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September 20, 1993 



RepresenlatWe Peter De Fazio 

 1233 Longworth HOB 

 Woshington, DC 20515 



Deer Congressmen De Fazio, 



Thank you for the opportunity to testify before your committee in Boise 

 Unfortunately It Is an Invitation we ere unable to accept since a fishing 

 season has been set during the time of the hearing, and our other 

 spokespeople, myself included, ere unable to clear calendars for travel to 

 Boise. Therefore, I em including comments here I wish to become part of 

 the record. 



Salmon for All has existed since 1958 as the legislative and educational 

 arm of the lower Columbia Rivers commercial fishermen and fish 

 processors. The organization has 850 members nearly distributed equally 

 between Washington and Oregon from the mouth of the river to Bonneville 

 Dam Associate membership includes professionals, fish markets, 

 restaurants, marine suppliers end others whose Incomes, all or in part, 

 depend on viable commercial fishing. 



In pursuing several of the Northwest Power Planning Council's salmon 

 recovery programs related to harvest, this orgenlzation and BPA have 

 entered into contractual agreements. We do, however, feel the need to 

 offer some constructive criticism about BPA's role in salmon recovery, 

 and about the recovery process itself. 



Let me start by saying we, the non-tribal Columbia River commercial 

 fishing industry, have been treated with respect by BPA end its staff. 

 Randy Hardy has met with us on several occasions as we tried to work out 

 the details of e commerciei license "leese" that would heve compensated 

 those fishermen who chose to forego their opportunity to catch fall 



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