Atlantic lobsters will allow the catch to be increased in a number of 

 regions. 



The annual catch of Echinodermata is about 70,000 t, of which some 

 60% consists of sea urchins. 



Marine vegetation--algae and marine grasses--are taken in large 

 volumes from the shallow waters of the World Ocean (about 1.2«10" t) , 

 about 70% being grown and taken in Japan. 



As concerns the whales, due to the great decrease in the population 

 of the largest toothed whales--the blue whale, fin whale and humpback 

 whale--in recent years fishing for smaller whales has been developed, 

 primarily the sei whale and minke. The total weight of whales caught 

 decreases from year to year. 



This, in general terms, is the current volume and composition of 

 the catch of seafood in the World Ocean. 



The current level of intensity of utilization of the reserves of 

 most traditional hunted objects in the World Ocean, in many cases, is 

 quite high, but in many regions it can be significantly increased. 



Analysis of the information we have presented shows that the 

 intensity of commercial utilization of most of the main commercial 

 species of fish, particularly the cod, sea perch, plaice and herring, 

 which are the most sought-after fish in the northern hemisphere, has in 

 most regions reached or almost reached its limit, and any increase in 

 the catch will occur only as a result of an increase caused by such 

 natural factors as may increase the population of individual generations 

 making up the total world population. This is particularly true of the 

 northwestern and northeastern sections of the Atlantic, and the northern 

 and north-central sections of the Pacific. Naturally, the catch of such 

 demersal fish as the macrourus pollock, Arctic cod. Pacific cod and 

 certain other benthic fish may be increased even here. However, this 

 increase will be relatively slight and can only compensate for the 

 decrease in results of fishing in the most important regions to a small 

 extent. 



The greatest increase in the catch of benthic fish can be expected 

 primarily within the tremendous area of the Falkland-Patagonian 

 shallows, where the catch of hake, poutassou, macrourus and certain 

 others may become as great as 3 million tons. The New Zealand plateau, 

 the eastern and southern coasts of Australia and the Pacific coast of 

 South America represent smaller, though still significant possibilities 

 for increasing the catch of benthic fish. All remaining regions in the 

 World Ocean can provide only a slight increase in the catch of benthic 

 and deep-water fish in comparison to the levels already achieved. The 

 total possible increase in the catch of benthic and deep-water 

 inhabitants within the relatively shallow areas of the World Ocean may 

 be about 4-5 "lO" t, of which most will come from the regions which we 

 have already mentioned. A significantly greater increase in the catch-- 

 up to 17-20 'lO" t--can be expected from the catching of fish and other 



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