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An so on... from Voroshilovgrad ‘““We won’t accept or pay for 
this fish’ —from Lutsk ‘‘We refuse the fish supplies’”—from Krama- 
torsk “Don’t load the scad, mackerel, herring, sardines, hake and 
caselin—we won't pay for it.” 
But from the sea the vessels loaded with fish send disaster signals: 
“Unload!” “‘Take away the fish! We’re incurring losses!” 
The Ministry of Fisheries of the U.S.S.R. devised a plan according 
to which Chernomorrybpromsbyt was supposed to send to Ukrainian 
cities in the second quarter of the year 1,800 tons of scad and 
mackerel and 6,500 tons of hake. However, Glavprodtorg of the 
U.S.S.R. Ministry of Trade devised a plan for the same period and 
for the same cities by which they were supposed to receive 8,000 
tons of hake and 800 tons of scad and mackerel! 
The U.S.S.R. Ministry of Fisheries devises a production plan for 
fish canned in oil. Glavprodtorg distributes them. But Ukrmiasorybtorg 
sends out directive No. T-—60-154 with the signature of the assistant 
director L. Solonichenko with the following: ““Don’t send the mackerel 
and scad canned in oil. We’re overstocked.” 
In the document No. T-60-530 Comrade Solonichenko was even 
more laconic: “‘Don’t send fish canned in oil.”’ 
Questions arise: Why is it like this? Why should fish be sent to 
those who don’t need it? Perhaps instead of sending it to Zhitomir 
and Chernigov, why not send the fish to Cheliabinsk and Mag- 
nitogorsk? Or to Perm’ or to Dushanbe? 
Incidentally, this very same Chernomorrybpromsbyt did not return 
even one centner*® of fish back to the ocean and in the end found 
buyers. Obviously the suppliers of trading organizations need to look 
more often at the interior, at the rural localities and should organize 
the sale of fish from special trucks. 
N. Kvitko. 
Translated by T. Sanz, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. 
APPENDIX 3 
SOVIET VIEWS ON LAW OF THE SEA ISSUES 
The United Nation’s Law of the Sea (LOS) Conference convened 
its third substantive session in New York City on March 15, 1976. 
Many of the major issues of this conference were presented prior 
to its opening in the Soviet daily Pravda in an article entitled ‘“‘Détente 
and the World’s Oceans”’ by S. Pavlov. According to Pavlov’s article, 
the Soviet Union’s official policy in regard to international law of 
the sea stems from the increasing use of the oceans by all countries 
of the world. The development of international cooperation on the 
high seas depends largely on the procedure for law and order that 
is established to control the world ocean environment. To establish 
such a procedure is the main task of the United Nations Law of 
the Sea Conference. 
Among the most important LOS issues is the problem of extension 
of the Territorial Sea. The Soviet Union, according to the Pravda 
article, advocates a 12-mile territorial sea for every country. World- 
wide claims of a 200-mile territorial sea would result in 40 percent 
4° Centner equals 100 kg. 
