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technology transfers tend to be highly specific and technical so that it is 

 impossible to specify at this time what data, if any, should be collected. 

 Given this high degree of specificity, such questions are best addressed by 

 special purpose studies. There are, for example, specific studies which 

 should be conducted in connection with developing herring and squid fisheries 

 in New England. In general, fisheries development studies must be inte- 

 grated. Aspects to be addressed may include the resource base, available 

 harvest and processing technologv', marketing and trade barriers (see subse- 

 quent discussion of fisheries development). In some fisheries, development 

 efforts might begin by bilateral agreements for U.S. vessels to harvest fish 

 and offload on foreign factory ships. 



2. Underutilized Species and Fisheries Development 

 (a) New England species 



The question of data needs to determine the potential domestic utili- 

 zation of fish stocks currently harvested by foreign fleets, or to determine 

 the residual which according to law has to be allocated to foreigners, do not 

 differ in kind from the data needed for domestic management of traditional 

 food fish species. However, the absence of an established fishery may 

 force different methodologies and analyses as discussed earlier. 



Extension of the United States fisheries limit to 200 miles, will have 

 different impacts on the fishing industry in the various regions of the 

 country. New England fishermen may be excluded from the eastern section of 

 Georges Bank if this section becomes Canadian "territory," but will have 

 excliisive access to most of the great resources of ICNAF-area 5, which in 

 years past have been heavily exploited by foreign fleets. 



Many of these fish stocks have been heavily overfished, however, and 

 considerable time may be required for stocks to rebuild to previous levels. 



