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resources, the total resource potential under polluted conditions 

 was compared with what would be available if pollution were elimi- 

 nated. These resources potentials, both with and without pollution, 

 were then compared to the expected user demand to determine their 

 relative availability under both conditons. Specific data on pre- 

 sent, future, or projected conditions are often minimal or lacking. 

 Therefore, data analysis must be made on a general basis. This dic- 

 tates that study results should be recognized as beinq relative in 

 nature and utilized to gain an insight into problem areas. Figures 

 ouoted in the remaining portions of this narrative represent round- 

 ed data. 



The 1960-1964 average annual commercial fishery harvest from the 

 study area included 288,740,000 pounds of finfish and 107,584,000 

 pounds of shellfish for a total of 396,324,000 pounds. 



Wetlands wildlife habitat occupied approximately 614,000 acres of 

 the study area in the mid-1950's. Since that time, losses result- 

 ing from drainage, land fill, highway construction, and similar de- 

 velopments have reduced wetland habitat to a current area of about 

 558,000 acres or less. Wetland loss is thus 56,000 acres. 



Pollution affects approximately 432,000 acres of finfish habitat and 

 42,000 acres of shellfish grounds for a total of 463,000 surfaces 

 acres (adjusted for overlap), or about 14 percent of the study area's 



