abstention. Removal of this stock from tlie protection by abstention 

 required special interpretation of the present treaty. 



Evaluation of the legal, biological, and economic background of 

 high seas fisheries leads to the conclusion that future progress in 

 rational development of the northeastern Pacific fisheries will be 

 aided by continuation of the principle of abstention as outlined in 

 the present North Pacific fisheries treaty. Successful operation of 

 the commission, however, seems to require alteration of the treaty 

 to provide the commission with its own research staff and to charge 

 it with the responsibility of handling the problems posed by the 

 treaty and by the fisheries. 



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