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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 8 



International (Contd.): 



The main subjects on the agenda of the 

 Fourth Annual NEAFC Meeting were (1) re- 

 port by the Committee for Liaison with ICES; 

 (2) second report of the Committee on Inter- 

 national Control; (3) mesh size in the North- 

 ern part of the Convention area; (4) general 

 principles of effort regulation; (5) conserva- 

 tion of herring stocks in the Convention area; 

 and (6) use of topside chafers. 



The Committee for Liaison with ICES re- 

 ported that there was widespread failure to 

 achieve the Conimission's requirements with 

 respect to minimum mesh sizes and the use 

 of topside chafers. 



The report of the Committee on Interna- 

 tional Control included the question of mesh 

 regulation. Delegates agreed that there was 

 a need for early institution of international 



Argentina 



TUNA FISHERIES, 1960-1964: 



La Pesca de los Trinido s en la Republica 

 Argentina . ATlos 1960- 1964 (Fishing of Tuna 

 in the Argentine Republic), issued by the De- 

 partment of Fishery Investigations (Noventi- 

 ber 1965), reviews the activities of the Ar- 

 gentine tuna fleet for 1960 through 1964. Re- 

 ported are the catches made and the areas of 

 tuna fishing activity, which is still in the be- 

 ginning stages in Argentina. 



The tuna fishery started in 1959 as a joint 

 Japanese -Argentine enterprise with opera- 

 tions by the vessels Eisei Maru and Foca L 



Table 1 shows the catch of tuna by species 

 and by year for 1960-64. Albacore tuna was 

 by far the dominant species taken in the 

 catch, followed by big-eyed tuna. The fish- 

 ing method used was the long line. 



Table 1 - Argentine Annual Catch of Tuna and Related Species, By Species, 1960-1964 | 



Species 



1964 1 1963 



1962 1 1961 1 1960 I Total I 



lima: 

 Albacore. *•.•.••••..•■•••••. 



• ...••----------- IMptpir. Tons^ ....--.-_.... .-.-.-1 



1,492.8 



128.5 

 204.1 

 187.0 



1,546.5 



78.0 



270.7 



235.0 



749.1 



22.9 



105.5 



213.4 



1,471.9 

 25.3 



162.5 



1,802.3 

 1.9 



56.1 



7,062.6 

 256.6 

 580.3 

 854.0 



Yellowfin 



Bluefin 



Biq-eyed ••••••..••.. 



Total tuna 



2,012.4 



2,130.2 



1.090.9 



1,659.7 



1,860.3 



8.753.5 





507.9 

 14.2 



399.5 

 18.2 



196.2 

 14.2 



110.9 

 7.3 



281.2 



i;495.7 

 53.9 



Jnake mackerel 



Grand Total 



2,534.5 



2,547.9 



1,301.3 



1,777.9 



2,141.5 



10.303.1 



control, but there was insufficient time tore- 

 view the Committee report in detail. There- 

 fore, the NEAFC has called a special meeting 

 in London beginning November 15, 1966 (ten- 

 tative date), to discuss international control. 

 Member countries have been asked to submit 

 written comments before the opening of the 

 special meeting in London. 



Other developments at the meeting in- 

 cluded provisions for member countries to 

 submit their views by February 1, 1967, on 

 the problem of effort regulation so that this 

 subject can be discussed at the next NEAFC 

 annual meeting. During a discussion of top- 

 side chafers, hope was expressed that chaf- 

 ers could be completely forbidden by 1968. 



At the invitation of the French Government, 

 the Fifth Annual NEAFC Meeting will be held 

 in Paris, beginning May 9, 1967. (Regional 

 Fisheries Attache for Europe, U. S. Embassy, 

 Copenhagen, May 25, 1966.) 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , Aug. 1965 p. 64. 



For the purposes of this report, the fishing 

 areas have been divided into statistical rectan- 

 gles of 5° latitude and longitude as recommend- 

 ed by the "panel of experts of FAO in order to 

 facilitate investigations regarding the tuna". 



Table 2 gives the catch of tuna and related 

 species by statistical area for the South At- 



Table 2 - Argentine Catch y of Tuna and Related Species 

 By Major Statistical Area and Nmnber of Vessel Trips 



Statistical Area 



Catch 



Trips 



Catch Per Trip 



between lat. 30° and 35°. 

 long. 45° and 50°. . . . 



Metric Tons 

 984.9 



No. 

 16 



Metric Tons, 

 61.6 



Setween lat. 30° and 35°, 

 lonq. 50° and 55°. . . . 



2.552.5 



66 



38.7 



Jetween lat. 35° and 40°, 

 lonq. 50° and 55°. . . . 



1,685.2 



19 



88.7 



Jetweeu lat. 15° and 20°, 

 lonq. 20° and 25°. . . . 



2,584.4 



13 



198.8 



Between lat. 20° and 25", 

 lonq. 20° and 25°. . . . 



873.4 



6 



145,6 



Dther 



1,622.7 



16 



101.4 



Totals 



10,303.1 



136 



75.8 



1/Includes albacore, yellowfin, bluefin, and big-eyed tuna; 

 swordfish; and snake mackerel. 



S. DEPARTMEMT OF THE INTERIOR 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Sep. No. 770 



