ANNEX 6 



Address 



by 



Peter Fithian, Chairman 



Board of Governors, Hawaiian International 



Billfish Tournament 



Aloha. I cannot tell you how delighted the billfish tournament is that you 

 are all here. I do not think that you should all stay in one room at one time 

 because if anything happened I do not know who else would be working on the 

 billfishes. Believe me this is very important to a lot of sportmen like myself. I 

 am sure in this room on Saturday morning that you will get many questions 

 and ask many questions that could throw a lot of light on a lot of subjects 

 which I am sure are near and dear to your hearts and ours. I sincerely hope 

 that as a result of the meetings here between scientists and sportsmen, we 

 will be able to provide all the channels of communication which I think have 

 been sorely lacking in this field. I have no background in science at all. I 

 managed normally to flunk chemistry and physics annually for a number of 

 years, but I do have some feel of how sport fisheries are organized in this part 

 of the world. I am delighted that so many of you have come to Kona. I extend 

 you a warm welcome to come to the pier, wearing your badge please, as it gets 

 a little hectic down there. If there are things you want to do with the fish, 

 please let us know so that we can make arrangements. After all we are told 

 you do not get them every day in your laboratory. We had nine marlin as of 

 noon today, so that means possibly we will have another half dozen before the 

 afternoon is over. Enjoy yourself, this is one of the great fishing areas in the 

 world and one of the very pleasantest places to be located. Aloha. 



ANNEX 7 



Text of Cable 



from 



F. E. Popper, Assistant Director-General 



Department of Fisheries 



Food and Agriculture Organization 



of the United Nations 



Rome, Italy 



"FAO extends best wishes for successful symposium which will contribute 

 greatly to improve knowledge on billfish biology and resources signed Popper 

 Assistant Director-General (Fisheries)." 



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