19. "Danish shipyards rely on exports," Fishing News International, January 1989. 



20. U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, March 14, 1991. 



21. "1992 Fishing vessel completions," World Fishing, March 1993, p. 50. 



22. The 4 agreements are between Sweden and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia. 



23. Discussions over a fisheries agreement with Russia were still being considered by the EC Council in July 

 1993 with many issues remaining to be settled. Eurofish Report, July 1, 1993, p. BB/4. 



24. "The Future of the North Sea," Dana, A Journal of Fisheries and Marine Research, Volume 8, The Danish 

 Institute for Fisheries and Marine Research, Charlottenlund, 1989. 



25. The U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen noted that depressed conditions led a number of Danish fishing vessels, 

 mostly from the island of Bomholm, to register their vessels under foreign flags. This was done to take 

 advantage of underutilized fishing quotas or to fish for species protected by international conventions, such as 

 Atlantic salmon. "Economic indicators for Denmark," U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, March 13, 1990. 



26. Panama was not a signatory to the NASCO treaties limiting the fishing for Atlantic salmon in the North 

 Atlantic and therefore vessels flying the Panamanian flag were not fishing illegally. There was no way under 

 the NASCO terms to control the take of Atlantic salmon by Panamanian vessels. "Salmon fishing by 

 Panamanian-flag vessels," U.S. Consulate General, Edinburgh, January 30, 1991. 



27. Poland was also not a signatory to the NASCO accords. The catch was being sold for consumption by 

 international hotels in Poland. Other reports indicated that a portion of the catch was being shipped to West 

 Germany. "Economic indicators for Denmark," U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, March 13, 1990 and "Danes 

 found guilty of evading salmon restrictions in Panama," Eurofish Report, September 28, 1989, p. FS/2. 



28. "Economic Indicators for Denmark," U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, March 13, 1990. 



29. "Economic indicators for Denmark," U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, March 13, 1990. 



30. The U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen reported that the Danish case against the Onkel Sam was referred to the 

 EC Court which in late 1992 ruled that, although the vessel perhaps violated EC law, the fact that it was legally 

 a Panamanian vessel, ruled out an EC court case. The case is now back in Danish courts and a final ruling in 

 pending. Soren Hansen, Senior Economic Specialist, U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark fax message dated 

 August 10, 1993. 



3 1 . A Danish investigation revealed that 3 fishermen leased their vessels to a Panamanian company they 

 created. Ocean Food Corporation. That company sold the catch of Atlantic salmon to Interfish of Cuxhaven, 

 West Germany. Interfish was owned by a Danish-bom fish exporter. "Danes found guilty of evading salmon 

 restrictions in Panama," Eurofish Report, September 28, 1989, p. FS/2. The U.S. Embassy notes that these 

 cases involved a few fishermen facing bankruptcy and did not represent the actions of the Danish fishing fleet as 

 a whole. Soren Hansen, Senior Economic Specialist, U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark fax message dated 

 August 10, 1993. 



32. "Salmon fishing by Panamanian-flag vessels," U.S. Embassy, Panama City, Panama, January 31, 1991. 



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