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by tacking it onto a Magnuson Act renewal this year. I urge you 

 to do that. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



The Chairman. Thank you. Thank you both, too, very, very much 

 this morning. Is Mr. Daniel Falvi of the Alaska Longline Fisher- 

 men's Association here? 



[No response.] 



The Chairman. If not, then we can probably combine these pan- 

 els. So, would Nancy Lande come forward, for the Alliance Against 

 IFQ's; Mr. Ronald Leighton of the commercial fishermen, Mr. An- 

 drew Rauwolf, a member of the Alaska Marine Conservation Coun- 

 cil; Ms. Penny Pagels of Greenpeace; and Mr. Terry Coburn, you 

 can come forward. You can take that Daniel Falvi's place on the 

 panel here, so we will have your statement in full. But we do not 

 want you to act like a Senator and filibuster. We have to limit you 

 a little. 



Very good. Ms. Lande, we welcome you to the committee, and we 

 are delighted to hear from you at this time. 



STATEMENT OF NANCY LANDE, SPOKESPERSON, ALLIANCE 



AGAINST LFQ'S 



Ms. Lande. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, my name is Nancy 

 Lande, and I represent the Alliance Against IFQ's. We are a grass- 

 roots coalition. Our membership reaches from Dutch Harbor, AK, 

 down to Astoria, OR. I am here to address the IFQ fishery manage- 

 ment plan. 



It has been submitted for approval by the North Pacific Fishery 

 Management Council. In your letter of invitation to testify at this 

 hearing in paragraph two it states that our testimony should dis- 

 cuss, and I quote, "ongoing Federal efforts to conserve and manage 

 fishery resources." As chairman of this committee you have placed 

 conservation first. The IFQ plan that the council has submitted has 

 placed economic allocation first. 



There are flaws when the council has to eliminate the prohibited 

 species cap thereby throwing conservation out the window. There 

 are flaws when the council has to violate Article I, Section 9, Para- 

 graph 6 of the United States Constitution that states, "Nor shall 

 vessels bound to or from one State be allowed to enter, clear, or 

 pay duties in another." Even with this violation there will not be 

 enough enforcement. And with inadequate enforcement there is no 

 conservation. 



There are flaws when over 35 resolutions from communities, bor- 

 oughs, native associations, and even the Alaska State House of 

 Representatives asking for a comprehensive economic impact study 

 be done are ignored. The council and council process works when 

 it comes to the management of the resource. There are a few 

 glitches, but generally it does work. 



This new role that the council has stepped into of creating a dis- 

 tributing property to themselves and their friends and their em- 

 ployees, this is not working. It is not their job. If it is the intent 

 of Congress to allocate fishery resources, then we feel there needs 

 to be another agency set up to do this, not the council which has 

 no conflict of interest rules. 



