Legislative Hearing on:

• H.R.896, To ensure the safety of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked.
  
• H.R.1989, To reauthorize various fishery conservation management programs. The Fisheries Conservation Act of 2001.

PANEL I

• Ambassador Mary Beth West
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Fisheries, and Space
  Department of State

• Dr. William Hogarth
  Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  Department of Commerce

• Ms. Kathy Short
  Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Mr. John H. Dunnigan
  Executive Director
  Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

  Ms. Sarah Chasis
  Senior Attorney
  Natural Resources Defense Council

PANEL II

• Mr. Daniel M. Ashe
  Assistant Director for Refuges and Wildlife
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Mr. Robert McDowell
  Division Director of Fish and Wildlife
  New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

• The Honorable Jim Mancini
  Mayor
  Long Beach Township

• Mr. Larry Savadove
  Beach Haven, New Jersey

• Mr. Bob DeLeonard
  President
  New Jersey Beach Buggy Association

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