FISHERY BULLETIN; VOL. 70, NO. 2 



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JAPAN PERMITTED LOADING 

 OPERATIONS WITHIN CONTIG- 

 UOUS ZONE OFF DESTRUCTION 

 ISLAND 



iCrays Harbor 



JAPAN WILL REFRAIN FROM TRAWLING 



AND LONGLINING IN THIS ZONE IN ,^:::::::::::;\s>wiiiapa Ha 



INTERNATIONAL WATERS LANDWARD OF 



THE ISOBATH OF 110 METERS (60 

 FATHOMS) 



j\ Asloria 

 Tillamook Head / Warrenton 



Garibaldi 



Portland! 

 Cape Lookout ^ Tillamook 



°^y f Willamette River 



Figure 13. — Arrangements under the Unit- 

 ed States- Japan fisheries agreement (De- 

 cember 1970), off the Pacific Northwest 

 (taken from Commercial Fisheries Review, 

 1971a). 



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eluding a long-term agreement which might af- 

 fect her position with respect to global negoti- 

 ations now being held. 



in the form of an international treaty effective 

 over a period of 5 years. This was a relatively 

 minor dispute. 



Mexico. — When Mexico declared, in 1967, a 

 3-mile exclusive fishery zone beyond her 9-mile 

 territorial sea, Japan entered into negotiations 

 with Mexico to protect her vested interest in tuna 

 longline fishing in waters between 9 and 12 miles. 

 There was no agreement on the legality of the 

 Mexican claim, but practical arrangements were 

 worked out so that, except in areas particularly 

 important to sport fishing, Japan was able to 

 continue longline fishing in waters between 9 

 and 12 miles without exceeding the amount of 

 effort in the previous years. The agreement was 



New Zealand. — New Zealand declared a 9-mile 

 exclusive fishery zone beyond her 3-mile terri- 

 torial sea in 1966. Japan entered into negotia- 

 tions with New Zealand to protect her longline 

 porgy ("tai") fishery within the newly claimed 

 area. The agreement reached in 1967 allowed 

 Japanese fishing to continue in waters between 

 6 and 12 miles without increasing the number of 

 vessels, nor their size, until the end of 1970 (for 

 5 years after the establishment of the exclusive 



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