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this offshore fishery do not adequately reflect actual 

 catches. Until the maritime boundary is established the 

 Agreement provides that fisherm.en of each country may fish 

 for lobster in the disputed portion of Subdivision 5Ze with 

 no expansion of their directed fisheries for this stock. Thus, 

 since available supply would be maintained at recent levels, 

 no adverse impact is likely to result in the short term from 

 the proposed action. 



It should also be noted that, based on 1977 figures*, the 

 fishery resources affected by the Agreement**, in relation to 

 all fishery resources, comprise not more than ten percent of 

 the fish landed and ten percent of the total value of the 

 fisheries in the New England and Mid-Atlantic States. (See 

 figure 7) . 



*The m.ost recent year for which state-by-state statistics 

 are available. 

 **''Other Groundfish" are not included as "species affected"' 

 by the Agreement because the U.S. entitlement is 99% and 

 the U.S. has exclusive management authority for this cate- 

 gory in the U.S. zone. 



