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Fish Report for 6-18-2009

RFA TO TESTIFY TODAY BEFORE CONGRESS AT 10 AM (EST)

6-18-2009
Recreational Fishing Alliance

RFA TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS AT 10 AM (EST)
HOUSE NATURE RESOURCE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW H.R. 21\'

June 18, 2009 -
The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing this morning at 10 a.m. on H.R. 21 (Farr Bill), which would establish a national policy for our oceans, to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a national and regional ocean governance structure, and for other purposes.

Testifying on behalf of the recreational angling community in America is James Donofrio, Executive Director of the Recreational Fishing Alliance.

The Legislative Hearing will be held in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building in Washington DC, and will be webcast live on the Committee\'s Web site at http://resourcescommittee.house.gov. Witnesses:

Panel 1
The Honorable Sam Farr
Member of Congress (D-CA)

Panel 2
Monica Medina
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Kristen M. Fletcher
Executive Director
Coastal States Organization

Panel 3
Margaret R. Caldwell
Executive Director
Center for Ocean Solutions

Pietro Parravano
President, Institute for Fisheries Resources
Commissioner, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative

Christopher G. Mann
Senior Officer
Pew Environment Group
The Pew Charitable Trusts

James P. Ray, Ph.D.
President
Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC

James A. Donofrio
Executive Director
Recreational Fishing Alliance



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