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I am Frank Dominic Dulcich, the President and CEO of The Pacific Group, a 

 vertically integrated seafood company, which employs over 1200 team members 

 in 4 states. We are family owned and provide to our team members 1 0% of the 

 company's pre-tax profits via our profit sharing plan every year. 



I have founded ail but one of the companies, that being Pacific Sea Food. 

 Pacific Sea Food was started by my grandfather, also named Frank Dulcich, (a 

 Croatian immigrant) who began by selling seafood from a pushcart on the streets 

 of Portland, Oregon over 60 years ago. Our family and many team members of 

 our company are second and third generation. They have either fished or been 

 involved in the processing, distribution segment since their grandparents or 

 great-grandparents became citizens of the United States. 



The Pacific Group has grown into a vertically integrated company which includes 

 a fishing vessel, processing facilities in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and 

 California, distribution centers in Washington, Oregon, and California, and an 

 international marketing group that exports our fishery resource to the Pacific Rim 

 countries and the European community. 



As fishermen, processors, and distributors, we must be stewards of our great 

 national resource. As stewards, we are responsible for sound conservation and 

 proper management of this resource for future generations to enjoy. We must 

 always be cognizant of the social and economic ramifications of our actions. 



