Volumes.

Can you get me some--I'd like to get some documentation on that.

we've tried to work with the financing organizations on how we can ease the pain a bit.

I am not a great fan of sanctions in general, and I believe if the circumstances require that they take place, that they should be clearly targeted.

I too support the concept of adding SSC oversight.

I appreciate you taking the opportunity to schedule this important hearing on amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

I urge my colleagues to support sound science and resource management by supporting H.R. 2304, the Fishery Science Improvement Act.

Preserving these resources requires attention to detail--to science, resource allocation, and management.

I strongly urge the Committee to move these bills as soon as possible.

This bill is a common sense measure to add sunlight to the fisheries management process, and I urge the Committee to support it.

Conserving our natural resources for generations to come is a priority for me and many of the folks here with us today.

H.R. 2304 addresses a timely issue that must be addressed before the end of this year, to prevent uninformed fishery management decisions.

H.R. 2304, introduced by Representative Wittman, is a good start, but it fails to help all fishermen.

Mr. Wittman's proposed bill eases requirements that will provide more access to fisheries by recreational fishermen but does little to allow commercial fishermen similar access to their fisheries.

We need to pass this bill and we need to pass it urgently, as soon as possible.

I think our position has been pretty clear on that. We have been opposed to it from the beginning because we think the agency has the flexibility to do it.

I believe the basic premise of H.R. 2304 is on point but that we need to expand and refine some provisions before moving forward if we are to make this bill helpful to the entire regulated community.

What I just heard from Mr. Shelley and what I heard from the Charterboat Association was we don't think you ought to amend the Magnuson Act.