 I got here. 



The Chairman. Well, I understand. Very good. We will welcome 

 you. 



Mr. McGlLL. Presently I am president of Bristol Bay Longline 

 Gillnet Co-op and one of the directors of Western Alaska Coopera- 

 tive Marketing Association. And I am glad that I met a friend of 

 Ted Stevens, because me and him was in the legislation together 

 and we still joke that I was the one that broke him in on fisheries, 

 but it did not take him long to 



The Chairman. A Harvard graduate, you taught him, huh? 



Mr. McGlLL. Well, he had never fished before. 



The Chairman. That is good. You taught him well, he knows it. 



Mr. McGlLL. But he has done a good job and complimented him 

 on it and everything. 



One of the things, I would hate to see any change in the 200- 

 mile limit. Of course, I do not say Magnuson Act because I look at 

 this more as — you know, I have testified on, it is something Alaska 

 worked for for years and Magnuson put an amendment in it, so it 

 is Magnuson amendment, but it is set up as councils, as you well 

 know. 



But I would not want to see any change in the setup in the coun- 

 cils. I would still say that Alaska should have control of it since the 

 majority of the fish come from here. And the economic pressure, 

 the money behind, most of it is from out of State and they are 

 going to do what they can to get their investment back, and I am 

 interested in the fish, seeing that we have the — the fish stay here. 



The Chairman. I do not know how to handle it. Like Mr. Golia 

 just said, we lose 30,000 to 40,000 chinook salmon in bycatch. You 

 have economic interests. I am Governor, and I am trying to show 

 I am a good Governor, so I want to bring in industry. The only way 

 to get industry is to give them some kind of guarantee that they 

 will get their money back. To locate them, let us say, in Alaska you 

 give them a guarantee, and then what you have done is guaranteed 

 the catch for the local villages, the people who support the fishery, 

 and the people who really conserve. 



How do I do this? Is this going to be done at the State level or 

 suppose you were the Senator, Mr. McGill. Since you educated Sen- 

 ator Stevens, educate me. What would you have me do that I am 

 not doing about that? 



Mr. McGill. Well, like I say 



The Chairman. What legislation would you want Senator Ste- 

 vens to write? 



