agreement on Law of the Sea is attained. NACOA recognizes that economic 
and other pressures may develop to such an extent that individual nations 
including the United States will take unilateral actions, especially with 
respect to resource exploitation. NACOA, therefore, urges consideration 
by the U.S. Government of suitable interim arrangements that will allow 
development of these resources to proceed, but at the same time will offer 
reasonable probability of meshing with eventual international agreements.” 
We advocate patience, especially in the matter of fisheries rights and 
jurisdictions, but not beyond 1975 if no international agreement is reached 
by then. This does not preclude negotiation or even appropriate legislation 
to relieve the pressure on species now being overfished. 
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