* 

 Complete reliance on observers is impractical for many reasons, but 



the extent to which observers will be employed has not been determined, 

 to our knowledge, so that the potential contribution of this kind of 

 remote sensing technique cannot be assessed. The purpose of this dis- 

 cussion is to emphasize the point made in the Introduction with respect 

 to Table 1, namely, that extreme care must be taken in considering re- 

 mote sensing techniques out of the context of the overall enforcement 

 problem. 



The foregoing brief and oversimplified description of the enforce- 

 ment problem provides a basis for constructing the analysis framework 

 within which the remote sensing survey was conducted. This framework 

 was used both to bound the analysis in terms of enforcement functions 

 where remote sensing techniques appear to have a potential to contribute 

 to performance and to provide a basis for devising performance measures 

 suitable for comparing one technique with another. While it is clear 

 that in the process of bounding the problem for analysis some potential 

 remote sensing applications may fall outside the selected bounds and 

 thus may fail to be considered, the amount of time and effort allocated 

 to the survey required limitation of its scope. We believe that the 

 framework selected permitted considering all of the most important po- 

 tential applications of remote sensing as well as many of lesser impor- 

 tance. Furthermore if resources for a more thorough study of the en- 

 forcement problem become available, the survey presented here will pro- 

 vide a firm foundation from which to embark on a more comprehensive 

 examination of remote sensing technology and its application to enforce- 

 ment of the 200-nmi fishery zone. 



Refusal to accept an observer, intimidation of observers, and the 

 possibility of bribary or collusion are some of the more obvious draw- 

 backs to widespread use of observers. 



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