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Hearing held May 19, 1993 1 



Textof H.R. 2134 24 



Statement of: 



Barry, Donald, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife 

 and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior; accompanied by Gary 



Edwards, Assistant Director for Fisheries 7 



Prepared statement 45 



Coates, Philip, Chairman, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.... 10 



Prepared statement 54 



Supplemental material for the record 61 



Colvin, Gordon, Director, Division of Marine Resources, State of New 



York 15 



Prepared statement 65 



Fields, Hon. Jack, a U.S. Representative from Texas, and ranking minori- 

 ty member. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 6 



Goldsborough, William, Fisheries expert, Chesapeake Bay Foundation 20 



Prepared statement 80 



Hamburg, Hon. Dan, a U.S. Representative from California 3 



Hughes, Hon. William J., a U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4 



Lancaster, Hon. H. Martin, a U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3 



Loftus, Andrew, Research specialist, Sport Fishing Institute 16 



Prepared statement 68 



Ravenel, Hon. Arthur, a U.S. Representative from South Carolina 2 



Reeff, Mark, Research specialist. International Association of Fish and 



Wildlife Agencies 14 



Prepared statement 63 



Schill, Jerry, Executive Director, North Carolina Fisheries Association 18 



Prepared statement 74 



Studds, Hon. Gerry E., a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and 



Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 1 



Tillman, Michael, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 



Administration 5 



Prepared statement 39 



Young, Hon. Don, a U.S. Representative from Alaska 3 



Communications submitted: 



Loftus, Andrew J. (Sport Fishing Institute): Letter of June 4, 1993, to 



Hon. Thomas J. Manton 92 



MacKeil, Louis M., Jr. (National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Recre- 

 ational Fisheries Steering Committee for the Northeast Region): Letter 



of May 18, 1993, to Hon. Gerry E. Studds 82 



O'Malley, James D. (East Coast Fisheries Foundation, Inc.): Letter of July 



21, 1993, to Hon. Thomas J. Manton 97 



Sylvia, Lawrence M. (Family Fisheries, Ltd., New Bedford, Maine): Letter 



of June 25, 1993, to Hon. Gerry E. Studds 83 



West, Susan B. (North Carolina Fisheries Association): Letter of May 26, 



1993, to Hon. Thomas J. Manton 84 



