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ERNEST 0. SALO 

 nearly as we can tell at this time apparently do rather 

 well. 



At the present time the Fisheries Research 

 Institute is completing its work in Bellingham Bay and in 

 Everett Bay and perhaps we are in our last year of work 

 in Elliott Bay, and I do want to thank the people in- 

 volved. I found the people of Georgia-Pacific, Simpson- 

 Lee, Scott Paper Company and other agencies extremely 

 cooperative in every respect. 



Today I do wish to emphasize the need for 

 adequate monitoring of the marine environment at all times 

 and would like to develop the practicability of robot 

 monitoring and the use of computer programs for describing 

 water parameters and predicting changes. This monitoring 

 must be accompanied by meaningful bioassay stations, and 

 equally as important is the study of marked or identifiable 

 fish in an unconfined environment, that is outside of the 

 live box. Conclusions of mortality rates of fin fish 

 from confined bioassay stations can be misleading for the 

 behavior and the possible avoidance by the fish must be 

 considered. Then perhaps we can avoid the type of reason- 

 ing that evidently is necessary as found on Page 91 of the 

 project report. 



CHAIRMAN STEIN: Thank you. Dr. Salo. 



