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and commercial uses. However, it must be remembered that this 

 economic measure is merely an indicator of the value of the waters 

 and is not in any way related to the right or necessity of 

 polluting such waters in the process of achieving this value. In 

 fact, the only time that such an economic measure would be used 

 would be for comparing one total use of the estuary to another 

 total use. Of course, it is seldom that questions are so broad 

 as to cover either/or propositions for the entire activity. 

 Rather, the questions usually revolve around such things as the 

 benefits to be derived from reducing pollution caused by users of 

 the estuary compared with the costs of achieving the reduction in 

 pollution. 



Franklin County, Florida, is dependent upon pollution-free waters 

 in Apalachicola Bay for its economic existence. The unpolluted 

 waters of the Bay provide the seafood caught by local commercial 

 fishermen and processed at shore-based installations. Additional 

 income for the area results from tourism engendered by the Bay's 

 waters. 



Both tourism and commercial fishing are prime potential sources of 

 income to any estuarine system. In the case of Apalachicola Bay, 

 these happen to be the major sources of income because of the 



