COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
2:00 p.m.

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• “Potential Listing of the Eastern Oyster Under the Endangered Species Act”

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

S. Lake Cowart, Jr.
Vice President
Cowart Seafood Corporation

Dr. Robert Rheault
President
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association

Mike Voisin
Chairman
Louisiana Oyster Task Force

Joseph M. Gergela
Executive Director
Long Island Farm Bureau

Michael J. Bean
Environmental Defense

Panel II

Dr. John Kraeuter
Haskin Shellfish Laboratory
Rutgers University

Sammy M. Ray
Professor Emeritus
Marine Biology Department
Texas A&M University at Galveston

Professor Patrick Gaffney
Director, Marine Biology-Biochemistry Program
College of Marine Studies
University of Delaware

Dr. Matthew P. Hare
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology University of Maryland

Panel III

Dr. Jim Wesson
Department Head of Conservation and Replenishment
Virginia Marine Resources Commission

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

Mr. Chris Judy
Director, Fisheries Service
Shellfish Restoration Program
Maryland Department of Natural Resources