TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT BOARD 

 EDWARD M. KENNEDY. MASS.. CHAIRMAN 

 MARJORIE S. HOLT, MD.. VICE CHAIRMAN 



ERNEST F. HOLLINGS. S.C. 

 HUBERT H. HUMPHREY. MINN. 

 CLIFFORD P. CASE, N.J. 

 RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER. PA. 

 TED STEVENS. ALASKA 



OLIN E. TEAGUE. TEX. 

 MORRIS K. UDALL. ARIZ. 

 GEORGE E. BROWN. JR.. CALIF. 

 CLARENCE E. MILLER. OHIO 

 LARRY WINN. JR.. KANS. 



EMILIO O. DADDARIO 



Congress of fbc SUniteb States 

 Office of Technology Assessment 



Washington, D.C. 20510 

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EMILIO Q. DADDARIO 



DIRECTOR 



DANIEL V. DeSIMONE 



DEPUTY DIRECTOR 



The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings 



Chairman 



National Ocean Policy Study 



United States Senate 



Washington, D.C. 20510 



The Honorable John P. Murphy 



Chairman 



Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee 



U.S. House of Representatives 



Washington, D.C. 20515 



Dear Mr. Chairmen: 



On behalf of the Board of the Office of Technology Assessment, 

 we are forwarding to you the report. Establishing a 200-Mile 

 Fisheries Zone . 



This report concludes OTA's assessment of important problems 

 and opportunities which result from implementation of the 

 Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, which became 

 effective March 1 of this year. 



The assessment was conducted in accord with a request from 

 the Senate National Ocean Policy Study in January 1974, and 

 a subsequent request by the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries 

 Committee. 



A draft of this report was made available to the committees in 

 March 1977, and the final report was approved by the Technology 

 Asse^ment Board on April 19, 1977. 



Sin 



Edward M. Kennedy 

 Chairman 



Sincerely, 



Marjorie S, Holt 



Vice Chairman 



