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Mr. Legoett. And if there is a 12-B, I do not have it. 

 Mr. Felando. I have it. 

 Mr. Spensley. Is that the white-belly? 

 Mr. Felando. Yes. 

 Mr. Leggett. And 12-B will be the white-belly location, and that 

 will go in the record. 



[Tlie following was received for the record :] 



FIGURE 1'B OFFSHORE DISTRIBUTION OF SPOTTED PORPOISE AND THE 



WHITE BELLY FORM OF SPINNER AS DEPICTED BY PANEL OF EXPERTS 

 AND AS INDICATED BY FISHING 



Areas fished by th e fleet for yellowfin tuna in association with porpoise 1971-1976 



Mr. Leggett. All right. 



Now, do my colleagues have any questions? 



Mr. Anderson? 



Mr. Anderson. Yes. 



Mr. Felando, one of the previous witnesses has stated that any 

 amendments to the Marine Mammal Act will destroy the effectiveness 

 of our negotiators on international conferences. And without com- 

 menting on how effective they have been, do you believe that any 

 amendment to the Marine Mammal Act would destroy our effective- 

 ness? You have been on these international conferences and probably 

 can speak as well as anyone in this room. 



Mr. Felando. No; the answer is no. 



I was down in Nicaragua, involving the Inter-American Tropical 

 Tuna Commission. I was there with Milton Kaufmann. And I think 

 an amendment of an act will not in itself affect the negotiating ability 



