APPENDIX G 



G-$. LETTERS OF COMMENT BY FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



a. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As part of a continiiing 

 study, the Boston, Massachusetts Regional Office of this agency- 

 furnished "A preliminary Report on Fishery Resources in Relation 

 to the Hurricane Damage Control Program for Narragansett Bay and 

 Vicinity, Rhode Island and Massachusetts", dated October 1956, 

 consisting of 3h pages, 2 tables, and l6 charts and photographs. 

 The following topics are discussed with respect to the changes 

 that might be caused in the bay's fish and shellfish resources 

 by hurricane protection measures j (1) the sport fishing in- 

 ventory, (2) the Quahog study, (3) the Hard Clam fishery, 



(h) sampling methods, (5) distribution, (6) density, (7) summary 

 of distribution and density data, (8) relation to barriers, 

 (9) further research needed, (10) the bottom fauna study, the 

 winter flounder study, and the commercial fisheries inventory. 

 An abstract of the Conclusions and Recommendations of subject 

 report is attached. 



b, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Comments 



on wildlife are contained in the letter by Governor Herter, referred to 

 in paragraph G-)iC. 



G-6. LOCAL COOPERATION 



a. The Honorable Dennis J. Roberts, Governor, State of 

 Rhode Island. Letter dated 2 February'- 1957 is included. 



b. Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . As yet 



no comment has been received on the proposed plan of protection. 



c. The Honorable Walter H. Reynolds, Mayor of Providence . 

 Letter dated 29 January 1957 is included. 



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