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Thank you. Mr. Chairman. I am Ron Jensen and I am testifying 

 today on behalf of Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corporation of Seattle, 

 Washington. Arctic Alaska, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, is the 

 largest fishing company in the United States. We operate 31 

 fishing vessels, including vessels that utilise trawl, longline and 

 pot gear to catch end process at-sea a number of species of crab 

 and groundfish. We are a vertically-integrated seafood company 

 with value-added processing plants in Seattle end Olympia, 

 Washington and Duluth, Minnesota and several shoreside processing 

 plants, including a substantial investment in a Pacific whiting 

 plant in Newport, Oregon. 



I appreciate the opportunity to testify today on 

 reauthorization of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management 

 Act (the Magnuson Act). My comments today reflect not only the 

 views of Arctic Alaska, but also my 40 years of experience in the 

 seafood industry, including positions as president and chief 

 executive officer of several major seafood companies. Also, I am 

 a past president of the National Fisheries institute. 



In the 1980 's, I served as chairman of the U.S. industry 

 delegation that engaged in a series of meetings with the Japanese 

 fishing industry. These negotiations grew out of an amendment to 

 the Magnuson Act creating the so-called "fish and chips" provision. 



