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STATEMENT 



OF 



MICHAEL TILLMAN 



ACTING DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES 



NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



BEFORE THE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 



MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE 



U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



MAY 19, 1993 



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: 



My name is Dr. Michael Tillman. I am the Acting Deputy 

 Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

 U.S. Department of Commerce . 



I appreciate the opportunity to appear before this 

 Subcommittee to present the Department of Commerce's (Department) 

 views on the management of interjurisdictional fisheries. 



Under the Subcommittee's draft bill, the Atlantic States 

 Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) would monitor the 

 implementation and enforcement of the provisions of all ASMFC 

 Interstate Fishery Management Plans (Plans) by each of the 

 coastal states. States not implementing measures consistent with 

 the provisions of a Plan, or not adequately enforcing such 

 measures, would be reported by the ASMFC to the Secretary of 



