SOUTH KOREAN FISHERIES 



Exploratory fishing by South Korea in the North 

 Pacific and Bering Sea in 1966 presages the entry of that 

 nation into the fisheries off Alaska. The initiation of a 

 groundfish trawl fishery and a liigh-seas salmon fishery 

 by South Korea appears to be highly potential 

 developments. 



A vessel from Pusan National Fisheries College left 

 South Korea in mid-July 1966, and from early August 

 until late September conducted exploratory fishing off 

 Alaska. The area of operations was along the Aleutian 

 Islands, in the western Gulf of Alaska, and in the eastern 



and central Bering Sea as far north as St. Matthew 

 Island. Types of fishing included trawling for groundfish 

 and sampling salmon on the high seas with gill nets. 



It was reported that the data collected during the 

 exploratory expedition would be analyzed by South 

 Korea to determine the feasibility of beginning a factory 

 sliip-type fishery in the North Pacific and Bering Sea. No 

 future plans were announced by the end of 1966, but it 

 was reported that a South Korean official had traveled 

 to western Europe in late 1966 and had obtained a 

 source of financing for factory ships and trawlers. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The author has written this report largely from 

 information gathered by the entire staff of the Office of 

 Enforcement and Surveillance in the Alaska Region of 

 the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Ronald C. Naab's 



knowledge of the subject, suggestions, and 

 encouragement were particularly helpful. Sid 0. Morgan 

 prepared the figures. 



Figure 19.— Principal fishing grounds and points of reference, Alaskan area. 



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