1 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONFEREES 



2 routes. On many occasions these fish were killed by toxic 



3 conditions. On a few occasions the fish were not killed. 



4 These studies demonstrated that conditions toxic to 



5 flngerllng salmon do exist In the Inter-harbor areas, 

 g and flngerllng salmon do use these areas for migration, 

 - The fact that a good adult population of salmon and 

 g steelhead return annually to the streams In these areas 

 g Is a credit to the State Departments of Fisheries and 



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Game who provide so many hatchery-reared fish to migrate 



J. through these areas. We believe that Improved water 



quality in these areas will Increase the number of down- 

 stream migrants that survive the trip to the ocean. 

 1^ "Finally, it has been demonstrated to our 



j5 satisfaction that, if the recommendations are followed, 

 jg enhancement of water uses will be achieved in the waters 

 j» being considered. 



jg "There is no question now, from the water 



ift quality standpoint, that pollution exists and abatement 



is needed. We believe the recommendations of this con- 



21 ference are reasonable and feasible from both the technical 



and economic standpoint. No more is being asked of the 

 Puget Sound mills than has been asked of similar mills 

 located on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers in Washington 

 and Oregon and other regions of the Nation. The fact that 



