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March 22, 1994 



MEMORANDUM 



TO: Members. Subcommittee on Fisheries Management 



FROM: Subcommittee Staff 



SUBJECT: Hearing on conflict of interest in the operation of 



the Regional Fishery Management Councils 



TNTRODUCTION 



On Wednesday. March 23. 1994. at 1:30 P.M. in 1334 Longworth House Office 

 Building, the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management will meet to continue its series of 

 hearings on the reauthorization of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management 

 Act (Magnuson Act). This hearmg will focus on alleged and potential conflicts of 

 interest m the operation of the Regional Fishery Management Coundls established under 

 the Magnuson Act. Although the issue of conflicts of interest has already arisen at a 

 number of previous hearings, this hearing was called in response to a request by the 

 Honorable Jolene Unsoeld to specifically examine a recent investigation of the North 

 Pacific Fisheries Management Council by the Commerce Department Inspector General. 



The only witness at this hearing will be Frank DeGeorge, Inspector General of the 

 U.S. Department of Commerce. 



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