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this case will be required to attempt to negotiate for continued United 
States shrimp and red snapper fishing off the coast of these countries. 
Public Law 94-265 provides for the prohibition of the imports of fisheries 
products from nations who refuse to conclude an agreeement permitting 
United States fishing vessels continued access to fishery resources if 
such United States vessels have traditionally fished in waters off the 
coast of foreign nations. It seems likely that these important prohibi- 
tions provided for in Section 285 in Public Law 94-265 will increase the 
difficulty in resolving problems for United States fishermen in such 
areas. 
14. The United States is a member of two multinational fishery 
commissions dealing with highly migratory species of fish such as tuna: 
the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and the International Con- 
vention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Because the majority of 
the efficient United States tuna fleet fishes almost entirely off the 
coast of foreign nations, it will undoubtedly be necessary to renegotiate 
the provisions of these two Conventions. Coastal nations involved will 
demand greater coastal state jurisdiction over tuna fishing vessels 
fishing within their 200-mile limit. On the other hand, United States 
law provides for international agreements regulating the conservation 
and management of these highly migratory species. One can predict again 
a prolonged period of negotiation and confrontation with coastal states 
off whose coasts our fleets fish tuna. 
-15. Two important marine conventions will be affected by the 
extension of jurisdiction to 200 miles. 
a. The International Whaling Convention (IWC) permits limited 
whaling in almost all oceans. Whaling nations such as Japan 
and the Soviet Union will be affected by extension of juris- 
diction since they take significant numbers of whales within 
the 200-mile limit of many coastal nations including the 
offshore waters of the United States; thus, modifications to 
the Convention will be necessary. In spite of these problems 
for the whaling nation, it appears that the IWC should continue 
in a modified form and will not require major modification in 
its mandate. 
b. The North Pacific Fur Seal Convention has been an effective 
means of conserving and allocating the harvest of Pacific fur 
seals. It may require some modification to take into account 
the coastal migrations of fur seals within the 200-mile limit 
of Asia and North America. However, it would appear most 
likely that this convention will continue with relatively 
little change in substance with respect to its charter. 
16. The 10 executive agreements between the United States and 
foreign fishing countries will for the most part not be continued much 
beyond March 1, 1977. These were negotiated to resolve specific problems 
and conflicts of a relatively transitory nature. During the transition 
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