B-10 



Iv'ational catch ana effort allocations 



Annual increases in national effort and eaten. 



At tne recent meeting in London of tne Antarctic Treaty 

 powers, the possioility of catch allocation was excluded. 

 This omission will seriously nandicap any attemots at con- 

 servation. The U. S. delegation _at Canoerra should reintro- 

 duce the principle of national catch and effort allocation 

 now and ensure that any institutional mechanism established 

 be empowered to raise the issue at a future date. 



3 . Decision-making . 



I'd like to stress as my closing point now in agreeing 

 with the Center that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 

 in describing the proposed Government action, does not ensure 

 that economic and other considerations will be prevented from 

 overriding scientific advice in decision-making. Furthermore, 

 we are not given sufficient guarantees as to the impartiality 

 of tne scientific advice which will be provided. 



We feel that more details are needed on the relationship 

 between the Commission and any standing scientific body. 

 Another question is: "Who will be responsible for the 

 scientific work and how will it be funded?" 



Another item on the decision-making is The Commission . 



We feel that clarification is required on decision-making 

 in the Commission. Decision-making should be open and all 

 information on which decisions are based should be made avail- 

 able to the public. 



Finance . 



More details are needed on the projected financial 

 arrangements. We note that the U. S. would support the 

 scientific research necessary to establish conservation 

 policies and that it would expect to contribute a share of 

 the running costs of the organizations. It is vital that 

 the Convention should seek a similar commitment from each 

 contracting party. In particular — and I stress this — 

 there must be a guarantee that all research work, including 

 the monitoring of non-target species which might be affected 

 by harvesting but are not of immediate economic interest, be 

 adequately financed on a long-term basis. 



