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conservation concerns. We seriously doubt that the proposals for 

 adding new members to the council would improve the council's re- 

 sponse in either of these areas. 



Thank you very much. 



The Chairman. Well, I thank you very much. You mentioned 

 that some may not necessarily agree with the idea of caps on the 

 bycatch. Elaborate on that, tell me why not. 



Mr. Anderson. I think there just may be some differences of 

 opinion on that particular issue. There is a strong feeling that if 

 bycatch levels get to a certain point, that caps should be imposed, 

 and that is a very clear position of Native people who live in the 

 Bristol Bay area. 



Our Oceantrawl partner, who is here, they can speak for them- 

 selves, may or may not agree with that position, but we believe it 

 is imperative that the salmon and herring resources and other re- 

 sources that we depend on need to be protected, and if we have to 

 go so far as imposing caps, then we should do so. 



The Chairman. Well, we will try that on for size here in just a 

 few minutes. Very good, sir. 



Mr. Wolfe. 



Mr. Wolfe. Yes, sir, we would agree with that if it became nec- 

 essary, we would also support caps, but I think Mr. Morgan 

 will 



The Chairman. Mr. Morgan, would you agree with that? 



Mr. Morgan. Yes, sir. I think there needs to be a little more ar- 

 ticulation on that, but, yes, that is certainly one program that is 

 necessary, and we certainly agree that the — that the need to form 

 rational management of bycatch is something that needs to be 

 done. We have a common interest in that and we are interested in 

 developing with our CDQ partner the proper way to do that, but 

 certainly we have no objection to caps on prohibited species. 



The Chairman. Very good. Excuse me. Go ahead, Mr. Wolfe. 



STATEMENT OF EDWARD E. WOLFE, DIRECTOR OF GOVERN- 

 MENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAmS, OCEANTRAWL, INC. 



Mr. Wolfe. Yes, sir. If I could, Mr. Chairman, I would like to 

 summarize maybe in 3 or 4 minutes, and if you would include my — 

 our entire testimony for the record. 



The Chairman. It will be included. 



Mr. Wolfe. I will talk about the Magnuson Act and individual 

 transferable quotas, ITQs, very briefly, and Mr. Morgan will talk 

 about CDQ's. 



Thank you for your leadership since, I guess, the beginning days 

 of the Stratton Commission and your involvement. Also I would 

 like to thank Senator Stevens, who obviously is not here, for his 

 leadership throughout the years and assistance to us as an indus- 

 try and a company, especially in CDQ's. If we walk away from any- 

 thing here today, we hope we will walk away with your support to 

 continue and expand the CDQ program. 



For the record, I am Edward Wolfe and this is Robert Morgan. 

 We are here today testifying before the committee on the reauthor- 

 ization on behalf of Oceantrawl Inc. We are an Alaska company 

 with an office in Dillingham, and headquartered in Seattle. We are 

 one of the largest seafood harvesting, marketing, and processing 



