SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND OCEANS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
1:00 p.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1489 (Gilchrest), To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal ocean observation system. "Coastal Ocean Observation System Integration and Implementation Act of 2005"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Dr. Richard W. Spinrad
Assistant Administrator
National Ocean Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Mr. Robert Winokur
Technical Director
Oceanographer of the Navy

Mr. Chris Kearney
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Policy and International Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior

Panel II

Mr. Richard West
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired)
President
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

Ms. Debra Hernandez
Director of Policy and Program Development
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Dr. William Reay
Manager
Chesapeake Bay Virginia Reserve
Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Dr. J. Frederick Grassle
Director
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Mr. Scott Rainey
Deputy Director
American Pilots Association