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Honorable Don Vcung 



2)31 Reyburn House Office S.iiiim 



Washington, O.C. 23515 



Congressman Young i 



For a number of years r.ow, the fishermen of Southeast Alaska, 

 through thalr indlvidial organizations and through tha United 

 Fisherwen of AlasVa (UFA), have triad to impress upon the congress 

 tha neel to approach rciest nanajcrasnt in MtiXt with a'.i eye 

 toward th-> future cf our state's most renewable resource, tha 

 salmon that spiwn throughout tha Tonga** National Foraot and 

 the privat* holdings of our state's Native corporations. This 

 haa not beer, an eaoy tan*. Our call for a balanced mansgement 

 stratify, givi.-.s equal importanse to the fisheries resource 

 and the vjceaaary care in atreax.-oide management, haa been 

 assailed by some spokesmen for tha timbar Industry «3 an attempt 

 to deatr^y the industry and destabilira the oooncmies of our 

 communities, Nothing could be iertrer from the truth. Tha 

 rhetor io has been haa tad, such that ve are concerned that the 

 surrounding atmosphere may rot be entirely conducive to reaching 

 a workable compromise. This has teen very unfortunate. it 

 is clear that some means of resource conflict resolution needs 

 to be davwloped so that cur communities can continue to diversify 

 and presper in *r atrosphtre of mutual rospect. 



UFA is as iincere ss all of the other parties involved 

 in bringing this atmosphere ahout. At the sane time we remain 

 absolutely committed to working towards a resource development 

 ethic that recognises the important role haoitat protection 

 plays in our Industry. 



U?A did not adopt a formal resolution on the Tongass Ttnber 

 Reform Act at their February 1983 meeting. Tha main reason 

 for this was yout introduction of a ccmpror.uas proposal into 

 the debate on Tongaaa within th« Interior Committee, and our 

 desire to make a good faith effort to work together for tha 

 benefit of all Alaskans. 



rhe UFA'S Tongass Timber Resolution of February 1987 called 

 for an end to the 4,5 billion board first ^r decade mandated 

 harvest lavel and also called for terminstlcn of -he SO . year 

 contract*. The terms of the 50 year contract* and the timber 



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