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would make sure that that continues in the future. There were just a <br /> couple of more things before they were donee Bullhead catfish$ they <br /> probably heard stories or have even seen the fish that have cone out of <br /> Ashumet and to some extent in Johns Pond. The USGS Inas completed a <br /> study, although the report is still draft, hasn't been published yet. But, <br /> they did a study on Ashumet Pond going out and collecting bullhead <br /> catfish, which are the bottom feeders for many years going back to 1993 <br /> and 1994 when the Air National Guard did the original fish studies. There <br /> were increased incidences of papilomas on the catfish, which were <br /> external growths that weren't necessarily cancerous. But, ars external <br /> growths that were not aesthetically pleasing. They went out there to see <br /> if that still was the condition of the fish. Well they found a fairly high <br /> incidence level, which he believed was is the % range for that <br /> particular pond. They collected just under 100 fish in Ashumet Pond. They <br /> had trouble-catching fish in .Johns Pond, which he believed was the same <br /> problem they had back in 1993 and 1994. There didn't seem to be a lot of <br /> catfish. But, although the ones they did manage to catch did have the <br /> papilomas on them. To mane it somewhat narrower they had to compare <br /> it to reference ponds, They selected two ponds and collected fish from <br /> those ponds. There were Santuit Pond in Mashpee and Great Herring Pond <br /> in Plymouth. compared to those ponds the incidences were high. They <br /> weren't seeing the same amount of papilomas on the fish in these ponds. <br /> The one thing that was interesting about Ashumet Pond was that fish <br /> were much older and much more mature fish, They were larger and seven <br /> to eight years older. The fish in the other ponds were smaller. They seem <br /> to live a longer lire in Ashumet Pond, if that was Pert of the answer they <br /> didn't know. The studies that were done in 1993 and 7994 didn't come to <br /> any really conclusions about the causal relationship and there could be <br /> many. They could be related to fuels and viruses that are hereditary in the <br /> fish. It was something that they were looking at. There will be more <br /> information forthcoming and they would make sure that the board gets a <br /> copy if they don't get it directly from CJS . That was due out by the end <br /> of this year. Then as he said with Johns Pond Ashumet Pond was safe, <br /> That was not them talking that was the OPH for all recreational purposes <br /> with the exception of the advisory for mercury in certain types of fish. <br /> They talked about the CSIO fingers and the last thing he wanted to touch <br /> upon was the residential well plan. They had been testing private wells <br /> extensively in the area of Ashumet and .Johns Pond for going back to the <br /> late 1980's in Briarwood, They connected all of those people to town <br /> water in the late 180's and early 90's so that they dropped out of their <br /> program, The only ones they had around Ashumet and Johns Pond are the <br /> ones on the east, south and southeast side of the pond, They had done <br /> some extensive research with the water district and the assessors office. <br /> They've done some direct certified mailings to some People. They were <br /> not advertisements. They may be a few People out there that still have a <br /> 19 <br />