Appointment of Carmen Joseph Blondin as United States Commissioner of the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Carmen Joseph Blondin to be United States Commissioner on the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission. This is a reappointment.

Mr. Blondin is presently serving as Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries Resource Management at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He has been employed with the National Marine Fisheries Service since 1973. He was appointed as U.S. Commissioner to the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission in 1975. He is also serving as the senior U.S. member of the Fisheries Claims Board with the U.S.S.R., Poland, and Spain.

He served in the Armed Forces in 1948-1973 with service in the U.S. Coast Guard and the Submarine Service of the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank of commander. He graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (B.S., 1955) and George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1962). He is married, has five children, and resides in Ft. Washington, Md. He was born May 13, 1930, in Paterson, N.J.