1 OR. GRASSLE: "--and which do not." 



2 DR. VALENTINE: See, some of the canyons might be just like the 



3 upper slope. There might be a red crab fishery on the upper slope in 



4 this little canyon, so it has got a fishery but-- 



5 DR. GRASSLE: I understand. Can that one sentence be all of "B?" 



6 Is that okay. Page? 



7 DR. VALENTINE: Yes. 



8 DR. GRASSLE: So we are deleting the first sentence and the whole 



9 thing is-- 



10 DR. VALENTINE: No--wait a minute. Oh, you want to delete the 



11 first sentence? 



12 DR. GRASSLE: Yes, as a question. 



13 DR. MACIOLEK: Page had suggested a revision of that sentence. 



14 DR. VALENTINE: In our characterization of canyons, is there a 



15 biological --is somebody writing--Dick, you and Barbara wrote that up? 



16 DR. COOPER: Fred and Nancy are going to add some infaunal-- 



17 DR. VALENTINE: So that really is our characterization of what we 



18 think of as canyons that should be protected, et cetera. I think that 



19 first sentence kind of sets the scene for the second sentence. 



20 DR. GRASSLE: Okay, and that is amended to say-- 



21 DR. VALENTINE: It says that some canyons may not meet the 



22 biological characterization or whatever defined by the working-- 



23 DR. GRASSLE: Okay. So it is now, "Some canyons may not meet the 



24 biological criteria defined by the group and be more like the slope. 



25 More information is needed to specify which canyons have fisheries or 



26 other special biological characteristics and which do not." 



27 DR. VALENTINE: Okay. What about saying upper slope? 



28 DR. GRASSLE: The upper slope biological criteria? 



29 DR. VALENTINE: No, no. "--and be more like the upper slope." 



30 DR. GRASSLE: Oh, "--more like the upper slope." 



31 DR. COOPER: That is really a comparison. 



32 DR. GRASSLE: Yes, I understand. 



33 MR. VILD: Let's add the word "may" between "and" and "be" in that 



34 sentence. 



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