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of the industrial fish supply and 53 per cent of the edible fish 

 supply in 1967. A primary cause of this loss of market is the 

 inability to compete economically with foreign fishing fleets 

 using the most advanced technology. Aquaculture is a potential 

 means for correcting this condition, and, as such, represents a 

 potential estuarine use of large but indeterminate value. 



The relationship of the estuarine zone and commercial fishing 

 cannot be expressed by any simple economic index. This brief 

 discussion shows that the importance of commercial fishing in the 

 estuarine zone is related economically not only to estuarine 

 habitat, but also to transportation, commerce, food processing, 

 and aquaculture. 



RECREATION 



Recreation is the one major estuarine use that is directly and 

 irretrievably related to individual people. It is a pursuit 

 carried out strictly on an individual choice basis and has as 

 much variety as individuals themselves have. Every estuarine 

 system where there are people is subject to recreational use, 

 whether it is of recreational quality or not. 



When an estuarine system is of poor recreational quality, only 

 those people who cannot afford to go elsewhere will use it. When 



