with other objectives, the NED Plan also includes those measures rated in 

 Table 11 as "Fair" under NED and "Good" under either EQ or SWo On this basis 

 then, the NED Plan is the same as the EQ Plan. 



7o3 Composite Plan 



The Composite Plan includes all the measures of the EQ and NED 

 Plans except CI) assistance programs for the commercial fishermen and (2) 

 establishment of more port landing facilitiesc These measures rated only 

 "Fair" on an environmental, economic, and social basis. 



7.4 Priorities 



Priorities in this report indicate the relative importance of 

 implementing the recommendations. First priority is generally given to 

 measures promising (1) a reasonably high degree of environmental quality, 

 (2) \\dth a good to fair economic and/or social rating, and (3) with no poor 

 EQ, NED, or SW rating. Other special considerations can override and are 

 so indicated. In some instances, second priority is given to recommended 

 specific projects of the alternative measures. All measures are intended 

 to be implemented before 1990 unless otherwise stated in the tentative 

 recommendations . 



8.0 TENTATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS 



Implement the Composite Plan as explained in Section 7.3. 



First Priority Recommendations 



Establish marine fishery management/ research programs. In order to 

 know the capability of specific fishery resources to be utilized over the long 

 terra without detrimental changes, both states should institute State-Federal 

 management/ research programs in conjunction with the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service. These programs would include (l) establishment of a technical-manage= 

 ment committee, possibly a task subcommittee of the Atlantic States Marine 

 Fisheries Commission or the Northeast Marine Fisheries Council, (2) a new system 

 of catch and effort statistics for resident commercial and recreational fin- 

 fisheries and shellf isheries of the Sound, (3) a program of natural history 

 studies and surveys on resident species and habitats to evaluate biological 

 resources, and (4) development of joint statistical and management programs, 

 through the Northeast Marine Fisheries Council, the Atlantic States Marine 

 Fisheries Commission, and the International Commission for the Northwest 

 Atlantic Fisheries, in conjunction with adjacent states which share migratory 

 fishery resources. 



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