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COMMENTS FROM REVIEWERS 



"Speaking in terms of Northwest fisheries, management systems can 

 be based on good knowledge of the economics of the industry. The matter 

 of social consequences of alternative actions is going to be a problem 

 for the Councils to deal with. It is obvious that these latter decisions 

 are going to be based in many instances on political considerations so 

 as to deal with the relevant social or ecological factors." 



— from W. V. Yonker , Executive Vice-President 

 Association of Pacific Fisheries 

 September lA, 1976 



"The type of socio-economic factors that I would consider pertinent 

 would at a minimum include the entire seafood industry from catching 

 to marketing and promotion and, on a broader scale, the balance of 

 payments, and overall regional development that may be competitive or 

 complimentary to the fishing industry, eg DCS oil production. As I've 

 pointed out in earlier communications, any study related to fisheries 

 has little other than academic meaning if stocks are not maintained at 

 viable levels. The impact associated with the disappearance of a fishery 

 will be no less severe even if we have gained 'an understanding of 

 basic social and cultural features of fishing communities '" 



— from Robert M. Snyder 



Snyder Oceanographic Services 

 November 11, 1976 



