SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BAKER 21 22 28 32 34 37 38 39 40 41 42 BILBRAY 18 40 41 42 43 BRINK 44 CHRISTINE KENNEDY 4 CHRISTOPHER STERNS 5 DEAR MR. MCCAIN 64 ELIZABETH MEGGINSON 4 FARR 14 30 34 35 36 37 38 58 63 GUTTING 47 61 HARRY BURROUGHS 5 JOHN LAWRENCE 4 JOHN MCCAIN 64 JOHN RAYFIELD 5 KELLY 54 56 62 LLOYD A. JONES 4 MCMANUS 50 52 MERRELL 25 30 33 35 36 39 43 44 PALLONE 10 SAXTON 7 8 14 17 18 20 22 25 27 30 31 33 34 38 40 43 44 47 49 54 56 63 65 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HON. JIM SAXTON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PAGE 7 STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR., A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF HON. SAM FARR, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 14 STATEMENT OF HON. BRIAN P. BILBRAY, A REPRESENATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 18 STATEMENT OF D. JAMES BAKER, UNDER SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PAGE 21 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. MERRELL, SENIOR FELLOW AND PRESIDENT, H. JOHN HEINZ III CENTER FOR SCIENCE, ECONOMICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT PAGE 25 STATEMENT OF KENNETH BRINK, CHAIRMAN, OCEAN STUDIES BOARD, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PAGE 44 STATEMENT OF RICHARD GUTTING, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA PAGE 47 STATEMENT OF ROGER McMANUS, PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR MARINE CONSERVATION, WASHINGTON, DC PAGE 49 STATEMENT OF PAUL L. KELLY, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. PAGE 54 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING