CONTENTS 



Hearing held November 3, 1993 1 



Statement of: 



Fields, Hon. Jack, a U.S. Representative from Texas, and Ranking Minor- 

 ity Member, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 2 



Josephson, Diane H., Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmos- 

 phere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Depart- 

 ment of Commerce 3 



Prepared statement 19 



Ortiz, Hon. Solomon P., a U.S. Representative from Texas, and Chairman, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Conti- 

 nental Shelf 1 



Weldon, Hon. Curt, a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, and Rank- 

 ing Minority Member, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, 



and the Outer Continental Shelf 11 



Additional material supplied: 



Josephson, Diane H. (NOAA): Replies to questions submitted by Subcom- 

 mittee following hearing 42 



(III) 



