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Mr. Dulcich. We are a family-owned company, and believe in en- 

 abling our team members. An example of that is we contribute 

 over 10 percent of our pre-tax profits to their profit sharing plan to 

 ensure their economic future. 



I have founded all but one of the companies, that being Pacific 

 Seafood, which was started by my Croatian immigrant grandfather 

 and for whom I was named and my father Dominic. My grandfa- 

 ther began selling seafood from a push cart on the streets of 

 Oregon over 60 years ago. 



Our family and many of our team members have financially pro- 

 vided for their families for two or three generations by either fish- 

 ing or being involved in the processing and distribution segment 

 since their grandparents or great grandparents became citizens of 

 this great Nation. 



The Pacific Group has grown into a vertically integrated compa- 

 ny which means it has a fishing vessel, it has processing facilities 

 in Westport, Washington; Warrenton and Coos Bay, Oregon; 

 Eureka, California and Nikishka, Alaska and distribution facilities 

 in Mukilteo, Washington; Seaside, Clackamas, Portland and Med- 

 ford, Oregon and Sacramento, California. 



We have an international marketing group that exports our fish- 

 eries products to the Pacific Rim countries and the European Com- 

 munity. 



I am delighted to see Congresswomen Unsoeld, Furse and Con- 

 gressman Hamburg on this committee. I see them coming in now. I 

 regard all these as our congressional representatives, all three. As 

 fishermen, processors and distributors, we know we must be stew- 

 ards of our great national fishery resource. As stewards we are re- 

 sponsible for sound conservation and proper management of this 

 resource for future generations to enjoy. 



We also must be cognizant of the social and economic ramifica- 

 tions of our actions. I will state our company's view which we un- 

 equivocally believe would enhance the Magnuson Act to ensure 

 conservation of our national fisheries resource, and we believe that 

 it is imperative that specific changes be made to the Magnuson Act 

 to enhance the management and conservation of our fisheries re- 

 source. Due to time constraints I will only address the most perti- 

 nent issues. 



That is under the first section to be addressed is under section 3 

 definitions, under section 101, 627, number 16 defines the term 

 large-scale driftnet fishery. We support an amendment that would 

 reduce the maximum length currently used in high seas driftnet 

 fisheries to a length not more than one-half mile. The reason for 

 our position that the technology we possess and the use of this 

 technology in high seas driftnet fisheries is capable of decimating 

 the prolific fishing grounds of the world. This indiscriminate fish- 

 ing method takes not only its targeted resource but anything 

 within its path. This type of devastation in international waters 

 must be stopped. 



Under the same section, number 21, we define the term "opti- 

 mum". We support a change to A, to be amended as follows, 

 "which will provide the greatest overall benefit to the Nation with 

 particular reference to food production, employment, and recre- 

 ational opportunities for the citizens of the United States." 



