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 Purse seiners 39 



Gill netters 41 



Reef netters 43 



Incomes of Share Individual Fishermen on Purse Seiners. 43 



The Relationship of Commercial and Sport Fisheries for Salmon 43 



Effect of Gear Reduction on Earnings 44 



Alternative Proposals 49 



Effects on Other Fisheries 51 



Collection of Economic Statistics 52 



V. LEGAL ANALYSIS by Robert L. Fletcher, Professor, School of Law 52 



Legal Summary and Conclusions 52 



Introduction, The Presumption of Constitutionality 55 



Development of Pertinent Constitutional Clauses in the Decisions 



of the United States Supreme Court 57 



Equal Protection 57 



Due Process 63 



Development of Pertinent Constitutional Clauses in the Decisions 



of the Washington Court 71 



Equal Protection 71 



Due Process 82 



Application to the Particular Problem 90 



Collateral Considerations 104 



Police Power 104 



Right-privilege Dichotomy 104 



"Property" in the Fish 109 



Certain Cases Distinguished 1 12 



Conclusion 1 16 



VI. A RECOMMENDED PROGRAM FOR GEAR REDUCTION 118 



VII. APPENDIX 121 



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