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STATEMEKT OF 



JAY S. JOHNSON 



DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL FOR FISHERIES, 



ENFORCEMENT, AND REGIONS 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGULATION, BUSINESS 



OPPORTUNITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 



COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 



U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



FIELD HEARING 



NEWPORT, OREGON 



JUNE 4, 1993 



Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee: I am Jay 

 Johnson, Deputy General Counsel for Fisheries, Enforcement, and 

 Regions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

 U.S. Department of Commerce. I appreciate this opportunity to 

 present the Department's views on the recent decision allocating 

 Pacific whiting between the shoreside and at-sea Industry 

 sectors . 



The questions presented in the Subcommittee's letter of 

 invitation are quite comprehensive, and my responses to these 

 questions constitute the majority of my testimony. 



Question 1: Please review for the subcommittee the process used 

 by the Department for making the whiting allocation. 



Pacific whiting is the largest component of the groundfish 



complex managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the 



Groundfish Fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California (FMP) . 



The FMP contains framework processes by which the Pacific Fishery 



Management Council develops, analyzes, and recommends fishery 



