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September 10, 1993 



The Honorable Gerry Studds 



Chairman 



House Committee on Merchant Marine and 



Fisheries 

 Pom 545, Ford House Office Bldg. 

 Washington, D.C. 20515 



(Attn: Me Lesli Gray) 



Dear Chairman Studds: 



This is in response to your questions concerning the Marine 

 Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1993, dated August 24, 1993, 

 and addressed to all witnesses. While I testified on behalf of the 

 Gulf of Alaska Coalition at the hearing, 1 also represent the 

 Pacific States Marine Fisheries commission on issues relating to 

 broader pinniped interactions on the West Coast. In that capacity, 

 I would like to respond to your questions for the record. 



The Commission strongly supports the creation of pinniped 

 interaction task forces to address problems associated pinnipeds 

 which exhibit dangerous or damaging behavior. In certain 

 situations, intentional lethal removal of pinnipeds may be the only 

 effective method of further avoiding the harm being caused. During 

 the negotiation between the environmental and fishing communities 

 over the proposal to regulate fishery/marine mammal interactions, 

 we continued to argue for a statutory mechanism to be included in 

 the MMPA to respond to the damage being caused by California sea 

 lions and Pacific harbor seals in Puget Sound and other areas of 

 the West Coast. 



on June 15, 1993 a number of organizations came to a 



