SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND OCEANS
Room 103, Marine Sciences Building
University of Connecticut, Avery Point Campus
1080 Shennecossett Road Groton, CT 06340
Monday, June 27, 2005
9:00 a.m.

FIELD HEARING ON:

• H.R. 307 (Simmons), To establish the Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative. "Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2005"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Donald Henne
Project Leader
Southern New England Coastal Program
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior

Mr. Mark Tedesco
Director
Long Island Sound Office
Environmental Protection Agency

Ms. Gina McCarthy
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Mr. Peter Scully
Regional Director
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Panel II

Mr. Thomas R. Baptist
Executive Director
Audubon Connecticut

Mr. David Miller
Executive Director and Vice President
Audubon New York

Mr. John Atkin
Vice President and Connecticut Director
CT-NY-NJ Regional Planning Association

Mr. Richard Weisberg
State Legislative Director
Recreational Fishing Alliance of Connecticut

Mr. Grant Westerson
Executive Director
Connecticut Marine Trades Association

Mr. William C. Spicer III
Owner/Manager
Spicer Marinas