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Stat«Bent of Trout UnllBited 



before the 



U.S. House of Representatives Coaaittee on Merchant Marine 



and Fisheries 



Subcoaaittee on Environment and Natural Resources 



on the Role of Hatcheries In Recovery of 

 Naturally-Spawning Salaon Populations 



Prepared by 



Steven N. Moyer, Director of Govemaent Affairs 



March 9, 1993 



Trout Onliaited (TO) is pleased to provide the following 

 testimony for the Subcoaalttee's March 9, 1993 hearing on 

 habitat/watershed aanageaent and the role of hatcheries in the 

 recovery of natural ly-spa%ming salaon populations of the Pacific 

 northwest region. TU is a national coldwater fisheries 

 conservation organization of over 70,000 aeabers in 435 chapters 

 around the nation. Dedicated to the preservation, protection, 

 enhancement, and restoration of trout and salmon resources, TU is 

 vitally concerned about the fate of declining Pacific salmon 

 stocks. Recovery of these magnificent resources is one of TU's 

 highest priorities. 



This hearing, others like it, and the Administration's upcoming 

 "Forest Summit" are essential responses to the worsening 

 ecological crisis in the Pacific northwest region. The plight of 

 the northern spotted owl finally got attention focused on years 

 of mismanagement of forests in the region. Unfortunately, 

 forests were not the only resource mismanaged for decades in the 

 region, and 1991 and 1992 saw three Pacific salmon stocks listed 

 as either threatened or endangered (two Snake River Chinook 



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