APPENDIX IV APPENDIX IV 
Trade policies 
According to NMFS, the Fisheries Ministry held an Inter- 
national Fisheries Exhibition in 1968 and in 1975. The pur- 
pose of these exhibitions was to increase exports of Soviet 
fishery products, fishing vessels, and equipment. About 
$286 million in contracts were signed between the Soviet 
Union and other countries. NMFS concluded that while trade 
with the Soviet Union is complicated its fishing industry is 
becoming more accessible to foreign companies through such 
exhibitions. 
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