SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, May 8, 2008
9:30 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 3840 (Saxton), To prohibit commercial fishing of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in inland, State, and Federal waters along the Atlantic coast of the United States, and for other purposes. "Atlantic Menhaden Conservation Act"
• H.R. 3841 (Gilchrest), To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone.

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Peyton Robertson
Director
Chesapeake Bay Office
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

John V. O’Shea
Executive Director
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Panel II

William Goldsborough
Senior Scientist
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Philip Merrill Environmental Center

Ken Hinman
President
National Coalition for Marine Conservation

Charles Hutchinson
Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association

John T. Everett, Ph.D
President
Ocean Associates Inc.

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