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DONALD J. BENSON 

 with establishing guideline criteria for judging water 

 quality standards of the states. Mr. Haydu will discuss 

 the deliberations of this expert committee on this matter 

 later in this Conference. 



The FWFCA report contention that the response 

 of larval oysters is indicative of the response of many 

 other forms found in the bays can be evaluated by only 

 one project on a form indigenous to Northern Puget Sound 

 waters, the English sole egg. Here again further work 

 shows that the test conditions, particularly the use of 

 poor, artifically spawned eggs, were a primary factor in 

 the response to spent sulfite liquor. In addition, field 

 observations do not substantiate the FWPCA laboratory 

 findings. For example, it is important to note that Po:t. 

 Gardner is the primary producer of English sole for the 

 Puget Sound market and shows no signs of a diminishing 

 supply. 



Dr. T. Saunders English, who is recognized 

 for his research on English sole, will describe his work 

 later today. His results conclusively refute the con- 

 tention that the English sole egg is affected by levels 

 of SSL found in the outer bays. This also destroys the 

 thesis that the larval oyster bioassay can be used to 



predict the response of another species or form of marine 



