A collection of letters, memos, telegrams, government reports & studies, news articles & legal briefs. Examples are: 1 letter (1/11/78) from David G. Burney (U.S. Tuna Foundation) & attached copy of a letter (12/2/77) from Congressmen Van Deerlin, Wilson, & Burgener re/ “a report on the progress of the U.S. Tuna Industry in the implementation of porpoise rescue techniques incidental to commercial fishing operations;” 1 letter (1/11/78) from August Felando (Gen. Manager, Am. Tunaboat Assn.) re/ a report of the ICCAT meeting held in Nov. 1977 in Madrid, Spain; 1 letter (12/22/77) from John P. Gilchrist (Sec.-Manager, CA Seafood Institute) to Wilson re/ opposition to NMFS & Sec. of Commerce proposals “to override the actions taken . . . by the Northern Pacific Fisheries Management Council relating to Bering Sea Tanner Crab Plan;” 1 letter (12/19/77) from David G. Burney (U.S. Tuna Foundation) to Congress-man Wilson thanking him for his “support on June 1, 1977 in passing H.R. 6970, which would have amended the Marine Mammal Protection Act;” 1 Western Union Mailgram (12/19/77) from Thomas E. Elliott (Pres., Washington Fish & Oyster Co. of CA.) to Wilson re/ opposition to negating NPFMC Bering Sea Tanner Crab Plan; 1 letter (12/9/77) from David G. Burney (U. S. Tuna Foundation) to Edward Terrar, Jr. (Admin. Asst. to Wilson) thanking Terrar for his “leadership and assistance in preparing and disseminating the ‘Dear Colleague Letter;’” stapled packet containing copies of “Dear Colleague” letter (12/2/77) & rough drafts re/ “This is a report on the progress of the U. S. Tuna Industry in the implementation of porpoise rescue technique incidental to commercial fishing operations;” 1 copy of National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, “Recommended Decisions In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Regulations to Govern the Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations for the Years 1978 through 1980 . . . Docket No. MMPAH No. 1-1977,” Served Nov. 4, 1977 (92 pp. + Appendices A-F, 6 pp.); 1 “USTF United States Tuna Foundation” folder containing “Remarks of the Honorable John M. Murphy . . . November 10, 1977” (3 pp.), news release from Hill and Knowlton, Inc. (Washington, D. C. 11/10/77) re/ “American Tuna Industry Presents Research Vessel to Federal Government” (2 pp.), and the following information pages on—“Dedicated Research Vessel [Queen Mary], “Joseph M. Medina, Jr. [brief biography],” “U. S. Tuna Industry Facts,” “Porpoise” & “Porpoise rescue during tuna fishing;” 1 copy of Oceans (Vol.10, No. 6, Nov./Dec. 1977); 1 Western Union Mailgram (11/7/77) from the Western Fishboat Owners Assn. Auxiliary & Wilson’s reply (11/11/77) re/ the NMFS’s Salmon Management Plan; 1 copy of a 3 page letter (10/5/77) from August Felando (Am. Tunaboat Assn.) to Robert W. Schoning (Dir., NMFS, NOAA, Commerce Dept.) re/ “DEIS/Preliminary Management Plans for Atlantic and Pacific Billfishes and Sharks;” 1 letter (8/22/77) from Congressman Paul N. McClosky, Jr. to Congressman Wilson & attached copy of “Report on U. N. Law of the Sea Conference, Hon. Paul N. McClosky, Jr. . . . Friday, August 5, 1977,” Congressional Record (Vol. 123, No. 135, Part III) & “Additional Views By Paul N. McClosky. Jr.” (3 pp.) re/ “While these give a Congressional perspective of the Conference, I’d be flattered to have your thoughts;” 1 news clipping—Ken Hudson, “Tuna Fleet Accepts Observers,” The San Diego Union (7/19/77); 2 photocopies of NMFS, NOAA, Dept. of Commerce, “Porpoise Mortality Status Report No. 3” (6/24/77) & distribution list; photocopy of 1 page of Pacific Engine & Power Systems Promotional Special Edition (Vol. 1, No. 4) re/ “Tuna Industry Speaks Out;” 1 page promotional rendering of “The Ocean” from Hello and Goodby (1959); small, stapled packet containing corresp. (May-June 1977) from Congressmen Wilson & John M. Murphy, Herbert L. Blatt (Asst. General Counsel, NMFS), constituent Lewis N. Cole (Attorney at Law) & Andrew E. Manatos (Counsellor to the Sec. for Congressional Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Commerce) re/ Mr. Cole’s request for “an interpretation of Public Law 94-265, 94th Congress, House Rule 200, entitled the ‘Fishery Conservation and Manage-ment Act of 1976” as it applies to “local sport fishing boats at the ‘60 mile bank’ and then returning halibut and rock cod to San Diego;” several copies of notes (6/28/77) from Charles Odell (Congressional Liaison Officer, NOAA) to Wilson & attached photocopy of NOAA News Release # 77-173 (6/16/77) re/ “First 1977 Porpoise Mortality Report” (2 pp.); 1 photocopy of U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Committee For Humane Legislation vs. Juanita Kreps, Et Al., Civil Action No. 77-0564, Washington D.C., June 30, 1977 (pp. 1 & 40-51); 1 large packet containing corresp. (Ap.-May 1977) from Robert W. Schoning (Dir., NMFS), Congressman Wilson, Frank Moore (Asst. to the President for Congressional Liaison), August Felando (General Manager, Am. Tunaboat Assn.) & attached photocopies of Jack W. Gehringer (Deputy Dir, NMFS), “Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries Chapter II . . . Part 216 – Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals” (6/6/77, 5 pp.) & Robert W. Schoning, “General Permit Category 2: Encircling Gear, Yellowfin Tuna Purse Seining” (4/15/77, 3 pp.) re/ Wilson “inquiring as to the status of the American Tunaboat Association (ATA) petition to increase the quotas contained in their 1977 general permit.”