To further reflect the increasingly important role of food from the sea in the world diet, a Committee 

 on Fisheries, consisting of representatives of 30 member nations, was set up to review the work of the 

 Department of Fisheries, to deal with fishery problems of an international character and to promote 

 international cooperation in fisheries. Among its members are the senior fishery officials of all the 

 important fishing nations of the world, except the Soviet Union. 



At its first meeting in Rome, December 5-17, 1966, the Committee on Fisheries undertook to assess 

 the effectiveness of existing arrangements for international fisheries management, including the existing 

 regional fishery commissions. The Committee has also considered problems of the rational utilization of 

 the pelagic fishery resources of the Indian Ocean, the fisheries of the Middle and South Atlantic and 

 marine pollution. 



In connection with FAO's preparation of an Indicative World Plan for Agricultural Development, the 

 Department of Fisheries has undertaken to provide material on potential production of food from the 

 oceans and inland waters. 



FAO also operates through numerous sub-bodies: 



— Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council (IPCF) 



-General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (GFCM) 



—Southwest Atlantic Fisheries Advisory Commission (CARP AS) 



—Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission 



-Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic 



—Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research (ACMRR) 



We describe below those FAO related organizations to which the United States belongs. 



It was generally thought that the original FAO Fisheries Division was not effective as a coordinating 

 body for fisheries research or development of world fisheries. Some optimism, however, has been 

 expressed by United States officials about the prospects of the FAO Fisheries Department.'*" These 

 prospects may be somewhat dimmed by the fact that the Soviet Union is not a member of FAO. 

 However, the Ministry of Fisheries of the Soviet Union is cooperating with the FAO Department of 

 Fisheries. 



Nevertheless, men acquainted with the FAO's work in fisheries continue to express doubt that it will 

 ever be as effective as it should be, so long as it remains within FAO which, it is claimed, is dominated 

 by interests primarily concerned with land agriculture. 



In fiscal year 1968, the United States contributed $811,472 to the fisheries work of FAO.'"' In 

 fiscal year 1969, its contribution was increased to $1,025,082 and this same amount is expected to be 

 contributed in fiscal year 1970. In each of these years, the United States contribution accounted for 

 approximately 30 per cent of the total FAO expenditures on fisheries, which amounted to $2,543,800 

 in fiscal year 1968, $3,213,425 in fiscal year 1969 and $3,213,425 (expected) in fiscal year 1970. 



In addition, the United States contributed $3,400,000 to the UN Development Program work in 

 fisheries administered by FAO in each of the fiscal years 1968 and 1969 and is expected to contribute 

 the same amount in fiscal year 1970. This contribution will account for 40 per cent of the total 

 expenditures for this purpose of $8,500,000 in each of the fiscal years in question. 



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McKeman, supra note 106, at 12-13. 



The data in the text were suppUed by the Department of State. 



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