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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



International (Contd.): 



A major theme of the symposium on elec- 

 trical fishing was the use of electricity in (1) 

 stud3dng the density of fish populations, and 

 (2) for control and management of inland fish 

 stocks. Eleven papers were presented. 



Proper feeding methods was the principal 

 theme of the symposium on inland trout and 

 salmon culture with 13 papers presented, in- 

 cluding contributions from. Japanese, Ameri- 

 can, and European fish culturists. 



During the session a working party met to 

 study the effect of water temperature on aquatic 

 life. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 

 Rome.) 



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SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC 

 REGIONAL F ISHING CONFERENCE: 



The third meeting of the Regional Advisory 

 Com.mission on Fishing for the Southwest At- 

 lantic (CARPAS) was held in Montevideo, 

 Uruguay, April 25-29, 1966. The Member 

 Countries of this FAO regional fisheries body 

 are Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. 



A principal accomplishment of the meeting 

 was the approval of a system to create uni- 

 form statistical reporting. This system de- 

 lineates the geographical and oceanographical 

 area for the statistical purposes of CARPAS 

 and establishes a uniform classification of 

 fish species by common name. 



The ocean area to be covered by CARPAS 

 extends from the Straits of Magellan north to 

 the Caribbean shores of Brazil and eastward 

 to the mid-South Atlantic. 



A recommendation was also made that 

 Bolivia and Paraguay be invited to join the 

 CARPAS organization. 



An intangible result of the meeting was 

 that the participating countries had an op- 

 portunity to exchange views and discuss com- 

 mon and particular problems. Members of 

 the FAO delegation hope that the meeting will 

 stimulate the members to work harder to de- 

 velop their fishing industry and resources. 



Dr. Victor H. BertuUo (Uruguay), the new 

 President of CARPAS, will preside at the 

 next meeting to be held in Rio de Janeiro. 

 (U. S. Embassy, Montevideo, May 5, 1966.) 



SALMON 



UNITED STATES -CANADIAN 

 PACIFIC SALMON PROBLEMS: 



United States and Canadian fishery offi- 

 cials and industry representatives met in 

 Seattle May 17-20, 1966, to give further con- 

 sideration to salmon fishing problems of 

 common concern in the Pacific Northwest, 

 British Columbia, and Southeastern Alaska. 



The discussions in Seattle followed two 

 previous rounds of negotiations --one held in 

 Ottawa in April 1966 and a prior one held in 

 Washington, D. C, in October 1965. The 

 earlier discussions also centered around Pa- 

 cific Coast salmon problems of mutual con- 

 cern. 



The intermingling of salmon en route to 

 their home streams through territorial wa- 

 ters of both countries has led to a disagree- 

 ment. The Canadian position is that to the 

 extent possible the net -fishing limits of each 

 country should be used as a tool to minimize 

 the harvest by one country of salmon bound 

 for the rivers of the other country. The po- 

 sition of the United States is that the two 

 countries must not only consider the origin 

 of the salmon caught by fishermen of the 

 respective countries but that they must re- 

 spect the historic fisheries of the two coun- 

 tries in seeking an equitable solution to the 

 problem. 



The Canadians suggested that the solution 

 to the problem lay in drawing inward the sea- 

 ward limits of net fishing off the coast of 

 Alaska and in waters of northern British 

 Columbia. It was their view that this would 

 minimize the capture by fishermen of either 

 country of salmon bound for streams of the 

 other country. The Canadians presented the 

 United States with modified lines designed to 

 accomplish this objective. The United States 

 maintained that their important historic fish- 

 ery off the west coast of Southeastern Alaska 

 would be eliminated by the adjustment of net- 

 fishing lines as suggested by Canada. The 

 United States for its part presented net -fish- 

 ing lines which would draw inward the sea- 

 ward limits of fishing in Southeastern Alaska, 

 but would preserve historic fisheries found 

 in that area. Canada was unable to accept 

 these lines because they permitted continued 

 interception of Canadian-bound salmon. 



Because of these differences, the con- 

 ference was unable to reach agreement on 



