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term productivity. TAC's v.-ore set tcjo high tor certain 

 species anr' not set at all for others. Tn addition, TAG ' s 

 set for individual species did net alv/ays take sufficient 

 account of tlie L^ycatch of those soecies taken incidentally 

 ir directed fisheties tor other species. 



Ixperience under ICNAF reflects the har^'-ful impacts 

 that can flow frcin il) intense corrpe tit ion among countries 

 for shares of United resources, (2) too i^uch: emphasis on 

 current uses of fishery resources at the expense of future 

 uses, and (3) inadequate or incomplete panacen'ent systeirs. 

 After extendinq their jurisdiction over fisheries to 

 prevent further depletion of these resources, the United 

 States and Canada now rnust agree on how shared resources 

 are to be conserved and r.ianaged lest they repeat the 

 " tragedy of the commons". The proposed action would provide 

 principles and procedures for doina so. 



Because fisheries ranagement is a dynai^ic process, 

 it must have the flexibility tc resfx^nd to changes in the 

 biological status of the stocks and to profit from 

 increased scientific knowledge. The Agreement provides in 

 Article VII for anending annual management measures for 

 Cateqory A stocks (those jointly managed) and Category B 

 stocks (those where one country or the other has prim.ary 

 management responsibility). buch amendments could be 



