Julv 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



61 



International (Contd.): 



adjustment of the salmon net-fishing lines in 

 the northern area. This led to an understand- 

 ing that the countries would no longer be bound 

 by the net -fishing line agreements reached in 

 1957. 



At the close of the conference the Canadian 

 Delegation reserved the right for Canada to 

 extend its fisheries seaward where appropri- 

 ate in order to seek an equitable solution of 

 the major problem of interception by fisher- 

 men of one country of salmon bound for the 

 other which could not be resolved by attempts 

 to reach agreement on the inward adjustment 

 of salmon net-fishing limits. Canada gave the 

 assurance that unrestricted high-seas fishing 

 by Canadian fishermen would not be permitted 

 and that due notice of changes in pertinent 

 fishery regulations would be given to the U- 

 nited States. 



The United States Delegation stated that in 

 view of the Canadian reservation, the United 

 States reserved its right to redefine its sea- 

 ward salmon net-fishing lines as considered 

 appropriate. It also indicated that due notice 

 would be given to the Canadian authorities of 

 any proposed changes. 



The conference did agree that a research 

 program designed to provide more informa- 

 tion on the movement and intermingling of the 

 stocks originating in southeastern Alaska and 

 northern British Columbia should be initiated 

 as soon as possible. From such research it 

 is hoped that solutions to the unresolved prob- 

 lems can be found which are equitable and 

 mutually advantageous to -both countries. A 

 coordinating committee (composed of 2 U. S. 

 and 2 Canadian fishery officials) was named 

 to initiate the necessary exchange of infor- 

 mation and prepare proposals for cooperative 

 research for the consideration of the two 

 governments before October 1, 1966. 



The conference was discussed by the Ca- 

 nadian Fisheries Minister before a Canadian 

 House of Commons Committee on May 26, 

 1966. The Canadian Minister said: (1) while 

 Canada has reserved the right to extend sea- 

 ward the limits of net salmon fishing, no ac- 

 tion would be taken before the 1966 season; 

 (2) Canada would study the effect of the 1956 

 limitations imposed on Canadian fisheries; 

 and (3) Government and chartered vessels to 

 do research and tagging of salmon would be 

 sent out immediately. 



Note: See Comroercial Fisheries Review. June 1966 p. 50. 



SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES 



PROPOSED FISHING LIMITS AGREEMENT 

 FOR THE SKAGERRAK AND KATTEGAT SEA: 



Delegations from Denmark, Norway, and 

 Sweden met in Copenhagen on February 15- 

 16, 1966, to discuss a proposed Scandinavian 

 agreement on mutual access to the fisheries 

 in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat Sea after 

 the eventual extension of the fishing limits 

 of the three countries. This was a continua- 

 tion of Scandinavian discussions on the sub- 

 ject in Stockholm in May 1965. Since then, 

 fishing industry organizations of those coun- 

 tries have held meetings to discuss the prob- 

 lem. 



The Government delegates at the Febru- 

 ary 15-16 meeting agreed to recommend to 

 their governments that fishing vessels from 

 the 3 countries should continue to be allowed 

 to fish up to a distance of 4 nautical miles 

 from the coasts of the other countries in an 

 area bounded by a line between Hanstholm, 

 Denmark, and Lindesnes, Norway, and be- 

 tween Skagen, Denmark, and Tistlarna reef, 

 Sweden. 



At the same time, it was agreed between 

 Denmark and Norway that traditional Nor- 

 wegian fishing rights south of the line be- 

 tween Skagen and Tistlarna should be con- 

 tinued. Between Denmark and Sweden, it was 

 agreed that a Scandinavian agreement should 

 not affect the Danish-Swedish Convention of 

 1932 on fisheries conditions in the Kattegat. 

 (Regional Fisheries Attache for Europe, U.S. 

 Embassy, Copenhagen, Febr uary 24, 1966.) 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review . Jan. 1966 p. 65, Dec. 

 1965, p. 48. 



SOUTH AMERICA 



DISTRIBUTION OF BOTTOMFISH 

 OFF CHILE, PERU, AND ECUADOR: 



A fishery scientist of the Bureau of Com- 

 mercial Fisheries returned from a trip in 

 March 1966 to Chile, Peru, and Ecuador and 

 reported the following on the behavior and 

 distribution of bottom-dwelling species: 



(1) From Coquimbo, Chile, north to south- 

 ern or central Peru, bottom waters at depths 

 between 50 (164 feet) and 300 or 400 meters 

 (984-1,312 feet) reportedly are deficient in 

 oxygen and, consequently, demersal species 

 are scarce in that zone. A similar situation 

 occurs off northern Peru at depths between 

 30 (98 feet) and 100 meters (328 feet). The 



