Differential Construction Subsidy Program. 

 Field servicing of applications for loans, 



mortgage and loan insurance, and vessel con- 

 struction subsidies will be increased. 



RESOURCE] MANAGEMENT 



The Regional resource management 

 agents, stationed in Gloucester and New 

 Bedford, Mass., and Portland, Maine, are 

 responsible for enforcement of all Federal 

 laws and regulations affecting management 

 of the North Atlantic fisheries. Two species, 

 haddock and cod, are now managed under 

 agreement with the International Commis- 

 sion for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries. 

 Resource management agents certify trawl 



SAFETY AT SEA 



The Region's Safety Officer, located at 

 Boston, performs services aimed at making 

 commercial fishing a safer enterprise. In addi- 

 tion to providing demonstrations of marine 

 safety equipment this program directly assists 

 industry to establish port safety committees 

 or to adopt other methods of effectively min- 

 imizing accidents. Future plans call for broad- 

 ening the scope of safety activities to permit 



nets for use in the fisheries, collect data on 

 use of these nets, and enforce existing regula- 

 tions. The education of industry in improved 

 management practices is an important part of 

 this program. The present rate of activity 

 will be continued. In the event the Regional 

 ICNAF responsibilities increase, the manage- 

 ment activities will be increased propor- 

 tionately. 



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collection and distribution of data on acci- 

 dents in the fishing fleet. This information 

 will be used to establish an accident fre- 

 quency rate for commercial fishing vessels, 

 with the objectives of identifying accident 

 areas and reducing such accidents. By such 

 actions we hope to lessen the extraordinarily 

 high accident insurance rates now in effect. 



OTHER ASSISTANCE 



In this Region, more assistance is needed 

 in several fields. Building new and modern 

 fishing vessels to replace the present aging 

 fleet should be encouraged. Educational ef- 

 forts need to be increased to make industry 

 more aware of how research findings can be 

 applied to existing commercial problems. 



More encouragement should be given to im- 

 proving the quality of seafood so that both 

 fishermen and processor can receive a higher 

 dollar value for their production. Present 

 methods of quality control must be strength- 

 ened so the American public can be assured 

 of receiving an even more delicious product 



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