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dwarfed by the tremendous magnitude of the military 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 natu 

 of the estuary and its location which prevent its development as a 

 commercial shipping facility. 



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