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(15) With respect to catch and fishing effort on pollock in the east- 

 ern Bering Sea east of 1S0°00' and north of 55°00' N between 180°00' 

 and 170°00' W and north of the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian 

 Islands east of 170°00' W, the Japanese representative stated that the 

 number of mothership and North Pacific trawl vessels of Japan to 

 be licensed to fish pollock will not exceed the 1'971 level in 1975 and 

 1076 and that the annual catch of pollock by these vessels combined 

 will not exceed 1,100,000 metric tons in 1975 and 1976. 



(16) With respect to catch of groundfish other than pollock in the 

 eastern Bering Sea east of 180°00' and north of 55°00' N between 

 1S0°00' and 170°00' W and north of the Alaska Peninsula and the 

 Aleutian Islands east of 170°00' W, the Japanese representative stated 

 catch of Pacific Ocean perch and blackcod by the mothership, North 

 Pacific trawl vessels of Japan combined Avill not exceed 160,000 metric 

 tons in 1975 and 1976. The amiual catch of groundfish (all species 

 combined) by the landbased dragnet fishery in this area will not ex- 

 ceed 35,000 metric tons in 1975 and 1976. 



(17) With respect to catch of fish in the Aleutian area of the Bering 

 Sea and of North Pacific Ocean, south of 55°00' N between 170°00' E 

 and 170 °00' W, the Japanese representative stated that the annual 

 catch of Pacific Ocean perch and blackcod by the mothership, North 

 Pacific trawl and longline fisheries of Japan combined will not exceed 

 9,600 metric tons and 1,200 metric tons respectively in 1975 and 1976, 

 and that the annual catch of groundfish (all species combined) by the 

 landbased dragnet fisherv vrill not exceed 8,500 metric tons in 1975 

 and 1976. 



(18) With respect to catch and fishing effort on herring in the east- 

 ern Bering Sea, the Japanese representative stated that, in 1975 and 

 1976, the number of gillnet vessels to be licensed to fish herring will 

 not exceed the 1971 level and their annual catch of this species will 

 not exceed 3,000 metric tons. Pie also stated that, in the above period, 

 the number of trawl vessels to be licensed to fish herring will not 

 exceed the 1969 level and their annual catch of this species will not 

 exceed 15,000 metric tons. 



(19) The Japanese representative stated that the 1974 regulations 

 of Japan with respect to the sea snail fishery in the eastern Bering- 

 Sea will continue to be applicable in 1975 and 1976. 



(20) The Japanese representative took cognizance of the existing 

 bilateral agreements of the United States with the Soviet Union, Po- 

 land and Romania with respect to certain species of fish in the Mid- 

 Atlantic area on the high seas off the coast of the United States. The 

 said representative stated that the target species of nationals and ves- 

 sels of Japan operating in the area concerned consisted mainly of 

 such species as butterfish, squid and argentine, species which are 

 not covered by the above-mentioned bilateral agreements, and that his 

 Government would provide to said nationals and vessels of Japan 

 necessary guidance to pay due regard to avoid the harvest of those 

 particular species protected by the above-mentioned agreements so 

 as not to impair the objectives of the existing bilateral agreements. 



( 21 ) The Japanese representative stated that nationals and vessels 

 of Japan engaged in fishing operations off the United States Atlantic 

 coast north of Cape Hatteras have not heretofore engaged and will 



