ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



This study conducted by the Department of 

 Agricultural Economics at Oregon State College, was 

 financed with funds made available under the Salton- 

 stall-Kennecfy Act, approved July 1, 195U (68 Stat. 376). 



Acknowledgement is made to Dr. G. Burton Wood 

 who gave generously of his time and contributed many 

 valuable suggestions. The energetic assistance of Frank 

 Faha, who served on the research team for about one year 

 prior to being called into the Air Force, is acknowledged. 

 Dr. lyle Calvin* s assistance in working out the sample 

 design for the three phases of the study, his helpful 

 suggestions in planning the questionnaires and the IBM 

 tabulations were important. Several members of the Fish 

 and Wildlife Service including the late Dr. R. A. Kahn, 

 Walter H. Stolting, and Alton T. Murray offered helpful 

 suggestions during various stages of the work. Also Dr. 

 James A. Crutchfield of the Department of Economics of 

 the University of Washington served as consultant and 

 gave valuable assistance. 



John Riley, Dennis Oldenstadt, and Frank Faha 

 served untiringly as enimierators . Mr. Oldenstadt was 

 largely responsible for developing the graphics for the 

 study. 



Fishing industry advisory committees serving 

 in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco gave willingly of 

 their time and service in helping to pinpoint problem 

 areas, in reviewing the preliminary questionnaires, and 

 in soliciting industry support for the stuc^. 



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