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Hearing held April 20, 1993 1 



Statement of: 



Fields, Hon. Jack, a U.S. Representative from Texas, and ranking minori- 

 ty member. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 2 



Gutting, Richard, Jr., Blue Water Fisherman's Association 23 



Prepared statement 133 



Hofman, Robert, scientific program director, Marine Mammal Commis- 

 sion _° 



Prepared statement • 5" 



ludicello, Suzanne, senior program counsel. Center for Marine Conserva- 

 tion 12 



Prepared statement 64 



Josephson, Diana, Acting Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accompanied by 

 Nancy Foster, Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National 



Marine Fisheries Service 4 



Prepared statement 39 



Leape, Gerald, legislative director. Ocean Ecology, Greenpeace, USA 14 



Prepared statement 83 



Osterback, Alvin, Jr., assembly member, Aleutians East Borough, An- 

 chorage, Alaska 20 



Prepared statement 112 



Read, Andrew, visiting investigator. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- 

 tion, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 18 



Prepared statement 10'^ 



Saxton, Hon. James, a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, and rank- 

 ing minority member. Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Re- 

 sources 3 



Studds, Hon. Gerry E., a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and 



Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources 1 



Thornburgh, Guy, executive director. Pacific States Marine Fisheries 



Commission, Portland, Oregon 21 



Prepared statement 115 



Young, Sharon, wildlife consultant, International Wildlife Coalition, 



North Falmouth, Massachusetts 16 



Prepared statement 9'^ 



Additional material supplied: 



The Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums and the Ameri- 

 can Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums: Regarding the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service proposed regime to govern interac- 

 tions between marine mammals and commercial fishing operations 140 



Friends of the Sea Otter: Stansbury, Dina, Protection of the southern sea 



otter and its marine habitat 148 



Communications submitted: 



Subcommittee staff: Memorandum to Members, Subcommittee on Envi- 

 ronment and Natural Resources, on management procedures for inter- 

 action between marine mammals and commercial fisheries 34 



Fish and Wildlife Service: 



Marlen, Sam, Letter to Dr. Gregory Silber, Scientific and Executive 



Director, Friends of the Sea Otter 159 



Smith, Richard N., Letter to Dr. William W. Fox, Jr., Assistant 



Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service 157 



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