SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, August 2, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1769 (Baird): To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia Salmon, and for other purposes (Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act)

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Honorable Brian Baird, (WA-3)
Member of Congress

Honorable Doc Hastings, (WA-4)
Member of Congress

Panel II

Bob Lohn
Regional Administrator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northwest Region
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

John E. Reynolds, III, Ph.D.
Chairman
Marine Mammal Commission

Sharon Young
Marine Issues Field Director
Humane Society of the United States

Panel III

Honorable Fidelia Andy
Tribal Council Member
Yakama Nation
Chairman
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Guy Norman
Regional Director
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Robin Brown
Marine Mammal Research Program Leader
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife