The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing titled “Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: Oversight of Fisheries Management Successes and Challenges” at 1:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time (AKST) on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. The first hearing in the series examining our nation’s fishery laws will be held on August 1, 2017.

Panel I:

–  Dan Hull, Chair, North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Anchorage, AK
–  Sam Cotten, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, AK
–  Reed Morisky, Member, Alaska Board of Fisheries, Juneau, AK
–  Spud Woodward, Director, Coastal Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Brunswick, GA

Panel II:

–  Glenn Reed, President, Pacific Seafood Processors Association, Seattle, WA
–  Ben Speciale, President, Yamaha Marine Group, Kennesaw, GA
–  Linda Behnken, President, Halibut Coalition; Executive Director, Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association, Sitka, AK
–  Ragnar Alstrom, Executive Director, Yukon Delta Fisheries, Anchorage, AK
–  Ben Stevens, Director, Hunting & Fishing Task Force, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Fairbanks, AK

Panel III:

–  Shannon Carroll, Deputy Director, Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Anchorage, AK
–  Julie Bonney, Executive Director, Alaska Groundfish Data Bank, Kodiak, AK
–  Lori Swanson, Executive Director. Marine Conservation Alliance, Juneau, AK
–  Duncan Fields, Gulf of Alaska Coastal Communities Coalition, Anchorage, AK
–  Liz Ogilvie, Chief Marketing Officer, American Sportfishing Association, Alexandria, VA

Hearing Details:

Wednesday, August 23, 2017
1:00 p.m. AKST
Full Committee
Kenai Peninsula College
156 College Road
Soldotna, AK 99669

Witness testimony will be available on www.commerce.senate.gov.