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 it is increasing. These are the coramercial catches. On 

 top of the comtnercial catches we can add a sports catch, 

 which is as great in onagnitude as the comtnercial catch. 



You see the mighty Skagit, one of the largest 

 and, of course, most unpolluted rivers, the catch has been 

 steadily declining, so that it is in about the same size 

 as the Nooksack, which is a very small river. The Nook- 

 sack is gradually climbing. 



The Nooksack, of course, as Ernie Salo 

 pointed out, is being supplied with fish from the Washington 

 State Department of Fisheries Hatchery. The Washington 



State Department of Fisheries has had an excellent hatchery 

 program, they have done some fine research, and they have 

 made some breakthroughs in hatchery technology; it is a 

 very bright spot in the picture. 



As you can see, the chinook in Puget Sound 

 are on the increase, or the trend seems to indicate so. 

 Again these are published data from the Washington State 

 Department of Fisheries. So these data do not permit us 

 to say that pulping wastes in Bellingham Bay are affecting 

 the Chinook. 



Let us take a look at the silver salmon 

 catches. 



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