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I. Other Regional Fisheries Associations 
A. FAO Regional Bodies in which the United States Participates 
The FAO handles fisheries matters through its Department of Fisheries. 
In 1965 the Department organized the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) giving 
the FAO a policy-making arm with regard to the living marine resources of 
the world. Since its inception COFI has encouraged the growth of regional 
bodies to deal with fisheries matters and has participated in detailed re- 
view of FAO fisheries policies. 
In addition to COFI, eight regional bodies have been formed under the 
auspices of the FAO. They are the: 
1. Regional Fishery Advisory Commission for the Southwest Atlantic 
(CARPAS ) ; 
2. Fisheries Committee for the East Central Atlantic (CECAF); 
3. Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa; 
4, European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC); 
5. General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (GFCM); 
6. Indian Ocean Fishery Commission (IOFC); 
7. Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council (IPFC); and 
8. Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC). 
The United States is a member of four of these commissions: CECAF, 
IOFC, IPFC, and WECAFC. Since the scope of this paper deals only with the 
impacts of United States unilateral extension of fishery jurisdiction on 
international fisheries arrangements, the remaining four FAO regional com- 
missions will not be treated here. 
1. Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) 
The Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic was established 
in 1967. Its area of competence is the Eastern Central Atlantic between 
Cape Spartel and the Congo River and present members of the committee include 
28 nations. The main function of the Committee is topromote rational use of 
all species in the area via increased and better scientific research and 
more effective data collection and dissemination. Management responsibilities 
were assumed by CECAF in 1971 with the adoption of minimum mesh size regu- 
lations for sea bream and hake. 
Coastal areas of the United States do not border onthe area of compe- 
tence of this Committee. However, with United States unilateral extension 
of jurisdiction over fisheries, other nations of this regional body may be 
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