[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REGARDING THE DEATH OF WILLIAM SALETIC

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                           HON. JENNIFER DUNN

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 6, 1999

  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, the State of Washington and the Northwest 
seafood industry lost a valuable friend with the death of William G. 
Saletic on September 9, 1999. Bill had been a very important part of my 
state's commercial fishing industry since 1960 when he first 
represented the Purse Sein Vessel Owners Association. Over the next 
forty years he became both a leader in the industry and an important 
advisor to many Presidential Administrations and to all who served in 
the Washington Congressional delegation during that time.
  At the time of his death, Bill had just recently retired from his 
position as President of Peter Pan Seafoods, one of the premier 
commercial seafood processing companies in the United States, and one 
of the largest in the Northwest. While at Peter Pan he found time to 
not only build the company into a marketing powerhouse, but he also 
remained involved in fishery politics through his membership on 
numerous boards, commissions, advisory panels and trade associations. 
Among these were the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission, 
the Committee for Fisheries of the Law of the Sea, the International 
Pacific Salmon Fishing Commission, the Board of Directors of the 
National Fisheries Institute, the Board of Directors of the National 
Food Processors Association, the Board of Directors of the Alaska 
Seafood Marketing Institute, Chairman of the Pacific Seafood Processors 
Association, and member of the Board of the Independent Colleges of 
Washington.
  Bill's involvement in the fisheries of the Northwest and Alaska 
predates all those who are currently in the Congressional delegations 
of either Washington or Alaska. He had the chance to assist Senators 
Magnuson and Jackson in crafting legislation which helped to protect 
our domestic salmon industry. In the 1960's and 1970's he worked with 
the Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter Administrations in negotiating 
international fishery agreements to balance access to the resource 
against the need to limit harvests to a sustainable level. He worked 
with Senators Magnuson and Stevens and Congressman Don Young in the 
1970's developing the legislation which extended American fishing 
jurisdiction out to 200 miles. And he remained active during the 1980's 
and 1990's as we successfully developed a whole range of commercially 
valuable species in the North Pacific, species which now provide 
employment to thousands of Washington residents.
  Bill was very proud of his long involvement with the commercial 
fishing industry, but he was perhaps even more proud of the years of 
hard work that he put in working toward both a degree in Business 
Administration and a Masters in History from Seattle University, an 
institution for which he had a special fondness.
  Education was always an issue of great importance to Bill, and he 
conveyed this value to his six children who were a great joy to him 
during his lifetime. He will be greatly missed by them by his wife 
Dolores who, sadly, had only been able to enjoy one year of retired 
life with Bill prior to his sudden and tragic death.
  I feel that I have lost both a close advisor and a friend with the 
passing of Bill Saletic. He will be missed by me and by all those who 
had the opportunity to know him.

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