done with any parts of the debris not sent to the Secretariat 

 for archiving. 



The Commission also considered and generally agreed on 

 procedures for authorizing and reporting the results of 

 experimental fishing, which otherwise would be prohibited by 

 conservation measures previously adopted, and for elaborating 

 a system of observation and inspection to give effect to 

 Article XXIV of the Convention. These matters, as well as 

 matters concerning stock assessment, identification and 

 adoption of necessary conservation measures, development and 

 adoption of a long-range conservation strategy and program of 

 work, and further elaboration and implementation of needed 

 research and monitoring programs, will be considered further 

 at the next meetings of the Antarctic Living Resources 

 Commission and Scientific Committee scheduled to be held in 

 Hobart from 26 October to 6 November 1987. To help prepare 

 for these meetings, the Marine Mammal Commission recommended, 

 by letter of 23 December 1986, that the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service organize and hold another meeting of the ad 

 hoc Scientific Working Group on the Antarctic before May 1987 

 to seek advice on scientific and technical matters to be 

 considered during these meetings and on the research program 

 being developed by the Service as required by the Antarctic 

 Marine Living Resources Conservation Act of 1984 (see below) . 



Development of a Directed U.S. Antarctic Marine Living 

 Resources Research Program — The Antarctic Marine Living 

 Resources Conservation Act of 1984 establishes the domestic 

 authority necessary for the United States to comply with and 

 implement the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic 

 Marine Living Resources. Among other things, the Act directs 

 that the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the 

 Secretary of State, the Director of the National Science 

 Foundation, and appropriate officials of other Federal 

 agencies, such as the Marine Mammal Commission, prepare, 

 implement, and annually update a plan for conducting directed 

 research necessary to effectively implement the Convention. 



In response to this directive, the National Marine 

 Fisheries Seirvice has prepared, adopted, and started to 

 implement a program development plan. The plan was developed 

 in consultation with the National Science Foundation, the 

 Marine Mammal Commission, other Federal agencies, 

 knowledgeable scientists in the U.S. and abroad, and 

 representatives of the U.S. fishing industry and public 

 interest groups. 



The Service received a $2,000,000 supplement to its 

 Fiscal Year 1987 budget appropriation to begin implementing 

 the directed research program outlined in its program 

 development plan. There are few ships capable of supporting 



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