Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Fisheries Group Meets In
New York

New York - Edmund L. Dunn of
Massachusetts and John 3. BindlOss
OF Connecticut were unanimously
reelected Chairman and Vice
Chairman of the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission at the
closing session of the Commissions
7th Annual Meeting held at the HO-
tel Roosevelt, September % and "a.
The Commission decided to put
forth additional effort on it's pro-
gram Of sanitation and pollution
control. 1t discussed at length the
need for a cOOrdinated long term
fishery research program involving
federal, state, and institutional lab
OratOries. In closed session with
Representatives of the State De-
partment it discussed details of the
proposed treaty governing fisheries
III the Northwestern Atlantic.
The effects of the recent Supreme
Court decision in TOOmer VS. Wit
sell OutlaWing discriminatory prac-
tices by South Carolina against out
OF state boats were discussed at
length and the Commission voted to
request the commissioners of each
state to review with their respec-
tive Attorneys General all existing
state fisheries statutes on the At
lantic coast and to recommend to
the legislatures which will meet in
l949 such amendments as may be
necessary to bring such statutes in
line with the policy laid down in
TOOmer VS. Witsell.
The North Atlantic Section and
Middle Atlantic Sections in Joint
meeting this morning heard re-
ports on the program of studies by
committees OF clam technicians and
lobster technicians. They discussed
with the Fish and Wildlife Service
staff the best utilization of the S37.-
500 appropriation for clam research
made by the last Congress, the de-
tails of which were left to the dis
erection of the Service.
The North Atlantic Section dis
cussed with DR.. w. M. Chapman.
Special Assistant to the Under Sec
retary of State and his staff further
details of the proposed North At
lantic treaty.
Columbus O'DOnnell Iselin, Di-
rector of the Woods Hole OceanO-
graphs Laboratory reported to the
Middle Atlantic section that pre-
liminary Investigations revealed
that the deposit of waste acid at sea
by the National Lead Company near
the "Mud-HOle" apparently created
negligible damage to the fisheries,
but that the investigation is con-
tinuing. The section then asked
that the Conservation Departments
of New Jersey and New York re-
port as speedily as possible the in
tensity of sport and commercial
fishing in the waters off New York
and New Jersey and the amount of
waste material now being deposited
therein by public and private agen-
cies with the expectation of sug-
costing at a later date possible al
ternative areas for the dumping OF
acid waste by the National Lead
Company.
The Chesapeake Section cOnsid-
cred reports by technicians study
ing the blue crab and shad in the
Chesapeake Bay, considered the
development of the new Chesapeake
Bay Institute photographic study
sponsored by Maryland and Virgin
ia and agreed to continue the sew
eral joint programs now in opera
ton. Maryland Commissioners re-
ported that their state would in
dOubtedly approve the report of the
Joint Commission urging the estab-
lishment of a Chesapeake Bay Fish
cry authority.
The South Atlantic Section heard
report by Andrew H. DuPre of
South Carolina covering reciprocal
agreement that had been reached
by Georgia, South Carolina, and
Florida with respect to licensing
out of state boats.
At the conclusion of the meeting.
the Commission saw three pictures
developed by the Fish and Wildlife
Service, met Mending," Retailing
of Fish," and Operations of the
new Research Vessel, AlbatrOss,
III"
M. Haswell Pierce, of Milford, is
a member of the Commission.