[' ', ' ', 'Lee', 'J.', 'Weddig', 'is', 'Executive', 'Vice', 'President', 'of', 'the', 'National', 'Fisheries', 'Institute.', 'The', 'institufe,', 'which', 'is', 'a', 'broad-based', 'association', 'of', 'more', 'than', '1,000', 'fish', 'and', 'seafood', 'companies,', 'has', 'played', 'a', 'central', 'role', 'in', 'designing', 'a', 'new', 'inspection', 'system', 'for', 'fish', 'and', 'seafood', 'and', 'in', 'strengthening', 'FDA‘s', 'rapidly-growing', 'seafood', 'program.', 'Mr.', 'Weddig', 'has', 'been', 'the', 'Chief', 'Staff', 'Officer', 'of', 'the', 'Institute', 'since', '1967', 'and', 'has', 'represented', 'the', 'industry', 'on', 'numerous', 'advisory', 'committees,', 'intemational', 'commissions,', 'and', 'delegations,', 'including', 'the', 'Codex', 'Alimentarius', 'Fishery', 'Products', 'Delegation,', 'Atlantic', 'Tuna', 'Commission,', 'Marine', 'Fisheries', 'Advisory', 'Committee,', 'Fisheries', 'Technical', 'Japan', 'Trade', 'Mission,', 'Law', 'of', 'the', 'Sea', 'Delegation,', 'and', 'Trade', 'Policy', 'Advisory', 'Committee.', ' ', 'LvUOT', 'BLT2S', ' ']