SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND OCEANS
Gretna City Hall
200 Huey P. Long Avenue
Gretna, LA 70053
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
10:00 a.m.

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "The natural disasters in the Gulf of Mexico and how they affected fishery resources, how fisheries habitats have been affected, how fishing communities have been affected, and what impacts have been identified that have affected the fishing industry infrastructure in general"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Benny Rousselle
President
Plaquemines Parish

The Honorable Kevin C. Davis
President
St. Tammany Parish

The Honorable Charlotte Randolph
President
Lafourche Parish

Panel II

Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.
Undersecretary of Oceans and Atmosphere
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Dr. Gregory J. Smith
Director
National Wetlands Research Center
U.S. Geological Survey

Mr. John E. Roussel
Assistant Secretary
Office of Fisheries
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Mr. William S. Corky Perret
Director
Marine Fisheries
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources

Panel III

Mr. Mike Voisin
Chief Executive Officer
Motivatit Seafood, Inc.

Mr. A.J. Fabre
President
Louisiana Shrimp Association

Mr. Harlon Pearce, Jr.
Chair
Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board

Mr. Allen Walker
Gulf Productions, Inc.

Mr. Jeff Angers
Coastal Conservation Association Louisiana

Mr. Joseph L. von Rosenberg III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Omega Protein

Panel IV

Mr. Donald Boesch, Ph.D.
President
Center for Environmental Science
University of Maryland

Ms. Nancy Rabalais, Ph.D.
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium