APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 
Following are examples of complaints expressed by indus- 
try representatives concerning U.S. management policies: 
--The U.S. Government does not have a strong fisheries 
policy. 
--The Federal Government has not managed the fisheries 
resource from 3 to 12 miles. The Government should 
enforce and manage the fisheries resource from 3 to 
200 miles. If left to the States to manage, they will 
favor their own residents. 
--Little or no stock assessment work has been done on 
groundfish because they have not been important in the 
past, and little funding has been available to do 
studies. 
International 
The International North Pacific Fisheries Commission has 
been helpful in preventing early and drastic depletion of 
living resources and has contributed to cooperation among the 
nations in gathering scientific information for stock assess- 
ment. However, the controls provided for within the con- 
vention have been insufficient to prevent Japan from expand- 
ing her groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of 
Alaska. Nonmember nations of the Commission (such as the 
Soviet Union and the Republic of Korea) have also seriously 
depleted some stocks. 
EFFECTS OF A 200-MILE LIMIT 
ON THE FISHERY 
Fishing by Japan, the Soviet Union, and other foreign 
nations in the Bering Sea and northeast Pacific has created 
many problems for U.S. fishermen. The major kinds of problems 
have been: 
--Resource depletion. 
--Preemption of fisheries resources and fishing grounds. 
--Destruction of, or interference with, fishing gear 
used by smaller U.S. vessels. 
Management actions to rebuild depleted stocks to pro- 
ductive levels are a prerequisite to developing some U.S. 
fisheries. Extended jurisdiction will provide the legal frame- 
work for taking needed management actions. 
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