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Hearing held February 10, 1994 1 



Statement of: 



Beattie, Ms. Mollie, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 



of the Interior 14 



Prepared statement 61 



Bentley, Hon. Helen Delich, a U.S. Representative from Maryland 3 



Bilirakis, Hon. Michael, a U.S. Representative from Florida 7 



Cunningham, Hon. Randy "Duke", a U.S. Representative from California 32 

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

 ity Member, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 3 



Foster, Dr. Nancy, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, 



Department of Commerce 13 



Prepared statement 40 



Gilchrest, Hon. Wayne, a U.S. Representative from Maryland 36 



Goss, Hon. Porter, a U.S. Representative from Florida 9 



Prepared statement 11 



Grandy, John, Vice President for Wildlife and Habitat Protection, Hu- 

 mane Society of the United States 20 



Prepared statement 104 



Jenkins, Robert, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, Alliance for 



Marine Mammal Parties and Aquariums 18 



Prepared statement 89 



Lipinski, Hon. William O., a U.S. Representative from Illinois 8 



Ortiz, Hon. Solomon P., a U.S. Representative from Texas, and Chair- 

 man, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer 



Continental Shelf 5 



Pombo, Hon. Richard W., a U.S. Representative from California 4 



Pungowiyi, Caleb, President, Inuit Circumpolar Conference 24 



Prepared statement 117 



Reynolds, Dr. John E., Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission 16 



Prepared statement 72 



Saxton, Hon. Jim, a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, and Ranking 

 Minority Member, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Re- 

 sources 2 



Schenk, Hon. Lynn, a U.S. Representative from California 6 



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



Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources 1 



Tyack, Dr. Peter, Research associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- 

 tion 22 



Prepared statement 112 



Young, Hon. Don, a U.S. Representative from Alaska, and Ranking Mi- 

 nority Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management 5 



Additional material supplied: 



Baur, Donald C. (Prepared for the Marine Mammal Commission): Ex- 

 cerpts from "Reconciling the Legal Mechanisms to Protect and Manage 

 Polar Bears Under United States Laws and the Agreement for the 



Conservation of Polar Bears" 156 



Dewey, Robert L. (Defenders of Wildlife and the Wilderness Society): 

 Statement on the need for Congress to amend the MMPA to provide 

 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with affirmative authority to protect 



polar bear habitat 148 



Dolphin Quest, Hawaii: Testimony on the reauthorization of the MMPA .. 140 



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