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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1978
Russians invite A&M professor
New oceanic food to be discussed
In what has been termed “a cor
dial spirit of scientific cooperation, ”
the Soviet Union has invited Texas
A&M University oceanographer Dr.
Sayed. El-Sayed to visit Moscow
to discuss ways of wisely tapping the
world’s supply of krill, a shrimp-like
creature.
Krill is the major food item in the
southern ocean for birds, seals, fish
and whales, explains El-Sayed, one
of two Western scientists invited for
talks, which will begin Sept. 1.
He says that this virtually un
touched resource could double the
annual production of fish and
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shellfish in the world.
El-Sayed will attend the talks
with officials of the All-Union Re
search Institute of Marine Fisheries
and Oceanography in Moscow for
about a week, then proceed to Po
land at the invitation of the Polish
Academy of Science to talk with sci
entists about Antarctic research.
Since krill is of prime importance
to the fragile ecosystem of the Ant
arctic, including the whale popula
tion decimated in recent years by
commercial whaling technology,
exploitation of krill must be ap
proached with extreme caution and
care, says El-Sayed.
To ensure proper scientific
monitoring of this and other ecolog
ical endeavors in the Southern
Ocean, a number of international
organizations have been formed —
including the Scientific Committee
on Antarctic Research (SCAR), Sci
entific Committee on Oceanic Re
search (SCOR) and the Advisory
Committee on Marine Resources
Research (ACMRR) of the Food and
Agricultural Organization.
These bodies, in turn, have
endorsed . a program called
RIOMASS, for Biological Investiga
tion of Marine Antarctic Systems
and Stocks.
The groups have included Soviet
representation, but the invitation to
El-Sayed and Baker marks a signifi
cant step on the part of the Russians
for a sharing in overall plans for krill
Research, remarks the Texas A&M
scientist. El-Sayed notes that the
invitation came to him as convener
of the group of Resource specialists
associated with the international
bodies.
“My purpose in visiting the
Soviet Union and Poland will b e to
discuss with the Soviet and Polish
scientists plans for future coopera
tion in the Southern Ocean, in par
ticular, the krill investigations, and
to exchange views with them as to
the best means of implementing
BIOMASS,” says El-Sayed.
“The BIOMASS program, it is
hoped, will provide information to
plan wise management of the An
tarctic living resources, especially
krill.”
Russia, Germany, Japan, Great
Britain, Poland, France, Argentina-
Chile and the United States ar^
among nations planning participa
tion in FIBEX (First International
BIOMASS Experiment), a multi
ship survey planned for 1980-81.
The Texas A&M oceanographer
predicts that annual harvests of
50-100 million metric tons of krill
are possible, almost doubling — and
adding to — the existing annual
harvest of 60-70 million metric tons
of fish and shellfish around the?
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By SCOTT PENDLETON
Battalion Staff
“Let’s vote the straight demo-
t;ratic ticket.
That was Calvin Guest’s message
to the Mexican-American Demo
crats (MAD) of Brazos County
Thursday night.
Guest has heen Texas’ Demo
cratic Party chairman for six years.
“About Boh Krueger, h e ’s the
plan to replace Tower,” Guest said,
campaigning for the Mexican-
American vote on the democratic
ticket and donating $100 to the
Mexican-American voter registra
tion drive.
“As for Chicken’ Clements, we
don’t need him,” Guest said. "John
fjill will make a good governor.”
Guest touted other democratic
epndidates to the MAD members,
saying the democratic party has al
ways offered good people for office.
fie had little to say for the oppos
ing party.
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Tve never found a good Republi
can in my life and I don’t think I
ever will,” he said.
Guest said it was a “disgrace” that
over 3,000 Mexican-Americans in
Brazos County are not registered to
vote.
Mexican-Americans comprise 22
to 23 percent of Texas’ population,
Guest said. He urged MAD mem
bers to take advantage of that fact.
“The first rule of anybody in poli
tics is how to count,” Guest said.
He noted that all leaders would
be sensitive to Mexican-Americans
if they became aware of that statis
tic.
He said the position of the Demo
cratic Party in Texas is extremely
good and united, despite accounts of
surging Republican power in the
state by political observers. Guest
expressed his optimism by boasting
that "we ll win all the races in
November.
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Three businessmen who m Jtat i
tory by flying across the MDr.
Ocean in a balloon earliejivirt
month are trying to figure ho L N'
handle their sudden fame, lies
Ben Ahruzzo, Maxie Ani Ibiindi
and Larry Newman havejtter
flooded with requests for tlie, fta
and endorsements on a varil’I d
products. Sure
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“We have some very basic, gi' m
ficult decisions to make on wlf cc
we want to encourage the kjjjdity
things that are happening!
Ahruzzo said Wednesday.
“We are not football playg*,
race car drivers who expect tlyttfi ^
of requests and attention we■ t
been getting, ” he said, "and a
not quite sure how to handle s
Abruzzo said the trio has ii'iW ,ter
accepted any offers to endorse■' cc i:
ducts, but they plan an appeal'd 1 "
on the Tonight Show next wetiP ter
will he in Washington, D.C.
in September to meet Fresij
Carter.
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