Wednesday, March 11, 1970
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Arborland Shopping Center
The Sophistacats
Fishery
By PAT MEARS
After two weeks of uncer-
tainty, the federal government's
Great Lakes Research Labora-
tory in Ann Arbor will continue
to operate, Rep. Marvin L. Esch
(R-Ann Arbor) announced yes-
terday. The fisheries laboratory
will suffer a budget cutback of
$244,000, however.
It was previously expected
that the Department of the In-
terior would cut as much as
$400,000 from the lab's appro-
priations for the 1971 fiscal
year beginning July 1. The cut
of only $244,000 will limit the
lab's research work, but not to
the extent of the original pro-
posed cut. .
The Great Lakes Research Lab-
oratory has been described by
Esch as "a true giant in the
anti-pollution field". Forty years
ago the lab was the first to
report the danger of the pollu-
tion in Lake Erie and to warn
the public of the effect of the
sea lamphrey on the lake trout
in the Great Lakes.
lab
The functions of the labora-
tory today include research on
the effects of pesticides and
pollution on fresh-water fish.
It also continues studying the
sea lamphrey and the alewives,
fish that inhabit the Great Lakes
and frequently perish in large
numbers, causing a health and
safety hazard.
The world famous lab, which
has been described as the larg-
est, best-equipped and b e s t-
staffed of its k i n d in fresh-
water research, also performs
some functions with the Univer-
sity.
The laboratory employs a num-
ber of students, both full- and
part-time, and sponsors sem-
inars and classes.
A federal official connected
with the research lab stated that
the reason for the cutback in
funds is related to two factors,
The first is the Administration's
economy drive to halt inflation.
Until inflation is slowed down,
there will be little chance for
more appropriations directed
toward research of this kind, the
official said.
Also involved in the cutback
is the priority given to ocean
and salt-water research o v e r
fresh water research. The De-
partment of the Interior deter-
mines these priorities.
This department has planned
that the laboratory, which is
presently under the Federal
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries,
be transferred to the Federal
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and
Wildlife. The proposed switch,
under the department's present
plans, will take place at the end
of the 1970-71 fiscal year.
The reason for the change of
the lab from the Bureau of Com-
mercial Fisheries to the Bureau
of Sports Fisheries and Wild-
life, according to the Depart-
ment of the Interior, is because
the emphasis in Great L a k e s
Fishing in the past years has
changed from commercial to
recreational.
When, at the end of the 1970-
1971 fiscal year, the lab is
transferred to the Bureau of
Sports Fisheries and Wildlife,
the regional office in Ann Ar-
bor will be relocated. The new
location has not yet been deter-
mined.
In spite of this transfer. Esch
has stated that he has informa-
tion from a reliable source that
the fisheries laboratory will be
phased out of existence in the
next two years.
Esch added that he will di-
rect an appeal to both the House
and Senate appropriations com-
mittees for the restoration of
the funds in order that the lab-
oratory continue its research.
If the original cut of $400,-
000 had been carried through,
the research in environmental
effects on fresh water fish in
the Great Lakes due to recrea-
tional and commercial fishing,
waste pollutants and pesticides
would have been abandoned, ac-
cording to a federal official.
As it stands with a smaller
cutback, it is only certain that
11 of the' 78 Jobs of the lab's
work force will be abolished.
After July 1, more personnel are
expected to be dismissed, an of-
ficial stated.
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