SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, AND OCEANS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
10:00 a.m.

OVERSIGHT AND LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• The implementation of the 2006 amendments to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act related to Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing; and

• H.R. 5741 (Bordallo), To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks. "The Shark Conservation Act of 2008" 

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

David A. Balton
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries
Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science
United States Department of State

Rebecca Lent, Ph.D
Director
Office of International Affairs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Captain Michael Giglio
Chief
Office of Law Enforcement
Coast Guard 

Panel II

Shelley Clarke, Ph.D.
Visiting Researcher
Division of Biology
Imperial College London 

Chuck Fox
Senior Officer
Pew Environment Group 

Robert Hayes
General Counsel
Coastal Conservation Association 

Stetson Tinkham
Director
International Affairs
National Fisheries Institute