TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Abstract v 



Foreword ........... vii 



Introduction 1 



International LA^v and the High Seas Fisheries ... 5 



History of the Northeastern Pacific Halibut Fishery . . 12 



History of the Northeastern Pacific Salmon Fisheries . . 15 



International North Pacific Fisheries Commission . . . 18 



Biological Basis of Fishery Management 19 



Economic Basis of Fishery Management 24 



Unique Character of the North Pacific Fishery Problems . 27 



Japanese Fishing Policy 30 



Qualifications for Abstention . . . . . . . 33 



A Scientific Staff for the International North Pacific 



Fisheries Commission ........ 43 



Conclusions 47 



References 51 



Appendix 57 



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