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I will state our company's views which we believe would enhance the Magnuson 

 Act to insure conservation of our nation's fishery resource. We believe that it is 

 imperative that these specific changes be made to the Magnuson Act to enhance 

 the management and conservation of our fishery resource. 



The first section to be address is Section 3. - Definitions 



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(16) reads "The term "Large Scale Driftnet Fishing", means a method of 

 fishing in which a gillnet composed of a panel or panels of webbing, or a series 

 of such gillnets, with a total length of one and one half miles or more , is placed 

 in the water and is allowed to drift with the currents and the winds for the 

 purpose of entangling the fish in the webbing. 



We support an amendment that would change "from one and one half miles or 

 more" to " not more than one half mile" 



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(21) reads "the term "optimum", with respect to the yield from a fishery, 

 means the amount of fish, - 



(A) "which will provide the greatest overall benefit to the nation, 

 with particular reference to food production and recreational 

 opportunities; and 



(B) which is prescribed as such on the basis of the maximum 

 sustainable yield from such fishery, as modified by any relevant 

 economic, social, or ecological factor." 



We support an amendment to (A) to be changed as follows: 



