the biologic processes occurring in the ocean demands solution. 



The basic means and methods for further significant increases in 



the volume of the seafood catch from the World Ocean are beginning to be 



seen; successful employment of these means and methods would allow the 

 total catch to be at least doubled in the next 20-30 year. 



The biologic resources of the World Ocean can and should become the 

 primary source for satisfying the ever increasing demands of man for 

 aquatic animals and plants. However, this can be achieved only by 

 radical alteration of man's attitude toward utilization of the riches of 

 the sea. In addition to preservation and significant improvement of 

 traditional fishing, and its transition to a more scientifically 

 founded, efficient basis, allowing an increase in the present catch to 

 30-35 million tons and providing some stability for the fishing 

 industry, the most important methods for future and even greater 

 increases in total catch must be large-scale development of fishing for 

 objects at lower trophic levels (particularly krill) and the expenditure 

 of significant efforts toward the creation of farms for the growth of 

 aquatic species. 



Only by going over to highly productive fish farming in the seas 

 and oceans, by raising algae, invertebrates, fish, and by actively 

 increasing the biologic productivity of natural communities, can man 

 fully utilize the tremendous potential resources of the World Ocean. 



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