SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS ABERCROMBIE 13 33 34 35 36 39 45 46 47 48 49 50 54 55 56 57 ALLEN 50 54 55 62 64 65 71 APPLEGATE 74 79 80 82 84 85 86 BACON 73 77 79 80 81 82 83 84 BENTON 55 57 60 61 63 66 67 72 73 CHRISTINE KENNEDY 4 CHRISTOPHER STEARNS 5 ELIZABETH MEGGINSON 4 FRANK H. MURKOWSKI 23 GILCHREST 42 43 45 50 54 57 67 H. JAMES SAXTON 24 HARRY BURROUGHS 5 JOHN LAWRENCE 4 JOHN RAYFIELD 5 LLOYD A. JONES 4 MURKOWSKI 14 23 PIPKIN 27 36 37 38 39 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 SAXTON 6 7 13 14 20 23 29 33 36 37 38 60 61 67 68 70 71 73 74 77 SHELTON 56 57 68 70 WEST 29 33 34 35 40 41 42 45 YOUNG 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 49 50 53 61 62 63 64 65 66 70 72 73 74 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HON. JIM SAXTON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PAGE 7 STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF ALASKA PAGE 14 STATEMENT OF JAMES PIPKIN, U.S. SPECIAL NEGOTIATOR FOR PACIFIC SALMON PAGE 27 STATEMENT OF MARY BETH WEST, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS, BUREAU OF OCEANS, ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE PAGE 29 STATEMENT OF HON. DON YOUNG, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ALASKA PAGE 38 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM RONALD ''RON'' ALLEN, COMMISSIONER FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRIBES PAGE 50 STATEMENT OF JEV SHELTON, ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER FOR ALASKA PAGE 56 STATEMENT OF DAVID BENTON, COMMISSIONER FOR ALASKA PAGE 57 STATEMENT OF RICK APPLEGATE, CHAIR, SOUTHERN STAKEHOLDERS PANEL PAGE 74 STATEMENT OF JIM BACON, CHAIR, NORTHERN STAKEHOLDERS PANEL PAGE 77 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING