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As a result of this spirit of co-operation, I am en- 

 couraged to believe that a much brighter day is dawn- 

 ing for our fisheries, and that it will not be long before 

 many of our declining industries will be restored to their 

 former greatness; that others will be developed and in- 

 creased to undreamed of proportions, and that the Chesa- 

 peake Bay will indeed be more valuable to the people of 

 Maryland and Virginia than mountains full of gold and 

 silver. 



