And of course the non-point issue that Senator Mathias 
alluded to is particularly critical in such a configuration./ 
Another thing I want everybody to keep in mind is the fact 
that the Chesapeake Bay area is really burgeoning in popula¬ 
tion. While other areas of the country may not be growing at a 
great clip, this particular area really is. So with all that 
shoreline and all the potential for people to live on it and use 
the resources, there is potential for problems. 
As we move on to the resources issue, I want to make several 
points. We often talk about pollution and loss of habitat. We 
often talk about the depth of the Bay, and we paint very stark 
pictures. I want to divide the issue, if I can, into two 
things. It's not just a pollution issue. It's a resources 
management issue. It's fisheries statistics. It's fishery 
management. I think that these things don't often get enough 
attention. 
We're too willing to blame the other guy for his pollution, 
what he's added to the Bay, and not willing enough sometimes to 
look carefully at the stewardship of our fisheries resources. 
And I think you'll see in an excellent presentation later, a 
little bit more about that. 
I hope to see us address somewhat the role of science in 
management. This, I have a particular love and affection for. 
I think it's a very critical thing to be able to present science 
as well as possible to a wide variety of people and have scien¬ 
tists and management interact to produce the best possible 
plans. 
I must tell you quite frankly that many scientists in the 
Bay area feel somewhat disenfranchised by the present schedule 
of primarily management and political activities. And I hope 
that we can try in the future to have better involvement of the 
local scientists in the plans. 
So much for my propaganda. I'll get into some procedural 
things now. I'll ask the speakers to try to keep to twenty 
minutes if they can. That way we'll try to be on schedule. 
There are a few alterations to the program that I'll point 
out. Dr. Rothschild will be represented by Mr. Cluney Stagg. 
There will also be a movie added at noontime by the Maryland Sea 
Grant Program, the movie is "The Chesapeake, a Twilight Estu- 
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