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Transcript: PACIFIC SALMON TREATY:JAMES PIPKIN
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- Congressional Testimony
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- October 28, 1999
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STATEMENT OF JAMES PIPKIN UNITED STATES SPECIAL NEGOTIATOR FOR PACIFIC
SALMON DEPARTMENT OF STATE BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES
SUBCOMMITTEE
ON FISHERIES CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE, AND OCEANS
OCTOBER 28, 1999
Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee:
Thank you for this opportunity to appear before the Subcommittee to
report
on the status of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the 1999 Pacific salmon
agreement, which establishes new fisheries regimes under the Treaty
and
expands commitments to protect and rebuild salmon stocks.
Since 1994, I have been the Department of State's Special Negotiator
for
Pacific Salmon. From 1994 to 1997, and again in 1999, 1 was the ...