Dutch fleet operators are unlikely to continue to 

 build supertrawlers in the next few years. The 

 vessels have simply become too large for existing 

 quotas and the trend in recent construction has been 

 to build slightly smaller vessels. 



6. International Agreements 



The Netherlands is a member state of the 

 European Community and follows EC directives 

 concerning fishing in international waters. Dutch 

 high-seas fishermen were allowed to fish for 

 mackerel and other species off the east coast of the 

 United States beginning in 1984. This operation 

 lasted until U.S. fishermen were able to harvest these 

 species and no surplus stocks were left for allocation 

 to foreign fleets. The Dutch were among the first to 

 press for the EC to obtain fishing rights in Peru and 

 Chile." 



7. Fleet Dispersal Plans 



The Dutch high-seas fishing fleet of 13 "super" 

 trawlers and pelagic stem trawlers (those over 1 ,000- 

 GRT) will fish or buy mostly herring or mackerel 

 species which they will freeze, transport, and sell 

 profitably, despite low margins. These vessels 

 transport fish in bulk to distant markets in Africa and 

 Asia. The Dutch may begin to target the Iranian 

 market in the next few years. ^* This fleet will range 

 from the North to the South Atlantic and could easily 

 fish in the Pacific or Indian Oceans if resources 

 become available. 



In addition to these vessels, three aging Dutch 

 fishing vessels, Ihe Anita I. (365-GRT built in 1964), 

 the Aguas Santas (1,505-GRT built in 1949) and the 

 Amazonas (1,219-GRTbuiltin 1948) appeared on the 

 list of fishing vessels reflagged in Panama in 1993.-" 

 The authors question how the Aguas Santas and the 

 Amazonas, both over 1,000-GRT, could profitably 

 operate in Panamanian waters. 



Four Dutch fishing vessels were also registered 

 in Cyprus in 1993. * The Eefeje (84-GRT) and the 

 Jan Willem (153-GRT) were identified as being 

 decommissioned from EC rolls on October 24-25, 

 1988; both were shown to have been transferred to a 

 third country (that was not identified). 



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