The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Reauthorization of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Oversight Hearing on "Reauthorization of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act"

When:
Saturday, November 3, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
1003 Kohn Hall
University of California
Santa Barbara, California

Witnesses:

Panel 1
William J. Douros, West Coast Regional Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Margaret Caldwell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School
Dianne M. Black, Assistant Director, Planning and Development, County of Santa Barbara
Julie Packard, Executive Director, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Panel 2
Dennis Takahashi-Kelso, Executive Vice President , Conservation Programs, Ocean Conservancy
Steven Gaines, Professor , Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Bob Talbot, Talbot Productions
Jim Martin, West Coast Regional Director, Recreational Fishing Alliance

Opening Statement
Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo