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EDWARD J. GRUBLE 

 follows: 



"The study has again demonstrated the pres- 

 ences of sulfite waste liquor throughout the inshore waters 

 of Bellingham Bay and also to some extent in Hale Passage. 

 The range of concentrations apparently has not diminished 

 from the values obtained as early as 1956. Oxygen values 

 at Station II, Bellingham Harbor, were zero and correspond 

 to the zero readings obtained during the investigations 

 of this area in the late 1950 's. The live box study 

 demonstrated that the acutely polluted water at Station II 

 could not support fish life for more than a few minutes. 

 Disperson of these waters through tidal and wind action 

 could be expected to extend the toxic conditions through- 

 out the greater part of the Bay." 



Saroish Bay^ once the leading area in the 

 production of Pacific oysters, producing more than 100,000 

 gallons per year, has dropped to insignificance in the 

 shellfish economy of Washington. This decline in produc- 

 tion is directly correlated to increased manufacture of 

 pulp by the Bellingham mill and the resultant increase 

 in waste discharges. 



These are but a few of the observations 

 and conclusions that are a part of the long record une- 

 quivocally establishing sulfite waste liquor discharged 



