04/09/1998 01:00 PM House RES

         HOUSE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE                                    
                   April 9, 1998                                               
                     1:00 p.m.                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
OVERVIEW:  AK SHELLFISH GROWERS ASSOCIATION                                    
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
98-44, SIDE(S) A & B                                                           
98-45, SIDE(S) A                                                               
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Scott Ogan, Co-Chairman, convened the House                     
Resources Standing Committee meeting at 1:00 p.m.                              
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Ogan and Dyson.  Representative(s) Green and Barnes arrived as the             
meeting was in progress.  Other legislators present were                       
Representatives Vezey, Davis, Phillips and Hodgins.                            
                                                                               
ALSO ATTENDING                                                                 
                                                                               
David Rogers; Rodger Painter, Alaskan Shellfish Growers                        
Association; Robert Hartley, Alaska shellfish grower; Don Fell,                
Kach Shellfish Growers; Gary Seims, Kach Shellfish Growers;                    
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
DAVID ROGERS introduced himself and the other members of the group             
including his wife, former Representative Caren Robinson, and then             
let the growers speak.                                                         
                                                                               
RODGER PAINTER, Alaskan Shellfish Growers Association, presented a             
brief history of the aquaculture industry and showed slides to the             
committee members.  He also pointed out to the committee members               
what works and what does not work for shellfish growers.                       
                                                                               
ROBERT HARTLEY, Alaska Shellfish Growers, spoke to the committee               
members as a shellfish farmer and provided technical information.              
                                                                               
DON FELL, Kach Shellfish Growers, informed the committee members               
about international shellfish farms.                                           
                                                                               
GARY SEIMS, Kach Shellfish Growers, informed the committee members             
about additional shellfish issues.                                             
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting adjourned at 3:10 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.