chair the Committee. Upon the resignation of Representative 

 Gilmore, Representative A. Hartwell Campbell was appointed as 

 chairman. Senator D. Livingstone Stallings and Representative 

 Joseph L. Bright were appointed co-chairmen. The membership 

 list of the Legislative Research Commission and the Committee 

 are attached as Appendix A. 



The study of the commercial fishing industry was directed 

 by House Joint Resolution 1385 (ratified Resolution 88) of the 

 1977 General Assembly (First Session, 1977). The charge to the 

 Committee in Section 1 of the Resolution is to study the problems 

 which commercial fishermen face due to price instability in the 

 marketing of fish. A copy of this Resolution may be found in 

 Appendix B of this report. 



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