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The Honorable Thomas Manton 

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(Q-6) Can you provide us with some examples of misleading or 

 false information that you say is being used by consumer 

 groups and the media regarding the seafood safety? 



(A-6) See included in attachments, Dressel letter and Morris 

 Potter poultry study. 



(Q-7) Can you elaborate on why you think striped bass are 

 overpopulating the Chesapeake Bay and why you think sea 

 lion protection efforts are endangering the Pacific 

 salmon industry? 



(A-7) Striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay have been protected 

 by the interstate fishery management plan prepared by 

 the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Under 

 the Striped Bass Act, the Secretary of Commerce must 

 enforce this plan through statewide fishing moratoria 

 without regard to the plan's impact upon other 

 fisheries, or upon other marine species. 



Sea lions are preying upon endangered populations of 

 salmon and steelhead when they return to spawn in west 

 coast rivers. All non-lethal efforts by local fishery 

 management officials to deter this predition have 

 failed. These mammals are protected under the Marine 

 Mammal Protection Act and cannot be killed under federal 

 law. 



I hope these specifics will add insight to the decisions 

 made by the committee. These decisions will have a great effect 

 on our small industry. We can only hope your members are not 

 only diligent but also fair. We ask you to help level the 

 playing field in food safety. 



Sincerely, 



William C. Mofgarv^ President 

 c/o Morgan Seafood 

 Rt. 1, Box 241 

 Weems, VA 22 576 



