1 sources and everything in with the paragraph will mean that a lot of 



2 people won't read it. 



3 MS. HUGHES: So, the reference can be in within 10 days or 



4 whatever this group has to review the final document and provide their 



5 comments back. 



6 DR. AURAND: Sure. 



7 DR. BUTMAN: I don't hear any major additions or changes to this 



8 list. Certainly, we can add things if we want to later on. Are there 



9 any other things which ought to be on there? 



10 DR. TEAL: I think maybe all the biological species, the community 



11 structure and so forth, really ought to be separated into infauna and 



12 epifauna. The conclusions are different, and I think it would make it 



13 easier both for you to write and for people to read. 



14 DR. HECKER: There is very little known about the infauna. 



15 DR. AURAND: Are we going to go through and do this separately now 



16 for the biological questions or are we making a combined list for both 



17 of the two? Really, we are looking at a geology and geochemistry group 



18 and a biology group. Are we now working on a list for both groups? 



19 DR. BUTMAN: I think this part so far, that canyons are special 



20 habitats, are both. 



21 DR. AURAND: All right. In that case, does species diversity and 



22 density address the issue of the role of canyons in fisheries, or am I 



23 missing that somewhere? 



24 DR. BUTMAN: That's a good point. 



25 DR. TEAL: It says "untrawled" up there, but that ought to be 



26 expanded into the general role of fisheries. 



27 DR. AURAND: Fisheries, nursery ground, refuge, all of that. 



28 DR. TEAL: Yes, yes. 



29 DR. AURAND: Did you have something to add? 



30 DR. TEAL: Actually, there might be two paragraphs there. That is 



31 sufficiently important, it seems to me. One having to do with the 



32 fishing impact, the accumulation of ghost gear, the reasons for it and 



33 so forth; and, another one having to do with the importance as nursery 



34 grounds, refuge areas, because that issue in itself is \/ery, very 



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