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management regime for the area. 



Our critical role in this effort has been to supply expertise and 

 information about the pollock resource and its trends and state- 

 of-the-art means of fisheries monitoring and enforcement. We 

 have hosted a number of international scientific meetings to 

 collect and assess the data that have been so critical to the 

 negotiations. We plan to host a further pollock symposium in 

 early 1994. In addition, the experience we gained in deploying 

 satellite transmitters on large-scale pelagic driftnet vessels on 

 the high seas of the North Pacific was successfully transferred 

 in gaining the agreement of the donut hole fishing countries to 

 require the use of transmitters on their vessels. 



The Department of Commerce (Department) places a high priority on 

 successfully concluding the ongoing negotiations toward an 

 appropriate, long-term conservation and management regime which 

 serves our substantial interests for pollock in the donut hole. 

 We will continue to work closely with the other countries, all of 

 whom have agreed to make every effort to conclude the negotiation 

 process during 1993. 



Mr. Chairman, I will now offer a few remarks on the matter of the 

 United States joining the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 

 Organization (NAFO) . NAFO is the successor organization to the 

 International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries. 



