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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT A 

 SECOND SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE IN THE MATTER OF POLLUTION 

 OF THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF PUGET SOUND, STRAIT OF JUAN DE 

 FUCA AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES AND ESTUARIES - SEPTEMBER 6-7, 

 1967, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 



Mr. Chairman and Conferees: 

 The Washington Department of Fisheries re- 

 affirms its position concerning the findings and recommenda- 

 tions of the joint Federal-State report, "Pollutional 

 Effects of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastes in Puget Sound", 

 March I967, presented in Seattle, Washington in September 



1967. 



The use of the marine and estuarial waters 

 by fish and shellfish is acknowledged here and in the 

 Department of Fisheries statements on proposed water quality 

 standards presented at the Washington State Pollution Control 

 Commission hearings on December 15, I966 at Port Angeles and 

 on February 9, I967 at Mount Vernon, Washington and are sub- 

 mitted as part of this supplement. Further, to illustrate 

 the complexity of salmon management, there is attached hereto 

 a copy of our recommendations as proposed for the management 

 of the 1967 Puget Sound commercial salmon fisheries. 



The proposed recommendations contain repeated 

 references to hatchery production of chinook and coho salmon. 

 Maintenance of these stocks within an exploitable level has 



