Cooperative Investigation," would be very good. What he's sug¬ 
gested sounds much like what has been done in the California 
area with the California Cooperative Fishery Investigation over 
the years. This organization is recognized worldwide and is one 
of the foremost agencies both in recommending and carrying out 
resource-oriented research. From a management point of view, I 
guess you could question just how effective that organization 
has been. But nonetheless, to organize our research, to make 
recommendations for management and get the states cooperating, 
I'd endorse the idea of that kind of institution. 
Dr. D'Elia: Any comments on that? 
Dr. Kinser: I guess one thing that I saw, particularly in 
the Stagg paper, it made me realize that with the research and 
the monitoring that we're doing we're still a long way from 
answering a lot of the questions. And there's a need for action 
at this time. 
That's not to say that we should do away with either re¬ 
search or monitoring, but I think we should make action an equal 
partner in this. We may not know for years to come what the 
exact impact will be of a particular nutrient for any other 
situation; and let's go ahead and take some forward action to 
change this trend that we’ve seen in many species around. 
That may be by reducing nutrients. It may be by reducing 
sediment. It may be by dealing with point source impact, 
nonpoint source impact, et cetera . I think we need to make a 
progressive effort in each one of those fronts. We can't kid 
ourselves. Thirteen million people have an impact on the 
Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, and we seem to be avoiding that if we 
wait for these decisions. 
Dr. D'Elia: I can't agree more. I guess waiting is not 
the thing to do now. But in addressing the setting up of an 
institution for the stewardship of fishery resources, I wonder 
is that practical? Would it be easy to do? How would one go 
about it? Any comments on that? 
Dr. Kinser: I think it would be very difficult in 
fisheries or in wildlife. In the waterfowl issue you're talking 
about multiple states. You're talking about international 
situations. Each one of them is going to be very difficult. 
The striped bass issue might be an example of that. Some states 
are reducing the take; some are not doing anything at all. 
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