03/05/1997 05:00 PM House FSH

               HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES                            
                           March 5, 1997                                       
                             5:00 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
 COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                            
                                                                               
 PRESENTATION:  NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE INCLUDING OBSERVER           
                AND BYCATCH POLICIES IN ALASKA'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC            
                ZONE.                                                          
                                                                               
 TAPE(S)                                                                       
                                                                               
 97-8, SIDE(S) A & B                                                           
 97-9, SIDE(S) A                                                               
                                                                               
 CALL TO ORDER                                                                 
                                                                               
 Representative Austerman, Chairman, convened the House Special                
 Committee on Fisheries meeting at 5:00 p.m.                                   
                                                                               
 PRESENT                                                                       
                                                                               
 Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives           
 Austerman, Ivan, Ogan and Hodgins.                                            
                                                                               
 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                        
                                                                               
 RONALD BERG, Chief, Fisheries Management Division, National Oceanic           
 and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service,            
 U.S. Department of Commerce, presented an overview of the federal             
 fisheries management off Alaska and answered questions.                       
                                                                               
 COMMITTEE ACTION                                                              
                                                                               
 The committee took no action.                                                 
                                                                               
 ADJOURNMENT                                                                   
                                                                               
 The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.                                        
                                                                               
 NOTE:                                                                         
                                                                               
 The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A             
 copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the           
 House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                 
 Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the               
 second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the              
 Legislative Reference Library.