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 THOMAS SAUNDERS ENGLISH 

 aspects of the biology of the waters of Port Gardner and 

 to advise them of ray findings and opinions. I am appear- 

 ing today to report sorae of ray observations. 



I have conducted studies in Port Gardner, 

 near Everett, Washington, since 1962. I have worked to 

 assess populations of bottom fishes, especially the English 

 sole. Reports of my work were submitted to the Washington 

 State Pollution Control Coramission in Mount Vernon, 

 Washington, on 9 February 1967. 



I have followed with interest the field and 

 laboratory studies of ray colleagues on the Federal Enforce- 

 ment Project, now a part of the Federal Water Pollution 

 Control Administration, I have been favorably impressed 

 by their professional competence, by their vigor in attack- 

 ing the many facets of the project, and by the substantial 

 collection of data at their headquarters in Portland, 

 Oregon. I am not favorably impressed with the anonymous 

 report of March 1967 that uses the generally sound results 

 of the scientists to reach what seem to me to be unsound 

 conclusions . 



The Federal report concludes that the 

 English sole population in Port Gardner is subject to 

 extensive damage. Personal observations and the reports 



of others lead me to a different conclusion. The reported 



