Subcommittee Hearing: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insulars Affairs Legislative Hearing

Date: Thursday, April 3, 2014 Time: 02:00 PM

WHAT: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Legislative Hearing on:

  • H.R. 69 (Bordallo), To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, to amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention, and for other purposes. “Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2013”
  • H.R. 2646 (Herrera Beutler), To direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance the existing loan funding the Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction program. “REFI Pacific Act”
  • H.R. ___ (DeFazio),  To prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing through port State measures. ‘‘Pirate Fishing Elimination Act’’

WHERE: 1334 Longworth House Office Building, US Capitol Complex, Washington DC
WHEN: 2PM, Thursday, April 3, 2014

WITNESSES:

Panel I:

Ambassador David A. Balton
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Department of State
(H.R. 69 & H.R. ____)      

Mr. Russell Smith
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
(H.R. 69, H.R. 2646 & H.R. ____)

Panel II:

Mr. Brad Pettinger
Director
Oregon Trawl Commission
(H.R. 2646)

Mr. James Gerald Neva
Manager
Port of Ilwaco
Ilwaco, Washington
(H.R. 2646)

Ambassador Mark P. Lagon
Chair of the International Relations and Security, MSFS Program
and Professor in the Practice of International Affairs
Georgetown University
(H.R. 69 & H.R. ____ )

Mr. Mike Kraft
VP Corporate Social Responsibility
Bumble Bee Foods
(H.R. 69 & H.R. ____ )

Mr. James P. “Bud” Walsh
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
(H.R. 69 & H.R. ____ )