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...every scientist agrees. Says John Ryther, another Woods Hole biologist: "I don't believe drilling will cause mass mortalities of fish." The Government maintains that the leases cover no spawning grounds on Georges Bank, and that the prevailing currents could easily sweep an oil slick to sea. Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus notes that of 292 million bbl. of oil produced last year from off-shore U.S. wells, only two spills exceeded 50 bbl., the largest losing only 135 bbl. Besides, the oil revenues that could be realized even from a small reserve at Georges Bank are hard...
Woods Hole Marine Biologist John Ryther has devised an even more ingenious aqua-farming scheme using partially treated sewage water from the Cape Cod town of Wareham. In his ponds, Ryther raises a thick harvest of plankton, which is then fed to baby oysters. To remove whatever ammonia, phosphates or nitrates the oysters and plankton may have left behind, he runs the sewage water over beds of seaweed, which also thrives on these chemicals...
...future, Ryther also plans to raise abalone as well as brine shrimp, which could be used to nourish rainbow trout...
...remarkable thing about Ryther's ponds is that in addition to purifying the sewage, almost everything produced in them is potentially marketable - even the seaweed, which contains a widely used chemical stabilizer...
...Ryther's staff see no reason why he should not be accepted. They worry sometimes that Jim's parents are not changed. ("At their age and in their state.'' says Miss Johnson, "they'd need four years of analysis.") But the counselors reason that if Jim can conquer his old environment, he will never meet a tougher test in life...