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One, strengthen the Central Bering Sea Fisheries Enforcement 

 Act to include economic sanctions against nations violating the pro- 

 visions of the act; 



Two, deny direct foreign aid assistance, including placing restric- 

 tions on funds provided by the United States to international insti- 

 tutions, such that nations in violation of the Central Bering Sea 

 Fisheries Enforcement Act may not receive such aid; 



Three, deny Most Favored Nation trading status to any nation 

 fishing in the Central Bering Sea in violation of the Central Bering 

 Sea Fisheries Enforcement Act; and 



Four, require the Secretary of Commerce, through the Secretary 

 of State, to initiate bilateral negotiations with the Russian Federa- 

 tion to develop a joint management regime for fisheries in the Cen- 

 tral Bering Sea Donut Hole if multilateral negotiations are unsuc- 

 cessful in securing an acceptable long-term agreement in time to be 

 implemented prior to the expiration of the present moratorium. 



Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you for this opportunity to 

 present the views of the State of Alaska regarding HCR 135. We 

 appreciate and applaud your actions to assist in resolving the im- 

 portant issues surrounding management of the Central Bering Sea. 



[The statement of Mr. Somerville can be found at the end of the 

 hearing.] 



Mr. Manton. The Chair recognizes Mr. Robert Morgan with 

 Oceantrawl, Inc. 



STATEMENT OF ROBERT MORGAN, OCEANTRAWL, INC. 



Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommit- 

 tee. 



For the record, my name is Robert Morgan. I am here today in 

 my capacity as Director of Oceantrawl Inc., Seattle, Washington, 

 one of the largest harvesting, processing and marketing seafood 

 companies in the United States. 



In addition, I am presently President of the American Factory 

 Trawlers Association. I also have the pleasure of serving as an ad- 

 visor to the U.S. Department of State on the North Pacific and 

 Bering Sea Fisheries U.S. Advisory Body. 



At the outset, I would like to say that those of us in the Pacific 

 Northwest fisheries industry appreciate the leadership and sup- 

 porting role both you and Chairman Studds are playing on the crit- 

 ical issue of marine conservation, specifically, the conservation and 

 management of pollock resources in the Central Bering Sea. In this 

 regard, I am quite pleased to be here today to offer my unequivocal 

 support for H. Con. Res. 135, calling for the United States to take 

 further steps to establish an international fishery agreernent for 

 conservation and management of living marine resources in inter- 

 national waters of the Bering Sea known as the "Donut Hole." 



In addition, Mr. Young should be commended for his sponsorship 

 of this important resolution. 



As we all know, during the mid-1980's, foreign countries began 

 talking massive amounts of U.S. and Russian fish from the Donut 

 area. This, of course, precipitated major conservation problems in 

 the fishery zones of both the U.S. and Russia. The Donut Hole is 

 one of the most productive regions for commercial fishing in the 



