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CHAIRMAN 

 Phil Jensen 

 PRESIDENT 

 Guy Schoenbom 

 VICE PRESIDENT 

 Tom Posey 

 The Tom Posey Co. 

 SECRETARY 

 John Martinis 

 John's Sporting Goods 

 TREASURER 

 Mark Masterson 

 Worden's/Yakima Bait Co. 

 DIRECTORS 

 Watt Hummel 

 Lewis River Sporting 

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 Rich Kato 

 Farwest/Sports Services 



Tom Harger 



John B. Merifield Co. 



B.G. Eilertson 



G.I. Joe's 



Buz2 Ramsey 



Luhr Jensen & Sons 



EXEC. DIRECTOR 



Liz Hamilton 

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Statement 

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Liz Hamilton, 



Executive Director 



Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association 



before the 



Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fishenes 

 Hon. Gerry Sfudds, Chairman 

 US House of Representatives 



at a hearing on 



Salmon Recovery in the Columbia/Snake River Basin 

 June 30, 1994 



Good morning Mr Chairman and Committee I wish to thank 



members of the committee for this opportunity to address the issues 

 surrounding salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin My name is 

 Liz Hamilton, and I serve as the Executive Director for the Northwest 

 Sportfishing Industry Association which represents hundreds of 

 businesses and thousands of jobs in the Pacific Northwest and beyond 

 From "worms to downriggers", from major retailers to "mom & pops", 

 the men, women and businesses working with NSIA are dependent on 

 and dedicated to a healthy salmon resource In Oregon and 

 Washington alone, the sportfishing industry generates $3 billion 

 annually to the overall health of the states' economies. 



Sportfishing businesses are as diverse and as geographically 

 disbursed as the fish we rely upon. Traditionally, we have placed our 

 focus upon partnerships dedicated to sportfishing promotion and 

 habitat restoration The formation of NSIA was in recognition that 

 decisions regarding the resource we depend upon were very much 

 impacted by other industries We organized and became involved to 

 be a united and positive voice for the salmon recovery our 

 businesses require for a healthy future. 



The charters and guides, bait houses, marinas, marine suppliers, 

 shopping centers, wh.olesalers, retailers, distributors, manufacturers! 

 and manufacturers representatives that NSIA represents, view the 

 declining salmon and steelhead runs on the Columbia River as a 

 driving force in business closures and failures in both sportfishing 



