41. FNl. May 1993; and Russian Far East Update, May 1993. 



42. This vessel, belonging to tlie joint-stock company, Nevod (a spin-off of VBTRF), was detained by the Maldives 

 Coast Guard in mid-March 1993, on an Indian Ocean passage to Bangkok. Mr. Oleinik, a Deputy Chief of 

 VBTRF, claimed that the vessel was only passing by and not fishing. Primorye Fisherman, No. 13, April 1993. 

 In May 1993, TASS reported that the Maldives authorities released the Tellina after discovering that it was not 

 equipped for fishing, but was in reality used as a transport vessel. 



43. FNI, June 1991, September 1991, and October 1992. The only vessel matching this description on the ONI list 

 of Russian vessels is the Kaouri (TIVELA class, 1991, 2,129 GRT) which was reflagged to Liberia, but is still 

 owned by Russia. 



44. Information for this section was collected over the years by M. Kravanja, one of the authors of this report, and 

 was verified by the U.S. Embassies in various countries at the end of 1992. 



45. Kamchatka Fisherman, 30 October 1992. 



46. U.S. Embassy, Buenos Aires, 22 August 1993. 



47. For additional information see the Falkland Islands section in Vol. IV (Latin America). 



48. In the early years of the agreement, the Soviets were limited to 18 vessels and 180,000 t per year, and the 

 Government of Argentina was paid 3 percent of the export value of the catch. In 1990, the limits were dropped 

 to 15 vessels and 150,000 t, and the fee was raised to 15 percent of the export value. In 1991, the limits were 

 dropped further, 10 vessels and 100,000 t; they fell to 5 vessels and 50,000 tons in 1992. U.S. Embassy, Buenos 

 Aires, August 4, 1993. 



49. For details on the agreement see Jacobson and Weidner, "Argentine-Soviet fishery relations," op. cit., and 

 Jacobson and Weidner, "Soviet-Latin American Fishery Relations, 1961-89," International Fishery Reports, (IFR- 

 89/39), May 5, 1989. 



50. U.S. Embassy, Buenos Aires, August 4, 1993. 



51. The names of the two Russian- Argentine joint ventures were: Bospor S.A. and Latar S.A., according to 

 "Empresa mixta con U.R.S.S.," Redes, No. 57, 1991, p. 60. 



52. Moscow World Service in English, 26 October 1992. 



53. Primorye Fisherman, April 1993. 



54. Jacobson and Weidner, op. cit. 



55. For details see Jacobson and Weidner, op. cit. 



56. Russian radio broadcast, 1700 GMT, January 28, 1992. 



57. For details on the Soviet fishery Jacobson and Weidner, op. cit. 



58. N. Agtiero and Max and Vilma Conea, "Anilisis de Rentabilidad Relativa y Perspectivas de los Barcos 

 Factorias en Chile," in Teofilo Melo, ed., Estudios en Pesquerias Chilenas. Valparaiso: Universidad Catolica de 

 Valparaiso, 1985, p. 89. 



