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107th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans Oversight Hearing on: Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Thursday, October 11, 2001 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.
Oversight Hearing on:
Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Panel I

  • The Honorable Patsy Mink, Representative from the 2nd District of Hawaii

Panel II

  • Dr. William T. Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service,
    accompanied by
    Dr. Don Knowles, Director, Office of Protected Resources

  • Mr. Marshall Jones, Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Dr. John E. Reynolds III, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission

  • Ms. Margaret Hayes, Director of Office of Ocean Affairs, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Panel III



  • Mr. Charlie Johnson, Executive Director, Alaska Nanuuq Commission, Indigenous Peoples Council on Marine Mammals

  • Ms. Sharon Young, Field Director for Marine Issues, The Humane Society of the United States

  • Mr. George Mannina, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, and the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks, and Aquariums

  • Mr. Rick Marks, Member of Take Reduction Teams, Garden State Seafood Association

Panel IV

  • Dr. Joe Scordino, Deputy Director, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service

  • Mr. Bob Fletcher, President, Sportfishing Association of California

  • Mr. Steve Rebuck, Member, Sea Otter Technical Consultant Group, Southern Sea Otter Recovery Team

  • Mr. Steve Thompson, Acting Manager, California-Nevada Operations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Ms. Kaitilin Gaffney, California Central Coast Program Manager, The Ocean Conservancy

Panel V

  • Dr. Hal Whitehead, Killam Professor of Biology, Dalhousie University

  • Dr. Naomi Rose, Marine Mammal Scientist, The Humane Society of the United States

  • Dr. Kurt Fristrup, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

  • Dr. Darlene Ketten, Associate Scientist in Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Assistant Professor in Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

  • Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, United States Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations,, Warfare Requirements and Programs, OPNAV (N7)