research center for seafood products in 

 Russia. The project will be operated by the 

 Russian company PRIMAKVAPROM, from 

 Vladivostok, and an unnamed Chinese fish- 

 processing company. The main objective of 

 the center will be to promote harvests of 

 seaweed, king crab, scallops, oysters, sea 

 cucumbers, and other underexploited species 

 through modern scientific research. A 

 Chinese company will design and construct 

 the center. In compensation, China will 

 receive a 1,000 t fish catch allocation in 1993 

 and 1994 of an unknown species. 

 Construction is scheduled to begin in 1994.^^ 



Indonesia: The Khabarovsk Region kolkhoz, 

 PAMIAT LENINA, leased two seiners to the 

 Russo-Indonesian J/V VLADSINMETHOD, 

 LTD. for 100 days of shrimp and lobster 

 fishing in the Indonesian economic zone. The 

 contract, however, was apparently invalid and 

 the vessels were seized in July 1992 by the 

 Indonesian Coast Guard for illegal fishing. In 

 February 1993, the vessels were still being 

 held in the Indonesian port Merauke, while 

 the 33 Khabarovsk fishermen were finally 

 released in January and flown back to 

 Russia.^* 



Japan: Japanese and Soviet/Russian 

 fishermen fish in each other's zone under an 

 annual bilateral fisheries agreement. Under 

 the 1993 Agreement, non-fee quotas were set 

 for both countries at 171,000 t, an 11,000 t 

 decrease from 1992. An additional 18,000 t 

 (down 12,000 t from 1992) was allocated to 

 Japan for a $5.9 million cooperation fee, the 

 same as in 1992. Japanese negotiators 

 reportedly requested that 1993 allocations 

 remain the same as in 1992, but Russia was 

 determined to significantly decrease Japanese 

 allocations because of allegedly depleted 

 Alaska pollock, cod, and flatfish stocks in the 

 northwestern Pacific.^' 



With the dissolution of the former Soviet 

 Union, the number of Russia (former Soviet 

 Union)-Japan joint fishery ventures doubled 

 from 7 in 1989 to 14 in 1991. They involve 

 a wide range of activities, from herring roe 

 processing to crab pot fishing. Other joint 

 ventures in Russian waters include joint 

 fishing operations for Pacific cod and hair 

 crab, purchases of Alaska pollock at sea from 

 Russian fishing vessels, and joint seaweed and 

 sea urchin harvesting off Kaigarajima Island 

 off Hokkaido. The purchase of Alaska 

 pollock at sea from Russian vessels has 

 provided a significant supply for the Japanese 

 market, annually ranging between 5,000 to 

 70,000 tons since 1987. 



The largest of these joint ventures, 

 Pilenga Godo, involves several Japanese firms 

 which are assisting Russian companies in 

 salmon hatchery development. In July 1993, 

 the Russian-Japanese joint venture, Pilenga 

 Godo, will begin the construction of its fifth 

 Kamchatka hatchery, called Ketkino. The 

 hatchery is expected to be fully operational by 

 the end of 1993.'* 



Day-to-day bilateral fishery matters are 

 handled by a three-man Office of the 

 Fisheries Attache in Tokyo. 



New Zealand: The Nakhodka High-seas 

 Fishing Company (BAMR) and the New 

 Zealand company, Geo-Scales, established a 

 joint venture company called "BAMR-Scales 

 Pacific" in New Zealand. The Russians have 

 contributed 50 percent of the capital 

 investment with the ATLANTIK-class stern 

 factory trawler, the Poet, which will fish for 

 pautassou off New Zealand in the southern 

 part of the Pacific Ocean. The J/V will also 

 assist Nakhodka fishermen in finding other 

 joint venture partners, offer shiphandler 

 services, supply and repair Russian vessels in 



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