each country, recently established for environmen- ically these are viable concepts and should receive 



tal affairs, can bring proper action to bear on preserv- attention very soon. 



ing the basic environment for aquaculture. We all We all look forward to an outstanding series of 



realize that pollution ofinshore waters may not be all meetings and field trips. I should like to take this 



bad. We have not really attempted to utilize con- opportunity, on behalf of the U.S. Government, to 



trolled eutrophication or warmed water from power thank the Japanese panelists for an outstanding job 



plants to increase maricultural production. Theoret- of organization. 



