The present circumstances of the Research Branch sug- 

 gest that this is an auspicious time to initiate a redirection 

 of priorities, and if this is done it offers considerable 

 promise for accelerating improvements in resource man- 

 agement and development. 



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FOOTNOTES 



1. The Canadian Fishing Company Limiled. Exhibit #73. p. 2. 



2. Deparlmenl of Fisheries and Oceans. Exhibit # 182. p. 4. 



3. D.A. Pepper. Exhibit #183. p. 5. 

 4 Exhibit #182. p. 4. 



5. See W.E. Ricker, H.T. Bilton and K.V. Aro, Cau.ses of the 

 Decrease in Size of Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus ^orhuscha). Fish- 

 eries and Marine Service Technical Report . 820. 1978: and WE. 

 Ricker. Causes of the Decrease in Age and Size of Chinook Salmon 

 {Onchorhvnchiis r.v/ia»>(c-/i). Canadian Technical Report of Fish- 

 eries and Aquatic Science . 944. 1980. 



6. See C.J. Walters and D. Ludwig. Effects of Measurement Errors on 



the .As.sessment of Stock-recruitment Relationships. Canadian 

 Journal of Aquatic Sciencies . Volume 38. 1981. pp. 704-710: and 

 D. Ludwig and C.J. Wallers. Measurement Errors and Uncertainty 

 in Parameter Estimates for Stock and Recruitment. Canadian Jour- 

 nal of Aquatic Sciences . Voume38. 1981. pp. 71 1-720. 



7. Terms of reference of the Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientilic 

 Advisory Committee, in Canadian Atlantic Fishenes Scientific 

 Advisory Committee (CAFSAC) . Volume v. Annual Report 1977- 



78. 



8. MacMillan Bloedel Limited. Exhibit # 146. p. 3. 



9. Council of Forest Induslnes. Exhibit #135, p. 19. 

 10. Exhibit #182. p. 4. 



