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There is a number of actual and potential conflicts between countries 
over shared stocks but these can be dealt with bilaterally.}* 
As in the case of CECAF, the United States does not have any coastal 
area bordering on the Indian Ocean. However, with United States unilateral 
extension of jurisdiction over fisheries, other nations of this regional body 
May be encouraged to follow suit. 
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In the event of extensions to 200-mile Economic Zones all the 
demersal and shrimp resources will come under national juris- 
diction. Only the tuna resources will be outside the 200 miles 
yet,... it will not be possible to solve this problem in the 
Indian Ocean alone. Extensions of jurisdiction will increase 
the number of bilateral agreements concerning joint ventures 
and the setting of license fees and...they would accentuate 
the need for technical assistance in production, processing 
and marketing. For this reason the IOFC should play a much 
More active role than it has so far in promoting and coordi- 
nating national fisheries development activities.7° 
3. Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council (IPFC) 
The Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council (IPFC) was established in 1948 in 
to direct development and effective utilization of all species in the 
Indo-Pacific area. This involves some overlap with the IOFC and successful 
continuance of both organizations appears contingent on a clearer specifi- 
cation of the area of competence of each. 
Again, the United States does not have acoastline bordering on this 
particular region. However, United States unilateral extension of juris- 
diction might suggest to other nations in the regional area that they make a 
similar move. 
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The most urgent management problems are currently in the South 
China Sea. These involve some demersal species, particularly in 
the Northern Gulf of Thailand, some local shrimp stocks and the 
large tunas. Since extension of jurisdiction will have serious 
impacts on the world tuna fishery, this will also be an urgent 
problem, particularly in the Trust Territories Subregion. There 
is an additional problem in the case of the South China Sea which 
makes dealing with the management issue more difficult. This 
concerns the significant political differences between certain 
countries in the area. 
In order to make these changes certain modifications will have 
to be made in the Basic Texts of the IPFC. For instance the list 
of members will have to be expanded; a general formulation will 
have to be added to the current terms of reference giving the 
IPFC the capacity to make recommendations on any management 
Measures that appear to be necessary; in the terms of reference 
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