SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, April 24, 2008
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 3639 (Farr), To establish a program of research and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter. "Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act"
• H.R. 5350 (R. Scott), To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purpose.

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-3)

Panel II

Kenneth McDermond
Deputy Regional Director
California and Nevada Regional Office
Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of the Interior

Jim Curland
Marine Program Associate
Defenders of Wildlife

James A. Estes, Ph.D
Director
STEPS Institute
and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz

Andrew B. Johnson
Program Manager
Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC)
Monterey Bay Aquarium

George Mannina
Senior Partner
O’Connor and Hannan, L.L.P
On Behalf of
California Sea Urchin Commission

Panel III

William F. Broglie
Chief Administrative Officer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Roderick S. Woolard
Director of Development
City of Norfolk