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Senator Wallop. Man-created. 



Dr. Koski. Man-created. 



Senator Wallop. In fact, one of the things that — well, you can 

 chuckle all you like, but one of the things that you do in changing 

 the riparian habitat is enhance the fishery, which we have just 

 been told on occasion that the Forest Service planning process and 

 mechanisms have undertaken, with success. 



The Chairman. Now that we have such agreement between the 

 witnesses 



[Laughter.] 



Senator Murkowski. Mr. Chairman, very briefly, I would like 

 the record to note that the Southeast Conference in its last meeting 

 communicated, as a consequence of an eleven to zero vote, a recom- 

 mendation that the matter of buffer strips be left up to the Nation- 

 al Marine Fisheries Service and to respond to the appropriate Ton- 

 gass land management plan in conjunction with the Forest Service, 

 to address this issue. 



So that probably is the consensus of Alaskans speaking through 

 that organization. 



I would again ask that the record show the southeast Alaska 

 salmon harvest levels and the notation that in 1985 and 1986, at 

 which time there was a modest decrease, it is believed to have been 

 a factor from the driftnet fishery of Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. 

 1987 and 1988 show an increase. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



The Chairman. Thank you, Senator Murkowski. 



Ladies and gentlemen of the panel, let me say that, while more 

 information would clearly help us, we simply cannot wait until 

 June to begin to go to our markup. For one thing, I think we would 

 likely lose control of the legislation if that happened. 



Someone would put in a non-germane amendment on the floor, 

 and then we really would be flying blind because that would be no 

 place to make the fine judgments which we can make in commit- 

 tee. 



So we simply cannot wait on that. By the time it comes out in 

 June, I would hope that we could then use that information in con- 

 ference. 



But I would urge you to be particularly specific in such supple- 

 mental comments as you wish. As you can see, we are particuarly 

 interested in Class II and Class III streams. That is a very sharp 

 focus of what we would like to hear from you, because we are talk- 

 ing about drawing up this legislation now and we will need that 

 information. 



So thank you very much. We appreciate your testimony. 



Next we have a disparate panel, including: Craig Lindh, Project 

 Analyst for the State of Alaska; Richard M. Griffin with the South- 

 east Conference; K.J. Metcalf, Vice President for Southeast Alaska 

 Conservation Council; Don Finney, General Manager of Alaskan 

 Loggers Association; Kathryn Troll, Executive Director of the 

 Southeast Alaska Seiners Association; and Joseph Wilson, Presi- 

 dent of Goldbelt, Incorporated. 



Senator Murkowski. Mr. Chairman, Senator McClure has an ex- 

 tensive statement for the record. He is unavoidably detained at a 

 clean air hearing or a clean air debate and markup or discussion, 

 or any of the above, and regrets that he cannot be here. 



