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STATEMENT OF FRANK R BOHANNON 



Befor«The 



UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



COMMITTEE ON SMAIvL BUSINESS 



SubcommHtoe on Regulation, 

 Business Opportunitfos, and Technology 



4 June 1993 

 Newport, Oregon 



Mr. Chainnan and Members of the Subcommittee, 



Mjy name is Frank B. Bohannoa I have been a fisherman for over 30 years and am 

 presently the owner of the traditional catcher vessel NEAHKAHN1F« I have fished 

 Pacific whiting since 1979, the year the fishery started I grew up in Tillamook, 

 Oregon an(| am presently living in central Oregon. Ours is a fimiily buMnoss. Net 

 ontly do I have a oonsidorable amount of money and ray life invested in the fishery, 

 but I have inve^fited the lives of my children ta well My son Ethan is 2t and took 

 oyer aa captain on tlw NEAHKAHNIE this year. My son Erie, 25, is a crew 

 mbn\b«r on the PACIFIC AI'LIANCE, and my daughter Heather, 23, works on the 

 mpthcrshtp f:XCEIXENCE. My wife, Claudia, manages the office. This is not 

 muoh dtfforont ihm most family fishing buaincsses in the Northwent 



I am a board member of American Indcpcndait Fish<mncn Association and « board 

 number and past promdont of American High Seas Fisheries Association. Today I 

 at|) roprcsonting txnh associations, whose members are traditional catcher vessoto 

 that have th^ longest history in the whiting fishery and deliv^ primarily to atrsea 

 processors. 



I 

 First, let m« thank the ^ommittM for &eir imemt ia our industry and ibr affording 

 us the opportunity to present our views. 



I have been a^sked by the Committee to explain the difference between ftctory 

 tfiiwttffK, motnenaitps, tfaaiutma} eait^er vesMns and shorehasied proeessoni. 



