UNITED STATES 

 ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 



WASHINGTON. D.C. 20545 



JAN 2 .: 1975 



Mr. Ronald Sake 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 

 50 Maple Avenue 

 Patchogue, New York 11772 



Dear Mr. Sake: 



This is in reply to Dave Burack's letter of December Jl, 1974 

 requesting comments on the "Fish and Wildlife" planning repori,. 

 We have reviewed the report and have the following, minor comrncpt s. 



1. p. iii The main reason for the declin*. i,i commercial 



catch in LIS is not clear (for example, whether 

 a result of general decline in LIS desirable f Lsii 

 population or of inability of LIS fishermen to 

 compete because of equipment limital ons or in" 

 public preference for species best obtainable 

 elsewhere, see p. 10). Although the genet: )1 

 tone of the report seems to be thji rh.- decline 

 in commercial catch is an undcsirdblL' e. onomi.- fact 

 the eventual recommendations do not app. ir ti."> 

 include assistance actions directly related : ■.> 

 improving this ^.ommercu (Jei^iMU- t!i>. i . . . ; 

 on p. 46). The desirability of general impn) .enien t 

 in water quality and productivity and aecessii) i 1 ll " 

 of testing grounds (see p. 44) and consequeni 

 increases in non-conmerc ial fishing may in effect 

 form more competition for Lommercial fishin';. Ir 

 is not clear whether such considerations have hee'i 

 taken into account and balanced in the report's 

 final recommendations. 



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