6. 1 Major environmental considerations 



As reflected in Table 11, environmental criteria favor measures 

 that insure continued natural productivity of the Soundo They are relatively 

 neutral to measures such as improving availability of fishing grounds, improving 

 fishing access, or expanding port landing facilities, provided these measures 

 are properly supervised. They are adverse to measures which would cause or sus- 

 tain significant or irreversible environmental change,, 



TABLE 11. SUMMARY EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE MEASURES 



Alternative fish and 

 wildlife measures 



Environ- 

 mental 

 Quality 

 (EQ) 



National 



Economic 



Development 



(NED) ti Reg, 



Development 



(RD) 



Social 

 Weil- 

 Being (SW) 



Establish fishery management/ 



research programs Good 



Preserve/create/restore wetlands Good 



Good 

 Poor 



Good 

 Good 



Establish public environmental 

 education programs 



Good 



Fair 



Good 



Establish additional wildlife 



management areas Good 



Acquire islands as wildlife manage- Good 

 ment areas 



Maintain or increase species diver- Good 

 sity 



Improve water quality Good 



Improve fisheries habitat Good 



Good 

 Fair 

 Good 

 Poor 



Fair 



Good 

 Fair 

 Good 

 Good 

 Good 



Establish uniform size and bag 

 limits 



Improve access for fishing 



Good 

 Fair 



Good 

 Good 



Fair 

 Fair 



Improve availability of fishing 



grounds Fair 



Promote underutilized species Good 



Expand port landing facilities Fair 

 Establish assistance programs for 



the commercial fisherman Fair 



Fair 

 Good 

 Fair 



Fair 



Good 

 Good 

 Fair 



Fair 



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