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1 J. E. LASATER 



2 CRAIRMAN STEIN: Go ri^^ht ahead. 



MR. LASATER: i-or the Conferees. 



4 CHAIRMAN STEIN: Go ahead. 



5 MR. HARRIS: I think Mx' . Lasater would 

 5 prefer to read it 



7 CHAIRMAN STEIN: ThJt is all tight. I 



g thought you were just goin^ to it»troduce it. 



9 MR. LASATER: No. I will stJte ray reason 



for that. 



11 CHAIRMAN STEIN: No, this is fine. The 



12 option is yours. 



13 MR. LASATER: All right. 



14 This is a statement of the Washington Depart- 



15 raent of Fisheries giving our position regarding the use 



16 and results derived from Pacific o/ster larvae bloassays 



17 of the waters under consideration. 



18 In view of the fact that over 80 percent 



19 of Washington's commercial raolluscan production as well 



20 as a substantial sport fishery are based on the Pacific 



21 oyster, the Department of Fisheries unequivocally endorses 



22 ' the use of the oyster larva bloassay as used in the studies 



23 conducted under and reported by this Conference. 



24 The allegation that this species does not 



25 qualify as a bioassay organism in these waters because it 



