164. Eurofish Report, November 22, 1990. 



165. "Little progress on Latin American accords," Eurofish Report, February 22, 1993, p. BB/1. 



166. This thought was recently expressed in an article entitled "Previsible descenso de las exporaciones 

 Chilenas", Industries Pesqueras, June 1, 1993, p. 38. 



167. Argentine officials have been concerned for years over the expanding foreign fishing in the South Atlantic 

 and the British granting of fishing licenses to foreign fishermen operating off the Falklands. The British and 

 Argentines have meet periodically to discuss conservation measures in the South Atlantic and while some level 

 of cooperation has emerged, the Argentines continue to be concerned. Partly in response, the Argentine 

 Government reversed its policy on foreign fishing in 1992. After years of discouraging foreign fishing, the 

 Argentine Government began granting licenses to foreign fishermen in 1992. 



168. This stock was heavily fished by Soviet, Cuban, and other east bloc countries from the late 1960s to the 

 early 1990s. For details see Don Jacobson and Dennis Weidner, "Soviet-Latin American Fishery Relations, 

 1961-89," International Fishery Reports (IFR-89/39), May 5, 1989 and Tracy Thomas, "Cuban Fishery 

 Relations in the Americas, 1959-88," International Fishery Reports (IFR-88/59), June 29, 1988. Cuba 

 withdrew from the fishery in 1991 and press reports indicate the Russians withdrew in early 1993. 



169. Coastal countries are increasingly concerned about the fishing straddling stocks on the high-seas. 

 Multilateral discussions addressing this issue are currently underway. A major U.N. sponsored meeting is 

 scheduled to take place in July 1993 in New York. 



170. One report indicated 214 Spanish vessels were operating off Namibia on March 31, 1990, when the 

 Namibian Government ordered all foreign-flag vessels out of its territorial waters. Obviously the question of 

 the number of vessels which will be allowed to return is subject to negotiation. 



171. Namibia's fishing quota has been increased from 80,000 tons in 1992 to 115,000 tons in 1983. "Namibian 

 pilchards for canned products," Seafood News, June 1993, p. 6. 



172. The vessels reportedly fish in the North Sea, off the Shetlands, north and west of Scotland, as well as west 

 and south of Ireland. The vessel fishes for mackerel, horse mackerel, herring, and silver smelt. "Pelagics 

 frozen on-board," Seafood News, July 1993, p. 13. 



173. The Gueriden, a French tuna seiner, was launched in October 1991. This tuna purse seiner is listed at 



1 ,600-GRT and was expected to fish in the Indian Ocean. It is the newest in a growing number of 1 ,600-GRT 

 tuna purse seiners in the French fleet assigned to fish for tuna in the Indian Ocean. Other tuna seiners launched 

 for French companies in 1991 include the Via Mistral (1,600-GRT), and the Gueotec (1,600-GRT). 



174. International Trade Commission, "Tuna: Competitive conditions affecting the U.S. and European tuna 

 industries in domestic and foreign markets," Report to the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, and the 

 Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Investigation No. 332-291, Under Section 332 

 of the Tariff Act of 1930, USITC Publication 2339, Washington, D.C., December 1990, p. 4-1 to 4-2. 



175. Michael Hinton, "Estimated Catch and Fleet Information for the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna Fleet," Inter- 

 American Tropical Tuna Commission, Report No. 93-23, January 1-July 19, 1993. 



176. Le Marin, January 10, 1992, p. 14. Landings alone are not enough; French fishermen have complained 

 bitterly about decreasing prices for their tuna at the same time that prices for fuel are increasing. 



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