FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 70, NO. 



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46" 



The Soviet Union will refrain 

 from concentratinp fishing 

 vessels In this area between 

 June 15-Sept. 15. 



The Soviet Union will refrain 

 from fishing In this important 

 sport fishing area landward of 

 the 110 meter (60 fathom) 

 isobath. 



The Soviet Union will refrain from 

 bottom trawling in these six zones 

 between the 200 and 600 meter 

 isobaths from: 



Dec. 15-April 30 



44" 



In addition, the Soviet Union 

 will not conduct a specialized 

 fishery for rockfish throughout 

 the year south of U8°10'N. 

 This conmitment extends to and 

 Includes waters off California. 



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 '.Crtmnt City 



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Figure 15. — Arrangements under ±he Unit- 

 ed States-USSR fisheries agreement (Feb- 

 ruary 1971), off the Pacific Northwest 

 (taken from Comemrcial Fisheries Review, 

 1971b). 



fishery zone in January 1966) . Japanese fishing 

 within the zone terminated at the end of this 

 period. 



Australia. — Australia declared, in 1968, a 9- 

 mile exclusive fishery zone beyond her 3-mile 

 territorial sea (including Territory of Papua), 

 and at the same time indicated that Australian 

 ports would in principle be closed to foreign fish- 

 ing vessels. The Japanese tuna longline fishery, 

 mainly for southern bluefin, would be aff'ected, 

 especially by the closure of ports. Tuna vessels 

 would have to pay license fees to fish in the ex- 



clusive fishery zone. Negotiations took over 3 

 months. As usual, the question of legality of 

 the claim was shelved, but the agreement reached 

 envisaged the phasing out of Japanese fishing in 

 7 years. Australia designated four ports for 

 Japanese tuna vessels to visit, each paying a 

 small fee. 



Indonesia. — In 1957, Indonesia claimed all 

 waters within her archipelago as internal waters 

 and started seizing Japanese tuna boats, partic- 

 ularly in the Banda Sea, which was an important 

 tuna fishing area for smaller longliners. An 



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