Full Committee Hearing: Full Committee Legislative Hearing

Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Time: 10:00 AM

WHAT: Full Committee Legislative Hearing on:

H.R. ____ (Hastings), A bill to improve and strengthen many provisions of the current Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. "Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act"

WHERE: 1324 Longworth House Office Building, US Capitol Complex, Washington DC
WHEN:10:00AM, Tuesday, February 4, 2014

WITNESSES:

Panel I:

Mr. Samuel D. Rauch III
Deputy Assistant Administrator
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Mr. Richard B. Robins, Jr.
Chair
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Panel II:

Mr. Rick E. Marks
Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, PC

Mr. Vito Giacalone
Policy Director
Northeast Seafood Coalition

Mr. Mark Fina, Ph.D, J.D.
Senior Policy Analyst
United States Seafood

Mr. David A. Krebs, Jr.
President, Ariel Seafoods Inc.
Representing the Gulf Seafood Institute

Mr. George J. Geiger
Owner and Operator
Chances Are Fishing Charters

Mr. Jeff Deem
Recreational Fishing Alliance

Ms. Ellen K. Pikitch, Ph.D
Professor and Executive Director
Institute for Ocean Conservation Science
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University