B-7 



Tne third point is a sniail substantive point. On oage 16 



it says " Species in zhe Antarctic Marine Ecosysteir. " — and 



nownere do I rind, unless I naven't read it carefully, m 

 the list of animals and in tne paragraphs subsequently 

 -- except m the very last under "Whales", "Food Web" -- 



but generally tnere's no mention of other animals than the 

 mammals, the oirds, krill, squids, and fishes. 



You don't have all of the other many worms, sea anemonies, 

 sea stars -- many other creatures that occur in very large 

 form. There are sponges that are seven feet tall and are a 

 thousand years old. 



Now, that is like a redwood tree, in a way; and you 

 cant't just go in there and collect those thousand-year-old 

 sponges with immunity to damage of this ecosystem any more 

 than you can go out in California and cut off the redwoods 

 with immunity to the damage of the system. 



So I would ask you, if you could — if you see it right 

 — to put in a little more on the invertebrates to show that 

 the Committee is aware that there are many more animals than 

 indicated in this present document. 



And then I end on a little levity perhaps. The word 

 "whale" is used in the singular. "Whale" in plural is 

 "whales" -- and "bird" and "birds", and "penguin" and 

 "penguins". But when it comes to "krill" it's "krill"; and 

 "squid" is "squid" rather than "squids". 



Now a squid is a magnificent animal. It has a personality 

 and should be reckoned with and treated as an individual. 

 So there's one squid and two squids. And if you ever deal 

 with them physically, you know what I'm talking about. 

 ( Laughter . ) 



Now, it is the practice — it is commonly used among 

 firshermen -- that if you are harvesting something, like 

 grass — if it has no personal value or humane value in any 

 way and it is a commodity, then it's treated in bulk — whereas 

 if the individuals are valued as individuals in their own 

 right, then they're given the distinction of being individuals 

 and treated in the plural. So you have "Squid are probably 

 abundant ..." when it actually should be "Squids are abundant.. 



Now, it makes not a tremendous difference except the 

 semantic reference. If you keep to a proper plural, then 

 you avoid criticism on the basis of "We regard these animals 



