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I-'itll utilization of the sea's food 

 potential irill mean conversion of 

 the ftshin;/ indiistru. tvorldicifle, into 

 a xei/nient of n modern food industry. 

 Through programs of the Food and 

 Ai/riciilturc Orfianixation. Daliomeii 

 fishermen (upper plioto/jrapli } u-ill 

 receive »rir vessels enuhling tlieni 

 to staij at sea for lonni^r periods, and 

 tlic aged market at Xew Amsterdam, 

 (lugana. irill be replaced hy a 

 modern center. 



tives to cxiKUui ('atches of underutilized 

 species. 



Most existin<r protinuus to regulate ti.sii- 

 eries, wliether national or international, seek 

 to limit exploitation to levels that provide the 

 inaxiniuni sustainable yield of the species in 

 question. Harvest in excess of these physical 

 limits will result in depletion of the resource. 



Underexjoloitation will al^^o result in perma- 

 nent losses to mankind because natural mor- 

 tality will eliminate the biologically surplus 

 fish." 



The preservation of the stocks should not 

 be the sole aim of fisheries management. In- 

 deed, it is nearly impossible to adhere strictly 

 to the maxinuun sustainable physical yield 



