October 11, 2001

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT

Panel I

• The Honorable Patsy Mink, Representative from the 2^nd District of Hawaii

Panel II

• Dr. William T. Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service,
  accompanied by
  Dr. Don Knowles, Director, Office of Protected Resources

• Mr. Marshall Jones, Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Dr. John E. Reynolds III, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission

• Ms. Margaret Hayes, Director of Office of Ocean Affairs, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Panel III

• Mr. Charlie Johnson, Executive Director, Alaska Nanuuq Commission, Indigenous Peoples Council on Marine Mammals

• Ms. Sharon Young, Field Director for Marine Issues, The Humane Society of the United States

• Mr. George Mannina, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, and the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks, and Aquariums

• Mr. Rick Marks, Member of Take Reduction Teams, Garden State Seafood Association

Panel IV

• Dr. Joe Scordino, Deputy Director, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service

• Mr. Bob Fletcher, President, Sportfishing Association of California

• Mr. Steve Rebuck, Member, Sea Otter Technical Consultant Group, Southern Sea Otter Recovery Team

• Mr. Steve Thompson, Acting Manager, California-Nevada Operations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Ms. Kaitilin Gaffney, California Central Coast Program Manager, The Ocean Conservancy

Panel V

• Dr. Hal Whitehead, Killam Professor of Biology, Dalhousie University

• Dr. Naomi Rose, Marine Mammal Scientist, The Humane Society of the United States

• Dr. Kurt Fristrup, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

• Dr. Darlene Ketten, Associate Scientist in Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Assistant Professor in Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

• Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, United States Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations,, Warfare Requirements and Programs, OPNAV (N7)