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Hearing held August 4, 1993 1 



Text of H.R. 2760 88 



Statement of: ,„,.„„. 

 Fields, Hon. Jack, a U.S. Representative from Texas, and Ranking Minor- 

 ity Member, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 3 



Foster, Nancy, Acting Director, National Marine Fisheries Service 4 



Prepared statement 27 



Gilman, Brad, General Counsel, Gulf of Alaska Coalition 11 



Prepared statement 59 



Gissburg, Legal counsel to the Commissioner of the Department of Fish 



and Game, State of Alaska 13 



Prepared statement 65 



Hofman, Robert J., Scientific program director, Marine Mammal Commis- 

 sion 5 



Prepared statement 44 



Iudicello, Suzanne, Senior program counsel, Center for Marine Conserva- 

 tion 9 



Prepared statement 51 



Kaelin, Jeff, Executive Director, Maine Sardine Council 17 



Prepared statement 81 



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

 minority member, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Re- 

 sources 2 



Prepared statement 3 



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



Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources 1 



Young, Hon. Don, a U.S. Representative from Alaska 8 



Young, Sharon, Wildlife consultant to the International Wildlife Coali- 

 tion 14 



Prepared statement 75 



Additional material supplied: 



Foster, Dr. Nancy (National Marine Fisheries): National Marine Fisheries 

 Service chart showing registration and compliance chart of commercial 



fishing vessels 116 



Hodges, John A. (Wiley, Rein & Fielding law firm): Statement on behalf 



of the Marine Mammal Coalition 117 



Communications submitted: 



Gauvin, Charles F. (Trout Unlimited): Letter of August 4, 1993, to Hon. 



Gerry E. Studds 164 



Gilman, Brad (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission): Letter of 

 September 10, 1993, to Hon. Gerry E. Studds in response to questions 



submitted by Hon. Dan Hamburg 136 



Hamburg, Hon. Dan (a U.S. Representative from California): Questions to 



witnesses on the Marine Mammal Protection Act 127 



Hofman, Robert J., Ph.D. (Marine Mammal Commission): Letter of Sep- 

 tember 10, 1993, to Lesli Gray, staff of Subcommittee on Environment 

 and Natural Resources, with response to questions submitted by Hon. 



Dan Hamburg 130 



Iudicello, Suzanne (Center for Marine Conservation): Letter of September 

 13, 1993, to Hon. Gerry E. Studds with response to questions submitted 



by Hon. Dan Hamburg 145 



Kaelin, Jeffrey H. (Maine Aquaculture Association): 



Letter of July 14, 1993, to Dr. Nancy Foster 160 



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