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time of the July sampling may have died before August collections were made, 

 and that the rate of tumor development may also have declined in those areas 

 which were affected initially. 



A preliminary report on a third histopathological sample collected in January 

 1972 indicates that tumors are now developing in other soft parts of the clam. 

 With oil residues in the sediments of Long Cove, the probability of any reproduc- 

 tion surviving in the area becomes increasingly unlikely. If the cover becomes 

 suitable for clam survival at some future time, it vpill require at least five addi- 

 tional years to produce a commercial crop. Therefore, the monetary loss becomes 

 an annual loss rather than a single short-term occurrence. 



Direct monetary loss to fishermen at current prices has been $43,000. Using 

 the average CF of 3.4 for mixed processed and wholesale products, the loss 

 becomes nearly $150,000. The fact that for public health reasons the surviving 

 population camiot be used for self-cleansing, the producer loss for the entire 

 population becomes $185,000; and the primary wholesale or value-added loss 

 brings the total of $625,000. 



It is of interest that the Searsport spill was reported by the Coast Guard to 

 be "less than moderate and not more than ly^ barrels." Obviously it was a much 

 greater spill than that. This lack of competence in estimating spills is a serious 

 handicap in the evaluation of the effects. 



The November 1963 loss of from 20,000 to 25,000 barrels of crude in a daylight 

 grounding of a tanker at the entrance of Casco Bay, Maine, resulted in some 

 forty miles of shoreline being grossly contaminated, including five lobster 

 pounds that were loaded nearly to capacity with lobsters. At the time, we esti- 

 mated it would cost between $4 and $7 million to clean effectively the area con- 

 taminated. This sum, of course, was not si)ent, and the residues of the oil are 

 still visiable in at least one of the lobster pounds. 



In view of the obvious short-term benefits of oil and the need for intelligent 

 research into alternative sources of energy, it would be most disastrous to destroy 

 a potential of marine, food and drug, and acquacultural development 

 Sincerely yours, 



Robert L. Dow, 

 Marine Research Director. 



Institute of Oceanography and Marine Biology, 



Oyster Bay, N.Y., February 19, 1972. 

 Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 

 Senate Office Building, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator Kennedy: This Institute is opposed to off-shore drilling on 

 the Atlantic seaboard. 

 Very truly yours, 



Walter E. Tolles, Ph.D., Director, 



Town op Swampscott, 

 Office of the Board of Selectmen, 



Swampscott, Mass., February 10, 1912. 

 Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 

 V.S. Senate, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator Kennedy: The Swampscott Board of Selectmen, at its meet- 

 ing held February 8, 1973, voted unanimously to respectfully request you to 

 vigorously oppose any legislation that would permit the drilling of oil off the 

 New England Coast. 



Very truly yours. 



Board of Selectmen. 



