CONTENTS 



Hearing held March 23, 1994 1 



Statement of: 



Cantwell, Maria, a U.S. Representative from Washington 5 



DeGeorge, Frank, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce, ac- 

 companied by Wayne Weaver, Council to the Inspector Greneral 7 



Prepared statement 21 



Fields, Hon. Jack, a U.S. Representative from Texas, and Ranking Minor- 

 ity Member, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 4 



Manton, Hon. Thomas J., a U.S. Representative from New York, and 



Chairman, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management 1 



Torkildsen, Peter G., a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6 



Prepared statement 6 



Unsoeld, Jolene, a U.S. Representative from Washington 4 



Young, Hon. Don, a U.S. Representative from Alaska, and Ranking Mi- 

 nority Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management 2 



Additional material supplied: 



Code of Federal Regulations 50 CFR §601.35: Rules of Conduct 31 



Egan, Timothy (The New York Times, March 7, 1994): "U.S. Fishing 



Fleet Trawling Coastal Water Without Fish" 103 



Knauth, Kristin (article published in Government Executive): "Auditing 



Up Front" 24 



NMFS and NOAA (Federal Register, March 11, 1994): Revising regula- 

 tions concerning the practices, procedures, and operations of the Re- 

 gional Fishery Management Councils under the Magnuson Act 28 



Safina, Carl, Ph.D. (National Audubon Society): "Ending Overfishing Be- 

 fore It Ends Itself 106 



Unsoeld, Hon. Jolene: 



Sonner, Scott (The Associated Press, March 11, 1993): "Unsoeld 



Questions Makeup of Fisheries Council" 34 



Connell, Christopher (The Associated Press, Jan. 1, 1992): "Bush 



Campaign Aide Wades Into Lobbying Battle Over Fish Processing" 63 

 The Seattle Times: 



Wilson, Duff: "A Fishy Situation", Nov. 10, 1991 35 



Wilson, Duff: "Federal Conflict-of-interest Probe Clears Fishery- 

 Council Members", Oct. 16, 1993 50 



Editorial: "Aging Fisheries Act Overdue for an Overhaul", March 



31, 1992 ^ 40 



Editorial: "Congress, Not Courts, Must Fix Ocean Fisheries", 



June 17, 1992 41 



Anderson, Ross: "Pollock Politics: A Billion-Dollar Tragedy", Aug. 



14, 1992 42 



Editorial: "Time for Congress to Fix an Irrational Fisheries Act", 



July 28, 1992 43 



Brown, Tom: "Trawlers Ask Fisheries Service for Pollock Season 



Delay", June 10, 1992 44 



Brown, Tom: "Pollock Allocation Plan Extended", Aug. 6, 1992 .... 45 

 Morgan, Robert F.: "Keeping Our Fisheries Free for Competi- 

 tion", Jan. 30, 1992 46 



Looney, Stuart W.: "Fishery Needs Good Management or Na- 

 tional Resource Will Be Gone", Dec. 27, 1991 47 



Editorial: "North Pacific Fishery Council Needs Makeover", Nov. 



17, 1991 48 



