PACIFIC SALMON TREATY NEGOTIATIONS 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1994 



House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Envi- 

 ronment AND Natural Resources, Joint with Sub- 

 committee ON Fisheries Management, Committee 

 ON Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington, DC. 



The Subcommittees met, pursuant to call, at 2:00 p.m., in room 

 1334, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Thomas J. Manton 

 [Chairman of the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management] presid- 

 ing. 



Members present: Representatives Pallone, Unsoeld, Furse, 

 Hamburg and Young from the Subcommittee on Environment and 

 Natural Resources; Representatives Manton, Unsoeld, Hamburg, 

 Cantwell, Pallone, Young and Kingston from the Subcommittee on 

 Fisheries Management. 



Staff present: Subcommittee on Fisheries Management: Jim 

 Mathews, Staff Director; Greg Lambert, Counsel; Lori Rosa, Legis- 

 lative Clerk; Rod Moore, Minority Professional Staff; Subcommittee 

 on Environment and Natural Resources: Jean Flemma, Dan Ashe, 

 Staff Director; Marvadell Zeeb, Legislative Clerk; Finlay Anderson, 

 Sea Grant Intern; Dave Whaley and Sharon McKenna, Minority 

 Professional Staff. 



Mr. Manton. Ladies and gentlemen, the Subcommittee on Fish- 

 eries Management in conjunction with the Natural Resources Sub- 

 committee will come to order. 



Chairman Studds is otherwise occupied on the Floor with mari- 

 time matters as we speak. 



The Chair will recognize the gentleman from Washington, Mr. 

 Swift, for a statement, and then the Chair will have its own open- 

 ing statement. I know Mr. Swift has other pressing business and 

 we want to accommodate him. Mr. Swift. 



STATEMENT OF HON. AL SWIFT, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 

 FROM WASHINGTON 



Mr. Swift. Well, Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for that 

 extra special courtesy, and I will be brief. I am here to testify on 

 behalf of the commercial fishermen who reside in the second con- 

 gressional district of Washington State. The fishery in my district 

 is very dependent on the Eraser River salmon run. 



Eraser River fishery has a long history and the United States 

 has made great efforts over the years to preserve that fishery. As 

 you know, the Eraser River is essentially in Canada, but it is joint- 



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