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TESTIMONY 



OF 



DR. GARY MATLOCK 



PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICER 



NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



BEFORE THE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 



AND THE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 



COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES 



U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



AUGUST 2, 1994 



Messrs . Chairmen and Members of the Subcommittees : I am Gary 

 Matlock, Program Management Officer for the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration. I am pleased to have the opportunity to testify 

 before the Sixbcommittees on the state of the current United 

 States-Canada Pacific salmon negotiations. 



Introduction 



The Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC) was established in 1985 under 

 the United States-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty (Treaty) after 14 

 years of negotiations. The Treaty addresses conservation and 

 sharing arrangements for intercepting salmon fisheries -- viz., 

 those in which one or both countries intercept salmon produced in 

 the other country. Through recommendations to the Governments of 

 Canada and the United States, the PSC has maintained extensive 

 salmon management programs (including catch limits and related 

 regulations) for these fisheries. However, for the first time 



