herring, plaice and halibut, the resources of which are already being 

 quite intensively exploited. The significant possibility for 

 development of saury fishing in the open regions of the ocean from the 

 north coast of Japan to the Pacific coast of the USA is indicated by the 

 information from fishing research studies and prospecting work 

 undertaken in recent years. 



The total volume of the catch in the North Pacific Ocean can be 

 significantly increased by fishing for pelagic species (saury, capelin, 

 sand eels, squids, etc.), the reserves of which are still underutilized. 



The central portion of the Pacific, from 40°N1 to 10°S, includes 

 water from Japan and New Guinea to California and Central America. In 

 the western part of this region, primarily in the littoral zone, 5 

 million tons of fish, invertebrates and algae are taken, over 8% of the 

 total world production. A tremendous assortment of animals and plants 

 is taken here, including Sciaenidae (large and small yellow perch), 

 anchovies, Scombridae, Carangidae, Thunnidae, Clupeidae, Euselachiae, 

 rays and other fish, as well as squid, octopuses, cuttlefish, bivalves 

 and Gastropod mollusks, shrimp, lobsters, crabs, sea urchins, 

 Holothurioidae and other invertebrates, the share of which, for example 

 in the Japanese catch, is as high as 30%. Furthermore, large quantities 

 of bivalve mollusks are raised off the coast of Japan, then used as food 

 and for the production of pearls, and as much as 500,000 tons of seaweed 

 is raised as food. 



The high biologic productivity and utilization of the most varied 

 representatives of marine fauna and flora have led to the fact that the 

 total fish production on the shelf along the east coast of Japan is as 

 high as 1,300-1,500 kg/km^, in the pelagic zone--l, 200-1, 300 kg/km-^, 

 i.e., significantly greater than the equivalent figures for most other 

 regions of the World Ocean. Some increase in the volume of the catch 

 here is possible, by intensification of the fishing of saury, horse 

 mackerel, anchovies, small tuna and squid, and also by organization of 

 catching of myctophids. 



In the east central Pacific, near California, Mexico and Central 

 America, fishing is relatively little developed, not nearly 

 corresponding to the resources of this region. Only about 1 million 

 tons is taken from this region, primarily tuna, marl in, mackerel and 

 some benthic species of fish, the production per unit area being only 

 about 20 kg/km^. However, tremendous accumulations of anchovies have 

 been found here, allowing a catch of over 1 million tons per year, as 

 well as large populations of mackerel, squid, pelagic crabs and certain 

 other organisms, organization of production of which could increase the 

 catch in this region to at least 2.5-3.0 'lO" t. 



South Pacific. The oceanographic mode, peculiarities of the 

 composition of the commercial fauna and its distribution in the 

 southeast Pacific are determined to a great extent by the influence of 

 the cold Humboldt current and the Peruvian coastal upwelling. Here we 

 find one of the most numerous fish populations in the World Ocean--The 

 Peruvian anchovy, which has yielded in certain years, catches of as 



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