CHEHALIS RIVER BASIN OVERSIGHT 



WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1993 



House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Fisheries 

 Management, and Subcommittee on Environment 

 and Natural Resources, Committee on Merchant 

 Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington, DC. 



The Subcommittees met, pursuant to call, at 1:40 p.m., in room 

 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Thomas J. Manton 

 [chairman of the Subcommittee] presiding. 



Present, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management: Representa- 

 tives Manton, Unsoeld, Taylor, Hamburg, Cantwell, Kingston, and 

 Torkildsen. 



Present, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources: 

 Representatives Hochbrueckner, Pallone, Unsoeld, Furse, and 

 Hamburg. 



Staff present, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management: Jim Mat- 

 thews, Staff Director; Greg Lambert, Counsel; Lori Rosa, Legisla- 

 tive Clerk; and Mike Stemple, Professional Staff. 



Staff present, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Re- 

 sources: Leigh Clayton, Legislative Clerk; Laurel Bryant, Minority 

 Professional Staff; and Frank Lockhart, Sea Grant Fellow. 



Staff Present, Full Committee: Suzanne Waldron, Press Secre- 

 tary; Linda Livingston, Assistant to Staff Director; Harry F. Bur- 

 roughs, Minority Staff Director; Rodney H. Moore, Jr., Minority 

 Professional Staff; Jill Brady, Minority Professional Staff; Julie 

 Roberts, Minority Sea Grant Fellow; Margherita Woods, Minority 

 Staff Assistant; and JayneAnne Rex, Minority Professional Staff. 



Staff present, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, 

 and the Outer Continental Shelf; Edward Lee, Professional Staff. 



STATEMENT OF HON. THOMAS J. MANTON, A U.S. REPRESENTA- 

 TIVE FROM NEW YORK, AND CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON 

 FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 



Mr. Manton. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I think it is 

 appropriate that we get started. We are on a roll call vote but the 

 Members should be trickling in, so in the interest of time, we will 

 get started. 



Today, we examine the causes of the precipitous decline in 

 salmon and steelhead production in the Chehalis River Basin in 

 the State of Washington. We will also consider measures to restore 

 these significant fish stocks. 



Over the last six months, the Subcommittee on Fisheries Man- 

 agement has held three hearings on the reauthorization of the 



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