Zeal ancl--Beryci formes, etc. In the neritic zone, most promising for the 

 development of fishing are the Engraulidae, Carangidae, Scombri dae, 

 sardines, and, in adjacent regions of the oceanic zone--sman tuna, 

 sauries, Myctophidae, Teuthidea and certain other species. Finally, in 

 the oceanic zone itself (in the epipelagic zone), the most important 

 objects for a developing fishery may be the large and small tuna, 

 marlins, swordfish, dorados, sauries, sharks, flying fish and squids. 

 Thus, the prospects for the development of world fishing can be rather 

 clearly seen--primarily due to an increase in the catch of pelagic 

 seafood. 



In spite of the exceptionally great quantity of certain species of 

 anchovy currently taken from the ocean, we can expect an intensification 

 of anchovy fishing off the coasts of Argentina and Mexico, which may 

 yield approximately 3 million tons. We should keep in mind that the 

 population of anchovies and sardines is subject to great fluctuations 

 and, therefore, the possibility must be considered of great, at times 

 catastrophic, decreases in the catch, as has occurred with the Peruvian 

 anchovy, Japanese and California sardines. There are doubtless 

 possibilities for increasing the sardine catch and the catch of similar 

 forms near the coast of Africa and Australia, and also of certain 

 species of Carangidae and Scombridae in various regions of the ocean. 

 There is every reason to believe that in the epipelagic zone of the 

 northern and southern areas of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, there 

 are large numbers of Sauridae, of which the northern Pacific saury, 

 perhaps, is the most numerous. If we can find effective methods for 

 creating artificial concentrations of this fish in open regions of the 

 ocean, where it is quite scarce, the saury catch may be significantly 

 increased. 



A significant increase in the catch may also occur by the 

 development of the catch of small tuna, the reserve of which is as yet 

 underutilized in many regions of the ocean. There is no reason to 

 expect a great increase in the catch of large types of tuna. The shark 

 catch can be doubled, but the total volume of this catch will not be 

 high in the near future. 



Among the pelagic fish promising for fishing purposes we must 

 include the capelin, flying fish, Australian salmon, dorados, 

 Myctophidae, etc. Fishing for squid seems quite promising, since the 

 reserves of this animal would allow its total catch to be increased by 

 many times. 



More intensive fishing for pelagic animals would allow an increase 

 in the catch by 20-25 million tons. 



1 . 3 Regional Placement of Marine Fish 



The geography of the world fishing industry, i.e., the use of the 

 raw materials base in various regions, like the fluctuations of the 

 numbers of commercially fished objects and the status of their reserves, 

 can influence the composition of the catch and the results of fishing. 

 Contemporary fishing-economy statistics are based on the division of the 

 World Ocean into statistical regions by the FAO. 



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