The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 3840 (Saxton): To prohibit commercial fishing of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in inland, State, and Federal waters along the Atlantic coast of the United States, and for other purposes. (Atlantic Menhaden Conservation Act)

• H.R. 3841 (Gilchrest): To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone.

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3840 and H.R. 3841

When:
Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 9:30 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Peyton Robertson, Director, Chesapeake Bay Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John V. O'Shea, Executive Director, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Panel 2
William Goldsborough, Senior Scientist, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Philip Merrill Environmental Center
Ken Hinman, President, National Coalition for Marine Conservation
Charles Hutchinson, Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association
John T. Everett, Ph.D, President, Ocean Associates Inc.
Joseph L. von Rosenberg III, President and Chief Executive Officer, Omega Protein, Inc.