Harmful Algal Blooms Hearing Before the Committee on Oceans and Fisheries of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate

Summary: Hearing on 3 related subjects: harmful algal blooms, the hypoxia or dead zone condition in the Gulf of Mexico, & the legislation that has been introduced, S. 1480, the Harmful Algal Bloom Res. & Control Act. Witnesses: Donald Anderson, Biology Dept., Woods Hole Ocean. Inst.; Joann Burkholder, N. Carolina State Univ., Dept. of Botany; Terry Garcia, Assist. Sec. of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere, NOAA; Nancy Rabalais..., LA Univ. Marine Consort.; Suzanne Schwartz, Office of Water, EPA; Mike Voisin, Motivatit Seafoods, Inc., on behalf of Nat. Fisheries Inst. & Nat. Marine Mfrs. Assoc.; & L. Donelson Wright, School of Marine Sci., VA Inst. of Marine Sci., Coll. of William & Mary. [read more]