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

• H.R. 2010 (Rahall - by request of the Administration): To provide the necessary authority to the Secretary of Commerce for the establishment and implementation of a regulatory system for offshore aquaculture in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, and for other purposes. (The National Offshore Aquaculture Act)

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2010

When:
Thursday, July 12, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret., Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Panel 2
Dr. Randy MacMillan, Ph.D., President, National Aquaculture Association
Ms. Sue Aspelund, Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Mr. Tim Eichenberg, The Ocean Conservancy
Mr. Richard Russell, Author

Opening Statement
Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo