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No U.S. regulations exist for sea scallops beyond the 
3-mile limit where most are caught. Attempts to introduce 
scallop regulations through the International Commission 
for Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF) have not yet been 
successful. In 1972 ICNAF passed a resolution recommend- 
ing the adoption of sea scallop regulations providing for a 
minimum harvestable shell size of 95 millimeters (3.8 inches) 
and an average count of scallop meats of forty units or less 
per pound. Canada objected to the regulations and filed a 
reservation followed by the United States, thus not binding 
either government to the ICNAF recommendation. Canada's ob- 
jection, according to an NMFS official, was based on the 
immediate adverse effect that the regulations would have on 
the Canadian scallop fishermen. The United States filed its 
