COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
By His Excellency
JOHN A. VOLPE
Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 65

Executive Order No. 63 is hereby rescinded.

    WHEREAS, there is a critical need to provide immediate
assistance to the valuable commercial fishing industry of the
Commonwealth and to those citizens engaged in this, the state's 
oldest industry; and

    WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Commonwealth, act-
ing through its appropriate agencies, to assist in the protec-
tion, enhancement and development of this industry and the re-
sources upon which it depends; and

    WHEREAS, this industry is faced with the problem of competi-
tion from heavily subsidized foreign fisheries, and other econo-
mic problems of a serious nature; and

    WHEREAS, the citizens of the Commonwealth as consumers are
vitally interested in the availability of wholesome fresh fish
of domestic origin;

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, John A. Volpe, Governor of the Common-
wealth, by virtue of all the authority vested in me, do hereby
issue this order.

    1.  There is hereby created a committee to be known as the
Governor's Advisory Committee on the Domestic Fishing Industry.
The Committee shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall
be the Commissioner of Natural Resources and the remaining six
shall be appointed from time to time by the Governor and shall
serve at his pleasure.  The Commissioner shall serve as Chairman.

    2.  It shall be the duty of the Committee

    (a)  To review present problems of the domestic fishing
industry with special emphasis on the production of fresh fish.

    (b)  To suggest programs to suport this industry and its
related components.

    (c)  To assist in proposing and supporting any legislation
necessary to implement the suggested programs.

    (d)  To adivse--together with the Marine Fisheries Advisory
Commission--the Governor on all matters concerning the domestic
fishing industry and the production of fresh fish in the Common-
wealth.

Given at the Executive Chamber 
in Boston this twenty-ninth day
of October in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred
and sixty-eight and of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and ninety-
third.

JOHN A. VOLPE
Governor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

JOHN F. X. DAVOREN
Secretary of the Commonwealth