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AMERICAN 

 HIGH SEAS 



FISHERIES 



ASSOCIATION 



STATEMENT OF KATE GRAHAM 



Executive Director 



AMERICAN HIGH SEAS FISHERIES ASSOCIATION 



Before The 



UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES 



On The Reauthorization Of The 

 MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 



10 August 1993 

 Portland, Oregon 



Mr. Chair and Members of the Committee, I am Kate Graham, 

 executive director of American High Seas Fisheries Association. 

 Ours is an association of trawl catcher vessels, all of which are 

 U.S. owned, built and crewed. Our members take part in a variety 

 of groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska and 

 along the Pacific coast. We were part of the joint venture fleet 

 that pioneered the harvesting of groundfish in those waters. We 

 are proud of the contribution we made toward realizing the 

 original goal of the Magnuson Act - the Americanization of our 

 nation's fisheries. We sell our catch to both shorebased and 

 floating processors and are equally proud of the part we play in 

 providing food for people both in the U.S. and around the world. 



We have been able to accomplish these things because of the 

 Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The existence 

 of a strong commercial fishing industry along the Pacific coast 

 is a direct result of this farsighted legislation, and we are 

 grateful to have the opportunity today to offer you our ideas 



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