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scientific interest in part because it is the least dis- 

 turbed of marine habitats. The proposed conservation 

 regime, if effective, will moderate adverse environmental 

 impacts in accordance with the objective of maintaining 

 the health and long term productivity of the Antarctic 

 marine ecosystem. 



4. Summary of Major Alternatives Considered: 



Alternatives to the proposed negotiation of a complete 

 conservation regime are: (a) to seek no action to conserve 

 Antarctic living resources, (b) to pursue national action 

 for conservation of Antarctic resources with coordination 

 among nations, (c) to negotiate an international agreement 

 to collect, exchange and analyze data on the Antarctic 

 ecosystem with a commitment to later establishment of a 

 conservation regime, (d) negotiation of a conservation 

 regime, plus imposition of specific conservation measures 

 in the language of the agreement or imposition of a mora- 

 torium on harvesting until such measures are developed, 

 and (e) to negotiate an agreement prohibiting all harvest- 

 ing of living resources in Antarctic waters. 



5. Agencies and Parties from Which Comments Have Been 

 Requested; 



Comments on the draft statement were received from 

 the following: 



Federal agencies and Offices ; 



U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 

 Central Intelligence Agency 

 Department of Commerce 



National Oceanic and 



Atmospheric Administration 

 Council on Environmental Quality 

 Department of Energy 

 Department of the Interior 

 Marine Mammal Commission 

 National Science Foundation 

 Department of Transportation 



U.S. Coast Guard 



