. Conflicts of interest within the Regional Fisheries Management Councils : hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on ensuring that all rules, regulations, and laws have been followed by the council members, March 23, 1994. Fishery management -- United States; Fishes -- Conservation United States; Executive advisory bodies -- United States; Conflict of interests -- United States. Critics say members of panel set up to manage rich fisheries zone off Alaska are
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. Conflicts of interest within the Regional Fisheries Management Councils : hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on ensuring that all rules, regulations, and laws have been followed by the council members, March 23, 1994. Fishery management -- United States; Fishes -- Conservation United States; Executive advisory bodies -- United States; Conflict of interests -- United States. Critics say members of panel set up to manage rich fisheries zone off Alaska are watching over their own self-interests at the same time. The Unjied States' nchest hshen, is coniroUed by a fwteraJ councU so ' nddled with con/bns of mierrsi that us aaians resuJl in millions of dollars m benefils to some council mpjnt>ers or their companies Cniij:« say self-serving votes by council members are also leading to lost jobs here and anificial higher consumer pnccs for (ish The group, called the North Paofic Fishery Managemeni CounciL was set up 15 yedrs ago lo manage the SI bdlion a year AJaskaTishery in the federaJ zone berween three and 200 nults offshore. But It wasni untJ recent years, when Amenca/i fishermen oegan fighting Amen can fishermen, rather than the Japanese for INSIDE }7f:;;5;. A case history ot one ftsfteffnan'and how council actions affect [lim. Busin«s9, E1 '.((J :;â¢â jrce, iha: the puhiic Tammany Hail of tbe Paafic v ' "The poLiDcs are so blatant il forces you as a protective measure lo become part of the problem." says Waller Pereyra. a ScartJe businessman and member of the council fishjng businesses. Two are industry-group employees One is a consultant who makes no secret of the fact he hof^es to make money off his mside expertise. Pereyra. perhaps more candid than most, admmed that he performs government busi- ness w-irh an eye on his own trawler Cf-mpanies' botium lines "I sllDuldn't even be on the council making