SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY, GREAT LAKES AND THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OF THE COMMITTEE ON ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 23, 1992 [No. 123] Serial No. 102-75 Printed for the use of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 56-344 WASHINGTON : 1992 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office ISBN 0-16-038798-1 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California, Chairman JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania* MARILYN LLOYD, Tennessee F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas Wisconsin HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York HOWARD WOLPE, Michigan TOM LEWIS, Florida RALPH M. HALL, Texas DON RITTER, Pennsylvania DAVE MCCURDY, Oklahoma SID MORRISON, Washington NORMAN Y. MINETA, California RON PACKARD, California TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois RICK BOUCHER, Virginia LAMAR SMITH, Texas TERRY L. BRUCE, Illinois CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland RICHARD H. STALLINGS, Idaho DANA ROHRABACHER, California JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio STEVEN H. SCHIFF, New Mexico HENRY J. NOWAK, New York TOM CAMPBELL, California CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky JOHN J. RHODES III, Arizona TOM MCMILLEN, Maryland JOE BARTON, Texas DAVID R. NAGLE, Iowa DICK ZIMMER, New Jersey JIMMY HAYES, Louisiana WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois SAM JOHNSON, Texas GEORGE ALLEN, Virginia RADFORD BYERLY, Jr., Chief of Staff CAROLYN C. GREENFELD, Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York, Chairman HENRY J. NOWAK, New York DON RITTER, Pennsylvania DICK SWETT, New Hampshire SID MORRISON, Washington HOWARD WOLPE, Michigan CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland JOAN KELLY HORN, Missouri DICK ZIMMER, New Jersey COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina, Chairman GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts ROBERT W. DAVIS, Michigan CARROLL HUBBARD, JR., Kentucky DON YOUNG, Alaska WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey NORMAN F. LENT, New York EARL HUTTO, Florida JACK FIELDS, Texas W.J. (BILLY) TAUZIN, Louisiana HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania JIM SAXTON, New Jersey DENNIS M. HERTEL, Michigan HELEN DELICH BENTLEY, Maryland WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware WALLY HERGER, California ROBIN TALLON, South Carolina JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas PORTER J. GOSS, Florida CHARLES E. BENNETT, Florida ARTHUR RAVENEL, JR., South Carolina THOMAS J. MANTON, New York SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama OWEN B. PICKETT, Virginia WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland GEORGE J. HOCHBRUECKNER, New York JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York RANDY “DUKE” CUNNINGHAM, California American Samoa EDMUND B. WELCH, Chief Counsel MARY J. Kitsos, Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY, GREAT LAKES AND THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF DENNIS M. HERTEL, Michigan, Chairman WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey JIM SAXTON, New Jersey GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania WALLY HERGER, California WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina (Ex Officio) Ray O'MALLEY, Staff Director/Counsel BRIAN O'MALLEY, Counsel DEBORAH DAWSON, Counsel (III) CONTENTS Dr. Deborah Santavy, research microbiologist, U.S. Environmental Pro tection Agency, Gulf Breeze Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, FL; Dr. James Harold Hudson, regional biologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Key Largo, FL; R. Tucker Scully, Director, Office of Oceans, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC; Walter C. Jaap, Associate Research Scientist, Florida Marine Research Institute, Flori- da Department of Natural Resources, St. Petersburg, FL Dr. Bruce R. Rosendahl, dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine Science and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami; Dr. James W. Porter, department of zoology, University of Georgia; Dr. John C. Ogden, direc- tor, Florida Institute of Oceanography, and Dr. Robert I. Wicklund, director, Caribbean Marine Research Center, Vero Beach, FL..... Dr. Rodney M. Fujita, staff scientist, Environmental Defense Fund; Dr. Donald M. Axelrad, director of marine conservation, the Nature Con- servancy, and Dr. Archie Carr III, director, Caribbean Program, Wild- life Conservation International-New York Zoological Survey.. Statement for the record from Dr. Jacque Carter, department of life sciences, Information provided by F. Dominic Dottavio, chief scientist, southeast region, Letter to Chairman Dennis Hertel from Dean Rosendahl, Rosenstiel School of (v) |