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Senator Bennett Johnston 



SH 136 Hart Senate Office Building 



Washington D. C. 2051 0->l 802 



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|ji FEB 2 7 1990 



■"<•5HINGT0M.DC. 20510 



Dear Senator Johnston, 



The United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters just completed 

 their winter Board of Directors meeting in Ketchi kan , Al aska . We 

 passed a motion to restate our position on the Tongass.We have 

 signed several letters with other -fishing groups and expressed 

 our views to you be-fore but -feel it necessary to comment again 

 at this ti me. 



Since the S. E. Con-f er ance chose to change their position 

 and we feel they gave into the timber industry and did it in 

 such a way no-one had a chance to have proper input in their 

 decision, we feel S. E. Confer ance lost all their creditibilty 

 with the fisherman in S.E.Alaska 



As the time is rapidly coming to a close to comment on 

 this i ssue , We again would like to say we demand at least 

 100 ' bu-f -f ers on class I Si II streams and III class st. "earns when 

 it affects water quility on I -V lis. 



U.S.A.G.also endorses the United Fisherman of Alaska's 

 position o-f the 24 roadless protection zones for salmon 

 producing watersheds within the Tonr?5= Nation?.! Forest. We also 

 would like to state that the Salmon Bay watershed i s o-f 

 critical importance to the Southeast Gillnet fishing industry. 



We futher state that U.S.A.G. supports the adoption of the 

 Forest Practices Act as introduced and that U.S.A.G. will net 

 and cannot support any changes to this act as written. 



Again we would like to thant you and the other Senators 

 ■for your help in fighting for protection for our industry. 



Si ncer el y , 



Kay Andrew 

 United Southeast 

 Alaska Gillnetters 

 Timber Committee 

 P.O.Box 7211 

 Ketchikan .Alaska 99901 



