This shift in effort from developed to developing 

 countries should result in approximately the same level 

 of effort during the next few years. The search for the 

 most commercially viable mode of operation described 

 above for squid jiggers will also be much in evidence 

 in this sector. 



Purse Seiners: Asian distant-water tuna purse 

 seiner effort should increase slightly. Although the 

 high-tech nature of this fishery may preclude near-term 

 Chinese involvement in diis sector, it is possible that 

 China will join this fishery by the year 2000. Should 

 access to the central South Pacific tuna purse seine 

 fishery become limited, it is possible that some distant- 

 water Asian purse seiners will move to Indian Ocean 

 skipjack and yellowfin grounds which remain relatively 

 unexploited. 



