20. "Possible USG west African fisheries initiative," U.S. Embassy, Rome, September 16, 1983. No information 

 is available on when these private agreements expired. 



21. An interesting examination of Italy's foreign relations up to 1978 can be obtained from "Italy's International 

 Fishing Relations, International Fisheries Report, IFR-78/12, Office of International Fisheries, National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1978. 



22. FAO, Yearbook of Fishery Statistics - Catches and landings, 1991, Vol. 72, United Nations, Rome, Italy, 1993. 



23. The 1991 catch in the Western Indian Ocean included scorpionfish, seabreams, porgies, cuttlefish, common 

 squids, etc. 



24. "Somalia: Fish pirates," Seafood Leader, July/August 1993, p. 62. 



25. This section was reviewed by the Director of EC and International Relations for the Italian Ministry of the 

 Merchant Marine who reported that the NMFS analysis was accurate. "National Marine Fisheries Service World 

 Fleet Study," U.S. Embassy Rome, August 13, 1993. 



26. Yvette Murphy and Gian Franco Carrettoni, "Benvenuti in Italia," Seafood International, September 1993, pp. 

 29. 



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