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--An increase in the preparation of high-quality marine 
fish produce and better packaging of fishery products. 
--Development of a wide scale network of shore based 
processing enterprises and trade and retail outlets. 
This should lessen the effects of a disproportionate 
investment in the fishing fleet over previous years 
and possibly correct the problem of poor distribution 
of processed fishery products. 
This 5-year plan indicates that the Soviet Union wants 
to increase the efficiency of the fleet and better utilize 
the harvest. An awareness of increaSing international quotas 
and expanding territorial limits is indicated by the Soviet 
goal to locate and develop new fishing grounds. The ability 
to do so could have a considerable influence on the growth 
of the Soviet fishing industry over the next 5 years. 
EFFECTS OF EXTENDED JURISDICTION 
The Soviet Union has not formally commented on the uni- 
lateral action of the United States extending its economic 
zone to 200 miles. Informally, the Soviet Union has indicated 
a willingness to abide by U.S. quotas for fish harvested. 
The most recent Soviet position at the Law of the Sea Con- 
ference was in support of a worldwide 200-mile economic zone 
in which coastal nations have sovereign rights to all re- 
sources within their respective zones. However, an additional 
qualification by the Soviet Union is that all nations should 
be allowed to harvest surplus fish and shellfish in these 
waters and that developing nations should receive compen- 
sation for allowing foreign nations to harvest in their 
waters. 
Because the Soviet Union harvests about one-half of its 
total fishery harvest in coastal waters of foreign nations, 
the Soviet government is concerned about future prohibitions 
to fish in these waters. On the basis of the Soviet position 
at the Law of the Sea Conference, the Library of Congress' 
Congressional Research Service concluded that there is a 
unified Soviet policy which covers the whole spectrum of 
Soviet ocean interests. The Congressional Research Service 
believes that this unified policy, which governs the Soviet 
position on the rights of navy, maritime, and fishing 
vessels, should help the Soviet Union in ocean-related 
negotiations. One of the basic positions of the Soviet Union 
is that all vessels should be afforded unhindered navigation 
through international straits. 
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