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IX. COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES 



The United States presently has no commercial fishery- 

 interest in Antarctic waters. No commitment of personnel 

 or vessels for commercial harvesting is anticipated in the 

 near future. However, the possibility of future harvesting 

 is retained. 



Pursuant to a negotiated regime, the United States 

 expects to support the required scientific research which 

 will aid in the establishment of conservation policies. 

 The United States will continue to fund scientific research 

 in the Antarctic. 



The United States would expect to contribute a 

 share of the cost of running the regulatory organiza- 

 tion set up by the negotiated conservation regime. 



In the interim period before conservation regulations 

 can be established and enforced, some portion of fish and 

 krill populations will be removed from the ecosystem. 

 Limitations on harvesting ability, either technical and 

 economic considerations or some agreement for controls on 

 interim harvesting, will ensure that the impact of the 

 interim harvesting on the Antarctic ecosystem is minimal. 

 In addition, the resources which will be removed are 

 renewable, and so will not constitute a permanent loss 

 to the system. 



Resources which will continually be removed from the 

 Antarctic ecosystem as regulated by the established con- 

 servation machinery are renewable. The conservation regime 

 will minimize the adverse impacts of harvesting. 



