B-3 



ive're curious to know what the State Deoartment's 

 position IS, indeoendently of jargon phrases, and tnen to 

 aet really stronq responses on some orof it-shar mg either 

 oy a rent proposal -- as we suggested on December 20th — 

 or by capitalizing the ventures of interested Third World 

 nations, or by simply giving a percentage of the catch — 

 assuming that krill is caught and given to the less de- 

 veloped nations. 



These are a few of the concerns the Center and 

 the constitutencies that it represents have initially, 

 and we hope that you could address them now or address 

 them before you go to Canberra, so that the people who do 

 go to Canberra are armed with the information they need to 

 deal with it effectively there. 



MR. SCULLY: Let me, if I could, make a few pre- 

 liminary comments. One of the primary purposes of this 

 meeting is to receive views and to have our attention 

 drawn to areas where the EIS would need some further clari- 

 fication prior to negotiations. 



We may not have all the definitive answers, but I 

 think that if I understand correctly, you raised three 

 points — one with regard to the lack of clarity with re- 

 gard to the regulatory body itself, the organizational 

 structure . 



I would say that it's probably impossible to be com- 

 pletely specific about what kind of organization, what kind 

 of regulatory body, would come out of the negotiation of 

 this sort. There are probably a number of acceptable al- 

 ternatives, I don't think there is necessarily one road to 

 Rome in this instance. 



It is the United States view that an effective con- 

 servation regime, which we have indicated we support, re- 

 quires an effective organization, an effective regulatory 

 body, to fulfill the purposes of the regime. 



With regard to the question in Recommendation IX-2 

 of what kind of regulations an organization would apply, 

 we hope to write into ♦•he Convention an ecosystem approach 

 as the conservation standard. 



'T'hus there should be in the Convention a standard 

 which the organization, whatever its form, will be obligated 

 to follow in developing conservation measures. 



