APPENDIX IV APPENDIX IV 
WEST GERMANY 
PRESENT SITUATION AND TRENDS IN THE 
WEST GERMAN FISHING INDUSTRY 
In an effort to make the fishing industry more efficient 
and competitive, West Germany implemented a fleet moderni- 
zation program. However, with some coastal countries extend- 
ing their territorial limits and international fishery 
management commissions limiting the amount of fish that may 
be caught, its modern long distance fleet is underutilized. 
West Germany's deep-sea fleet in 1974 harvested only 180.8 
million pounds of fish, although its 40 trawlers have the 
capability of catching 220.5 million pounds per year. Like- 
wise, the freezer trawlers produced only 167.5 million pounds 
of frozen fillets in 1974, although they have the capability 
to produce 264.6 million pounds per year. The four trawler 
companies making up the deep-sea fleet all suffered losses 
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The long distance trawler fleet is being forced to 
shift from its traditional fishing grounds to new grounds as 
a Gesulltt Of increasing srestrvetions by ‘coasital states!) Over 
the past 5 years the shift in catching activities in the 
North Atlantic has been away from the North American coast 
and toward Norway. West Germany recognizes her dependence on 
international developments and the need to protect her right 
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EFFECTS OF EXTENDED JURISDICTION 
As coastal countries establish extended territorial 
zones (200-mile limits), West Germany will try to have the 
limits of the zones and authorities of the coastal states 
precisely defined in international law so that objective 
enforcements can be made. Within this arrangement, West 
Germany will try to negotiate joint ventures under which its 
modern fleet can be utilized for the benefit of coastal 
states which do not have such capabilities, in exchange for 
the right to take some of the catch back to the West German 
market. West Germany feels that such an arrangement could be 
Made with the United States, expecially in view of U.S. 
difficulties in manning a modern deep-sea fleet and the 
failure of a recent U.S. venture into deep-sea freezer trawl- 
ing. West Germany also sees the possiblility of agreements 
with the United States for the exploitation of fish not 
harvested by the United States, such as hake off the Pacific 
Coast. 
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