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the problem is, with these cold waters, the lobsters take many- 

 more years. With the reduction In temperature they take many 

 more years to arrive at maturity and the prices have gone up. 



So I think when we deal with a problem such as 

 thermal pollution, this may work two ways. In some areas, as y(|)u 

 very well point out in your report, this may be an advantage. 



The problem that we have been faced with with 

 fisheries is that for the most part, and this may be a little 

 different with the oysters, the fisheries have not been a managed 

 resource the way we manage agricultural products. It is gen- 

 erally a harvesting of a wild resource, a little more sophis- 

 ticated, except in methods of capture, than the pioneers used 

 to do when they used to trap or hunt game. 



In addition to the problems you point out that 

 we definitely have with these government-subsidized fleets 

 from other areas which have to increase the harvest from the 

 marine environment or really face severe economic problems, 

 the notion is that if we can get our fishery resource to be 

 managed as scientifically as we do some of our other food 

 products, we can greatly increase the area of productivity. 



Again, as Mr. Glude points out, one of our greatest 

 resources is Puget Sound. These are clearly American waters, these 

 are clearly within our province, and anything we can do here can 

 be not only a great economic benefit to the region, but a grea' 

 economic benefit to the country as a whole. 



