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1 . Due to a hectic travel schedule. I was unable to proof my final written testimony. 

 As such, a typo occurred on the jobs figure. The reference to 12.000 jobs in 1986 

 directly from the harvesting sector should have been 2.000 The following quotes 

 from the McDowell Report (Alaska Seafood Industry Study) answer directly the 

 concern you raise over number of jobs, seasonality, and non-resident component. 



Pg. 28: "The seafood industry, with average annual employment of 3,993 

 (harvesting and processing), is southeast Alaska's largest private industry, 

 employing a third more that the region's forest products industry." 



Pg 29 "In terms of employment Southeast •with 21% of the total is the state 

 largest seafood region, just ahead of South central 



Pg. 34: "Previous employment estimates credited seafood harvesting 

 employment only in the months that a fishery occurred, neglecting pre-seasson time 

 spent spent by skipper and crew gearing up and post-season time spent on repairs, 

 clean-up gear work and other essential activities. The result, for example, would 

 credit the skipper/owner of a 45-foot, $100,000 power troller with working only 

 during the two to three month season when in fact he typically devotes 6 months or 

 more a year to essential work directly related to commercial fishing." 



Pg. 33: "Indeed, much of the seafood resource harvested from the state and 

 federal waters off Alaska is harvested by Alaska nonresidents. However, excluding 

 the groundfish fleet, residents do account for about 70% of the participation in 

 Alaska's commercial fishing industry (79% of active permit holders are Alaska 

 residents as are 66% of crew members). A thirty percent nonresident share may 

 seem high but it is estimated to be approximately average for Alaska basic 

 industries." 



2. The land planning process has been ongoing on two levels. Tongass Timber 

 Reform legislation has had a wealth of public testimony concerning the resource 

 values of the Tongass National Forest. The areas being discussed as well as the buffer 

 strip provision have a history of research and knowledge behind them. ..the areas 

 with high resource values have not changed over the years. More importantly any 

 final decisions made in the revision of TLMP can not go beyond it's current legal 

 contraints. or sideboards.. .450 billion board foot mandate and the 50 year contracts. 

 As we testified, these provisions hamper multiple use management in the Tongass 

 and they are unique to the Tongass. As such. TLMP decisions will be skewed by these 

 legal sideboards. TLMP's general alternatives incorporates SE Conference Proposal 

 One. and H R 787 It also reviews the current plan. Assucb, waiting for TLMP means 

 deferring the same political decisions that must ultimately be made. Given the 

 unique Congressional sideboards, given the wealth of information gained in the 

 numerous hearings on Tongass Timber Reform legislation. UFA believes that 

 Congressional resolution now is indeed appropriate. In 1989 a survey of Southeast 

 Alaskans Attitudes Toward Timber Reform Act, asked this question: Do you agree or 

 disagree? It is time for a compromise to be reached regarding the future of the 

 Tongass Forest that balances employment opportunties and environmental 

 protection. 84% of the respondents answered "Yes. we agree". As such, public 

 opinion also makes Congressional action appropriate now. The answer to question *5 

 gives another reason why UFA does not want Congress to wait for TLMP. 



3- Our research indicates that buffer strips will not result in a loss of jobs. For 

 example, making an adjustment of 215 acres out of a total harvest of over 800,000 

 acres on the long term timber sale for Ketchikan Pulp Company can be easily 

 accomodated within the existing timber bee* for the long term timber sale. However, 

 to answer your question directly, the answer is no. we would not agree to open 

 existing wilderness areas as these areas are established by law for a multiplicity of 



