animals which lead a pelagic mode of life and primarily inhabit the 

 highly productive neritic areas and the adjacent portions of the oceanic 

 zone. These are primarily sardines and other similar species, 

 anchovies, Carangidae, Sauridae, small tunas, Myctophidae, squids and 

 certain others. Judging from the level of use of these animals achieved 

 to date in some of the neritic regions of the ocean and data on their 

 distribution and population in other regions, we can assume the 

 possibility of a significant increase in their catch in all oceans, 

 particularly off the coast of Australia, in the northern, west-central 

 and east-central parts of the Pacific and southwest Atlantic oceans. 

 The prospects for the central oceanic regions are more limited. 



Judging from the status of the biologic resources of the World 

 Ocean, we can present the following, quite approximate figures for the 

 probable increase in the world catch of the most important groups of 

 ocean fish (Table 15) . 



Table 15. Probable increase in world seafood catch (t'10°). 



Group 



Pelagic species 



Engraul idae 



Clupeidae 



Carangidae 



Scombri dae 



Sauridae 



Thunnidae 



Euselachiae 



Teuthoidea 



Other 

 Benthic objects 



Gadidae 



Pleuronectidae 



Macruridea 



Other (including 

 invertebrates) 

 Total 



In most regions, the probable increase in catch will occur 

 primarily due to an increase in the catch of inhabitants of the upper 

 portion. of the slope and elevations of the ocean floor--macruri , 

 macruroni, hake, lemonema, etc., in warm-water regions of the shelf--due 

 to an increase in the catch of the numerous species of Carangidae, 

 Sciaenidae, etc. To a significantly lesser extent, we can expect an 

 increase in the catch of poutassou, saithe, haddock, pollock, cod and 

 hake. A significant increase in the total volume of the catch may be 

 accounted for by inhabitants of the waters of Australia and New 



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