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KWJUNGADDRESS: NORTHWESxMcmCTRAWLERS, IllC F/VCAPEFALCON 



P.O. BOX 215 /j : F.rrv-r- -^^^ _:, ' 503/861-34*3 



HAMMOND, OR 97121 ./ 44l\ld4l.i5Lj>-'^ FAX 503/ 861-3775 



June 1, X993 



To 8 The Honorable Ron Wyden, Chairman 



O.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Regulation, 

 Business Opportunities, and Technology 



From; David Duncan 



Re: Pacific Whiting Allocation 



Mr. Chairman: 



Thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony before the committee 

 on this issue. I am the owner /operator of the coastal trawler Cape 

 Falcon, a member of the groundfish advisory aubpanel to the Pacific 

 Fishery Management Council (PFMC), a small businessman and whiting 

 fisherman. 



While I'm disappointed over the final allocation figures, 1 have more 

 serious concerns over the process in which this decision was made. 

 I'm greatly troubled by the Commarc© Department's disregard for the 

 council process, and the disregard for both the human and financial 

 resources spent to provide the secretary a recommendation and the 

 supporting analysis as required by the Magnuson Fishery Conservation 

 and Management Act (Magnuson Act). 



The refusal of the Department of Commerce to accept the 

 recommendation of the NW Regional Director of the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service (NMPS), to have relieved him of his role in this 

 matter, and the refusal to even accept its own proposed rule as 

 published in the Federal Register should give this committee grave 

 concern over the manner in which the Commerce Department made this 

 decision. 



