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JOHN DUNKAK 



While the March 1967 report cites the 

 work of the FWPCA investigators, it surprisingly omits 

 and conveniently ignores some of the conclusions reached 

 by those investigators. Furthermore, the only allusion 

 to adult oyster mortality, growth or condition contained 

 in the FWPCA statement presented at this Conference, which 

 appears on Page 18, is contradicted by the FWPCA expert 

 who analyzed the raw data. I quote the conclusions from 

 Page 10 of Dr. Paulik's report (1966 E) : 



"Conclusions. On the basis of data and 

 analyses reported herein, it is not possible to make any 

 definite statement about the effect of the station loca- 

 tion upon the mortality of a population of adult oysters 

 held at a given station." 



Thus serious doubt is cast on the conclu- 

 sions contained in the March report relating oyster 

 mortality to distance from mill location. 



Furthermore, data presented on Page 127 of 

 the March report shows that the greatest growth of juvenile 

 oysters occurred at Station B, close to the mill. 



Again quoting from Page 6 of Dr . Paulik's 

 report (1966 C) : 



"It is necessary to conclude that the 



growth study data do not provide a valid means of measuring 



