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Commissioner Scurlock mentioned the Lagoon Study Committee as a possible source of help. Charles J. Anderson informed the Board that he has fished here for many years, and the fishermen need this area desperately for their livelihood. He stressed that there is not one speck of grass south of Fort Pierce all the way to Jensen. Mr. Anderson continued that he has 45 years of experience o� the river, and he is willing and anxious to work with everyone on this problem. Commissioner Bowman concurred that we should schedule a meeting and include everyone interested - the Sea Grass Committee, the Lagoon Committee, the commercial fishermen, the sports fishermen, etc. Discussion ensued re the City of Vero Beach eliminating their discharge into th-e river, and Mr. Wegner asked if anything can be done about dumping of raw sewage in Fort Pierce Inlet. Commissioner Scurlock noted that all direct discharge into the river was supposed to be eliminated by 1985, but unfortu- nately the DER does not have the resources to push this as fast as we would like. Chairman Lyons noted that we now have the complaint about raw sewage from the Fort Pierce area on the record, and he suggested that we take these Minutes, send them to the DER, -and ask that they take action. Commissioner Bowman felt we must make sure to include Fort Pierce in any meeting we schedule. Juliana Haney, member of the Anglers Club, wished to make it clear that Mr. Thomas did not address the club at the last meeting as stated by Mr. Sembler nor at the previous meeting. Tim Adams, commercial fisherman, pointed out that there are about 35,000 acres tied up in mosquito impoundments, and he was for opening up the impoundments and making those areas work for us instead of worrying about mosquitos. Discussion ensued re mosquito impoundments, and it was noted that the impoundments are a great nitrogen removal for sewage, 53 OCT I905 Cox PAU