HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES                                   
                   March 4, 1998                                               
                     5:03 p.m.                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
PRESENTATION:  STELLAR SEA LIONS AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON ALASKAN              
               COMMERCIAL FISHERIES WITH DR. ANDREW W. TRITES OF               
               THE NORTH PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH                        
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TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
98-8, SIDE(S) A                                                                
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Austerman, Chairman, convened the House Special                 
Committee on Fisheries meeting at 5:03 p.m.                                    
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Austerman, Ivan and Hodgins.                                                   
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
ANDREW W. TRITES, Ph.D., Research Coordinator, Fisheries Centre,               
University of British Columbia, representing the Marine Mammal                 
Research Foundation, testified with a slide show on Stellar sea                
lion research findings.  He described come cycle correlations                  
between sea lions and other marine life.  He also provided                     
information on sea lion diets, nutrition and related growth                    
patterns.                                                                      
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting adjourned at 5:46 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.