B-22 



I would certainly hope that if it turns out that krill 

 offers an important source of low-cost protein tnat protein 

 would be applied to world food needs in some rational way. 



We can't maKe that assumption yet and we can't write that 

 into a Convention yet. I would not like to see a Convention 

 which in any way precluded that or in any way asserted any 

 kind of exclusivity with regard to the question of resources 

 being limited to x number of countries. 



Finally, let me close by saying that there are just a 

 number of legal questions, juridical questions, raised by the 

 point of assuming that resources in what we would consider to 

 be high seas automatically have a common heritage kind of 

 component . 



MS. MITCHELL: May I make one point? I don't think you 

 need to proceed — or I don't think we're proceeding or sugges- 

 ting that you proceed -- on the assumption that krill will have 

 great potential for the developing countries. We just feel 

 that it's necessary now to leave the door open to the use of 

 krill later on for developing countries; and we feel that by 

 not stating it in the Convention, however general a provision 

 it may be, you are in fact precluding the option, because in- 

 vestment decisions are being made and capabilities are being 

 built up — plans are being laid — and it will be much harder 

 later on to introduce any form of accommodation in the 

 interests of the international community. 



THE CHAIRMAN: I don't understand your comments. Would 

 you rather be more precise in an action that you desire that 

 we undertake now? I would associate myself with Mr. Scully's 

 views. I mentioned when we discussed this question before 

 that I had no problem in leaving the Convention open to that 

 kind of an arrangement, should it be decided upon later. But 

 I personally had difficulty with the idea of bringing it 

 forward now as a negotiating idea. I certainly do not pre- 

 clude, and would personally favor, something equivalent to 

 that part of Recommendation IX-1 which sets the stage for it 

 and would allow it later. 



MS. MITCHELL: No, we're not suggesting that it be ne- 

 gotiated now. We're suggesting that the possibility should 

 be provided. 



THE CHAIRMAN: That causes me no problem. I just don't 

 want to have to say that certain language is inserted 

 specifically "for the purpose of". (Laughter) 



Any other comments? 



