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HOUSTON, TEX,, August 16, 1966.

NED P. EVERETT,

Counsel, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation,
Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.:

Thank you for your wire inviting me to appear before the above committee to present testimony concerning fish protein concentrate, Wednesday, August 17, at 10 a.m.

Due to the shortage of time and restricted air travel it is impossible for me to appear in person before the committee. A statement is being prepared relative to this matter, however, and will be mailed to your attention today. We will most certainly appreciate our entering this statement in the permanent record of the hearings by this committee. Thirty-five copies of the statement are being mailed. Thank you.

FLOYD GEE, President, Butler Chemical Co.

VAN CAMP SEA FOOD Co.,

Port of Long Beach, Calif., August 12, 1966.

Hon. JOHN D. DINGELL,
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife, Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

MY DEAR MR. DINGELL: Our company supports Senate Bill 2720 concerned with experiment and demonstration plants for the production of fish protein concentrate.

The Bill will spur the ultimate development of a new means of utilizing production of fish in the United States. It can greatly spur the increase in that production. It can contribute materially to nutrition improvement both in the United States and abroad.

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We earnestly request your assistance and that of your committee in the approval of this legislation.

Very truly yours,

GLENN H. COPELAND,

President.

REEDVILLE OIL & GUANO Co., INC.,
Baltimore, Md., August 18, 1966.

Hon. EDWARD A. GARMATZ,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.

DEAR SIR: With reference to H.R. 16619 (and S. 2720) which proposed legislation provides for the construction of five plants in the United States for the purpose of manufacturing Marine Protein Concentrate, we understand that this bill is now before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries on which you serve as Chairman. We respectfully urge that this bill be acted on favorably. With the population of the world spiraling there exists even now a critical shortage of high protein for food and within a few years it will be absolutely necessary to supplement land produced protein with that coming from the sea. Marine Protein Concentrate is a well-balanced, high-quality protein and as currently produced by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries' pilot plant appears to be economically feasible. It is highly important that the Federal Government take quick action in proving out this product in actual production.

We wholeheartedly subscribe to the building of five individual plants and recommend that at least two of these be located on the Eastern Seaboard and one in the Gulf of Mexico to take advantage of the menhaden resource which represents our largest fishery resource in the United States.

Sincerely,

ALLEN W. HAYNIE.

BUTLER CHEMICAL CO., Houston, Tex., August 16, 1966.

CHAIRMAN,

Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation,
Longworth House Office Building,

Washington, D.C.

Mr. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE: By way of introduction, our company, Butler Chemical Company and its predecessor company, has been engaged in the production eteria and bacterial products for some fifteen

years.

Our background has included bacterial products for poultry and cattle feeds as well as products for the waste treatment field.

We have developed a continuous process for the production of Fish Protein Concentrate by a biological enzymatic procedure which is described in Patent No. 3,170,794, entitled Process For Preparing Deodorized Fish Protein.

The biological approach to Fish Protein Concentrate was discussed in part by several witnesses during the Senate Committee hearings on S. 2720; however, the preponderance of testimony dealt with solvent extraction methods. We are of the opinion that further development of existing methods of production of Fish Protein Concentrate by biological procedures will open the door to vast new fields for the fish and food industry. Our research indicates that a biological process will prove relatively simple and economical to operate, and that biological methods of producing FPC hold the greatest potential for producing a variety of products that are desirable for their special flavor characteristics. By varying the biological systems, a variety of flavors and odors can be developed, and since FPC produced by biological methods is water soluble, it results in a more adaptable food supplement. The techniques associated with the biological systems are manifold and have many more facets than those encountered with solvent techniques.

Passage of H.R. 14699 holds promise of supplying a wholesome, safe, and nutritious Fish Protein Concentrate to hungry peoples of the world. We strongly urge passage of this bill.

Yours very truly,

FLOYD GEE, President.

(Whereupon, at 12:25 p.m., the subcommittee adjourned, to reconvene subject to the call of the Chair.)

MISCELLANEOUS FISHERIES LEGISLATION

FISHERY RESOURCES SURVEY

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1966

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
OF THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met at 10:10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, Hon. John D. Dingell (chairman of the subcommittee), presiding.

Mr. DINGELL. The subcommittee will come to order.

This morning, the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation will hold hearings on Senate Joint Resolution 29, which would authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a survey of the coastal and fresh water commercial fishery resources of the United States. As stated in the preamble of the resolution, a survey of this type must be completed in order to provide for an effective implementation of our recently acquired rights to conserve our coastal fishery resources under the 1958 Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas.

The Chair would like to note that both Senator Bartlett and Congressman Rivers advised me that they very much wanted to be in attendance at the hearings, but since both were involved in a primary yesterday, naturally, they found it impossible to get back to Washington in time for the hearings this morning. The subcommittee will look forward to considering their statements at a later date, as both of these gentlemen are very learned on the legislation we are about to

hear.

Let the resolution and departmental reports appear in the proper place in the record.

(The resolution and reports follow:)

[S.J. Res. 29, 89th Cong., 2d sess.]

JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a survey of the coastal and fresh-water commercial fishery resources of the United States, its territories, and possessions

Whereas the United States has the richest and most extensive coastal and inland fishery resources of any nation but has failed to develop, to utilize, and to conserve her fishery resources to the fullest extent; and

Whereas the fishery resources of the United States and of waters contiguous to the United States have, by their variety and abundance, attracted the fishing fleets of many European and Asiatic nations and encouraged them to send fishing

vessels to these waters which are more numerous, larger, and superior in capacity and equipment to those of the United States and with such enterprise and capabilities as to threaten these resources with depletion or extinction; and

Whereas the 1958 Geneva Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas came into force and effect on March 20, 1966, and the Convention for the first time under international law recognizes the dominant and special interest and rights of a coastal nation to adopt regulations to conserve fishery resources adjacent to its coast under conservation programs based on scientific studies of the resource; and

Whereas additional biological data must be gathered and scientific resource studies be completed to provide for an effective implementation of our recently acquired rights to conserve our coastal fishery resources under the 1958 Convention: Therefore be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a survey of the character, extent, and condition of the coastal and fresh-water commercial fishery resources, including both those resources now being utilized by United States and foreign fishermen and those potential resources which are latent and unused, of the United States, its territories and possessions, including coastal and distant water fishery resources in which the United States has an interest or right.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to submit through the President a report to the Congress as soon as practicable, but not later than January 1, 1968, concerning the results of the survey authorized and directed in the preceding section.

SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such funds as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution, but not to exceed $200,000. Passed the Senate June 7, 1966. Attest:

EMERY L. FRAZIER,

Secretary.

GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Washington, D.C., August 23, 1966.

Hon. EDWARD A. GARMATZ,

Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,
House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in further reply to your request for the views of this Department concerning S.J. Res. 29, as passed by the Senate, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a survey of the coastal and fresh-water commercial fishery resources of the United States, its territories, and possessions.

The Department believes that a survey such as is proposed in S.J. Res. 29 could be of great value. The domestic fishing industry has suffered from declining production in recent years.

However, we note that under Sec. 5 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, the Department of the Interior has rather broad powers to conduct surveys and investigations. In view of this existing authority we would defer to the views of the Department of the Interior as to the need for enactment of authorization for a specific survey.

In any event, we assume that any survey carried out, will be coordinated with the other agencies concerned, including this Department in view of our general interest and responsibilities in the fields of food processing and food product marketing. The Federal Council on Science and Technology should also of course be of assistance in research and development aspects of any survey undertaken.

We have been advised by the Bureau of the Budget that there would be no objection to the submission of our report to the Congress from the standpoint of the Administration's program.

Sincerely,

ROBERT E. GILES,

General Counsel.

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