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 of the United Nations concerning <he legal 

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THE SOUTHERN OCEAN FISHERIES SURVEY PR0GRW1ME 



In view of the potential importance of the living resources of the Southern Ocean, the 

 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Governing Council approved in January 1976 a 

 preparatory phase of a Southern Ocean Fisheries Survey Programme, to be executed hy the 

 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The long-term objective of 

 the Programme is to improve the knowledge of the nature, magnitude and distribution of the 

 living resources of the Southern Ocean (South of latitude 45°S), with a view to assisting In 

 their eventuaJ. rational utilization. The immediate activities of the preparatory phase (to 

 continue until the end of 1977) include a review of the present information on the distribu- 

 tion and magnitude of the living resources of the Southern Ocean; a review and evaluation of 

 the present state of exploitation and utilization of these resources; and the establishment 

 of a system for regular compilation of statistical and other information about them. 



This report is one of a series prepared by FAO under the preparatory phase of the 

 Programme. It gathers together current knowledge on the magnitude and distribution of the 

 living resources of the Southern Ocean. Other reports in this series assemble current 

 knowledge on the technology of harvesting and on the utilization of krill. 



E.S. Holliman 

 Programme Co— ordinfttor 



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