Many commercially important marine species are also important to sport fishing, 

 now increasingly recognized as a major element in fisheries management plans. 

 Shown here is the winning catch of the 1971 U.S. Atlantic Tuna Tournament. 



Salt-water "angler-days" for 1970 totaled 113,694,000, with greatest par- 

 ticipation centered on the heavily populated Atlantic coast. These and 

 similar statistics are guiding the design of Federal programs for addressing 

 allocation problems between commercial and sjx)rt fishing interests. 



Of concern to the U.S. fishery is the increasing competition offshore from 

 foreign fishing fleets. In February 1972, for example, more than 550 foreign 

 fishing vessels and fishery-support ships were sighted, most of them off 

 New England, the Middle Atlantic States, and Alaska. 



The United States is party to 15 international fisheries agreements. To 

 insure observance of fishing regulations and treaties by both foreign and 



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