catch of charter foreign fishing vessels is approximately 

 60 percent of tlie entire catch in the New Zealand EEZ. 

 An estimated 100 foreign fishing vessels will be hired 

 under charter arrangements in the 1 992/93 fishing year. 

 Tliese vessels come from many countries, including tlie 

 ROK. New Zealand companies have benefitted greatly 

 from the use of chartered foreign vessels because they 

 have lower operational costs. The chartered vessel 

 catch is composed largely of groundfish species, such 

 as hoki and southern blue whiting, and squid. ^^ 



Because the entire New Zealand squid quota is now 

 allocated strictly to New Zealand companies, it is 

 difficult to obtain precise information on the niunber of 

 ROK jiggers being chartered by New Zealand 

 companies. It is clear, however, that there is still a 

 significant number of ROK jiggers active in this 

 fishery. 



Papua New Guinea: The ROK-PNG agreement 

 allows ROK tuna vessels access to PNG fishing 

 grounds, calls for the promotion of joint fishery 

 ventures, and provides for the exchange of fisheries 

 experts. In 1991, 35 ROK tuna vessels caught 

 approximately 75,000 t of tuna in PNG waters. During 

 the most recent round of negotiations held in October 

 1992, the ROK and PNG were unable to reach 

 agreement because the PNG wanted to reduce the 

 niunber of ROK vessels by 20 percent over the next 

 three years and raise the access fee by 12.2 percent.^' 



E. Africa/Middle East 



Mauritania: The ROK originally concluded a 

 fisheries agreement with Mauritania in 1983. Tlie 

 agreement granted 13 ROK vessels an allocation of 

 50,000 t of fish between 1983-86 for a fee of $3 

 million.'" It is unclear whether this agreement remains 

 in force, but there is one fisheries joint venture called 

 COMACOP (Compagnie Mauritano-Coreeime de 

 Peche) which is still in operation.^" 



Oman: ROK trawlers are fishing for demersal 

 species such as hairtail and croaker off the coast of 

 Oman. A total of 8-10 ROK trawlers, 50 meters long, 

 were reportedly fishing off the coast of Oman in June 

 1993." 



Seychelles: ROK tuna longliners have access to 

 Seychelles waters under an individual licensing 

 aereeinent.^ The most recent data indicates 88 ROK 



longliners were licensed in 1990", a significant decline 

 ft-om the 1988 figure of 127 ROK longliners.'" 



Yemen: ROK companies reportedly had 

 agreements with Yemen to fish in the Yemeni EEZ, 

 but these agreements have expired because the ROK 

 companies refused to fonii joint venture companies." 



F. Latin America 



Argentina: In tlie southwestern Atlantic, twenty 

 ROK fishing companies are forming joint fishery 

 ventures with an unknown number of Argentine 

 companies. Tlie principal ROK companies involved in 

 these joint ventures are Daerim and Samlio while some 

 of the Argentine companies include Harengus, Mellino, 

 and Antirtida Pesquera Industrial (API). Over 30 

 ROK jigging vessels will participate in the joint 

 venture. ROK squid jiggers have been operating in the 

 southwestern Atlantic (off the coast of the Falkland 

 Islands and elsewhere outside the Argentine 200-niile 

 EEZ) for several years. The ROK Government is 

 trying to assist its distant-water fishennen who have 

 difficulty gaining access to fishing grounds by offering 

 special import privileges to foreign joint venture 

 companies involving ROK participation.'" 



Chile: The ROK signed a technical cooperation 

 agreement in 1969 which focused on the fishing 

 industry. Officials agreed in principle during 1975 to 

 conclude a fisheries cooperation agreement which 

 provided for krill trawling off Chile, technical 

 assistance, and joint ventures. The ROK Government 

 has requested, but not received, fishing allocations 

 from the Chilean Government. 



Falkland Islands: ROK catch in this area was 

 negligible until 1986 when the total Atlantic squid catch 

 exceeded 50,000 t for the first time (appendix i). 

 Catch has continued to increase and exceeded 175,000 

 t in 1991. Most of the ROK vessels operating off the 

 Falklands have been fishing under contract with 

 British-Falklands joint ventures. 



ROK squid jiggers were represented by an 

 organization called KOSAC (expansion unknown) in 

 access negotiations with the United Kingdom until 

 1992. In September 1992, a new organization. 

 Southwest Atlantic, was fonned to represent the 25 

 ROK companies involved in tliis fishery. During the 

 October 1992 access nesotiation. Southwest Atlantic 



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