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1 JOHN GLUDE 



2 the United States will Increase a mlniaiutn of 75 percent 



3 from the current 12-billion pound level to 21 billion 



4 pounds by the year 2000. If one takes into consideration 



5 the anticipated increase in income in the future, improve- 



e ments in the marketing and distribution system, the develop- 



7 ment of new products, improved quality and consumer 



g education, a realistic estimate of consumption of fishery 



9 products increases to 27.8 billion pounds by the year 



10 2000. This is about 130 percent of the present consumption. 



11 Many experts have attempted to estimate the 



12 potential world yield of marine fishery products, and 



13 conservative figures show that we are presently utilizing 



14 only a minor portion of the resources of the sea. But 

 these estimates, however, do not take into account the 

 consumer acceptance of species not presently utilized, nor 

 do they consider the geographical distribution of these 

 resources . 



We have already experienced intensive 



20 foreign competition for fishery resources along our coast, 



21 it has been pretty apparent in the last couple years. We 



22 ^re very aware of the difficulty of compecing against the 



23 huge government-controlled fleets of foreign nations. 



24 We are becoming Increasingly aware of the importance of 



25 maintaining and developing fish and shellfish production 



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