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James H.W. Main 

 289 Hatchville Road 

 East Falmouth, MA 02536 

 (617) 564-4449 



Subcommittee on Oceanography 



Committee on Merchant Marine and fisheries 



U.S. House of Representatives 



A Statement for the 



Field Hearing on Georges Bank Activities 



Boston, MA 



27 June 1983 



By way of introduction, I am a resident of Massachusetts — my home 

 is south of Boston on Cape Cod. Like many other people in the Woods 

 Hole/Falmouth area, I am a Ph.D. oceanographer . My area of interest and 

 expertise is with marine mammals and endangered species in the 

 continental shelf waters of the northeastern United States. Most 

 recently, I served as a staff scientist on the four-year Cetacean and 

 Turtle Assessment Program at the University of Rhode Island, under 

 contract to the Department of Interior environmental studies program. 



My comments pertain to scientific research in relation to the 

 Georges Bank leasing activities. In particular, they deal with the 

 Department of the Interior environmental studies and monitoring 

 programs. 



