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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 8 



Rep. Keith in extension of his remarks ( Congres - 

 sional Record . June 20, 1966, p. A3302), urged Mem- 

 bers of the House to concur in S. J. Res . 29 which 

 passed the Senate on June 7, 1966. This resolution 

 would authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior 

 to conduct a survey of the coastal and fresh water com- 

 mercial fishery resources of the United States, its ter- 

 ritories, and possessions. 



COMMODITY PACKAGING AND LABELING : Intro- 

 duced in House H. R . 15832~ ?Bingham). H. R 7 T5850 

 (Rooney of Pa.), H. R . 15856 (Thompson of N. J.), June 

 22, 1966; H. R . 15949 (Helstoski), H. R. 15958 (Udall), 

 June 27; H. R . 16002 (O'Hara of Mich.), H. R. 16010 

 (Burton of Calif.), H. R . 16014 (MoorheadrTJune 28; 

 H. R . 16163 (Dent), July 12; and H. R . 16207 (Conyers) 

 July 13; to regulate interstate and foreign commerce 

 by preventing the use of unfair or deceptive methods of 

 packaging or labeling of certain consumer commodities 

 distributed in such commerce, and for other purposes; 

 to Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 

 Rep. Thompson ( Congressional Record , June 22. 1966, 

 p. 13329) stated that his bill is identical to H. R . 15440 . 

 which was introduced June 2. by Rep. Staggers. He in- 

 serted in the Record a brief analysis of H. R . 15440 as 

 submitted by Rep. Staggers. 



House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com- 

 merce announced June 30, 1966, that it would conduct 

 public hearings from July 26 through Aug. 4, 1966, on 

 S. 985 , the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. 



ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION : In extension of his 

 remarks Rep. Blatnik inserted in Congressional Rec - 

 ord , June 14, 1966 (pp. A3 193-A3195), an article by 

 Rep. Richard D. McCarthy, N. Y., which appeared in 

 the first quarter of the 1966 Perspective publication by 

 Cornell University, titled "Challenge To Science For A 

 Cleaner America: Environmental Pollution." 



ESTUARINE AREAS -- NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ES- 

 TUARINE AREAS : S. 3528 (Kennedy of Mass.) intro- 

 duced in Senate June 20, 1966, to authorize the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior in cooperation with the States to 

 preserve, protect, develop, restore, and nriake acces- 

 sible estuarine areas of the Nation which are valuable 

 for sport and commercial fishing, wildlife conserva- 

 tion, recreation, and scenic beauty, and for other pur- 

 poses; to Committee on Commerce. Sen. Kennedy 

 spoke in the Senate ( Congressional Record , June 20, 

 1966, pp. 12951-12952) and stated this bill is similar 

 to H. R. 13447 which was introduced Mar. 9, 1966. He 

 stated that the bill provides for a nationwide study by 

 the Secretary of the Interior to identify the estuarine 

 areas which should be protected from further deterior- 

 ation. Such a study would pinpoint those areas that 

 warrant Federal acquisition and administration because 

 of their national significance. Further stated that un- 

 der this bill. States and their political subdivisions are 

 encouraged to acquire and administer estuarine areas 

 where the study reveals such acquisition and adminis- 

 tration to be desirable. The end result would be a na- 

 tionwide system of estuarine areas composed of Feder- 

 ally-acquired areas and those designated by the States. 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conserva- 

 tion of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish- 

 eries June 22, 1966, continued hearings on H. R . 13447 . 



FISHER IES PROTECTION: Rep. Pelly inserted in 

 Congressional TTecord June 27, 1966 (p. A3412), a re- 

 solution containing a 6-point program for the protection 

 and conservation of U. S. coastal fishery resources in 



the eastern North Pacific Ocean, recently adopted by 

 the Association of Pacific Fisheries, Deep Sea Fisher- 

 men's Union, Fishing Vessel Owner's Association, and 

 Northwest Fisheries Association, He stated the resol- 

 ution is realistic in that it points up the immediate 

 possibilities for resource protection by passage of leg- 

 islation to extend U. S. fisheries jurisdiction from the 

 present 3 miles to 12 miles, monitoring all foreign 

 fishing operations off our coasts and contacting foreign 

 governments to minimize or prevent international inci- 

 dents involving loss of gear, vessels, and possibly 

 lives. He stated that the other recommendations in- 

 volve long-range policy regarding international agree- 

 ments to extend fisheries jurisdiction beyond 12 miles 

 and recognition of the abstention principle for conserv- 

 ation. 



FISHERMEN'S PROTECTIVE ACT AMENDMENT : 

 S. 3499 (Magnuson and 1 other) introduced in Senate 

 Tune 15, 1966, to amend the act of August 27, 1954, re- 

 lating to the seizure of vessels of the United States by 

 foreign countries: to Committee on Commerce. Sen. 

 Magnuson pointed out in Congressional Record, June 

 15, 1966 (p. 12532), that bill is particularly applicable 

 to U. S. fishing vessels, a number of which have been 

 forcibly seized and detained by foreign governments 

 off the South American coast which claim territorial 

 seas of extraordinary width. Would amend the Fisher- 

 men's Protective Act so that the owner of any detained 

 American-flag vessel will be reimbursed by the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury for all costs, including demurrage, 

 in addition to reimbursement of any fine required. 



FISHING LIMIT OF 12 MILES : Senate Committee 

 on Commerce June 15,T566. reported with amendment 

 ( S. Rept . 1280 ), on S, 2218 , to establish a contiguous 

 fishery zone beyond the territorial sea of the United 

 States. 



S. Rept . 1280 , Twelve - Mile Fishery Zone (June 15, 

 1966, report from the Committee on Commerce, U. S. 

 Senate, 89th Congress, 2nd session, to accompany S. 

 2218), 18 pp., printed. Committee reported favoraEly 

 with amendment. Discusses purpose, legislative back- 

 ground, need, fishery jurisdiction of other nations, na- 

 tional defense, opposition, historic fisheries, enforce- 

 ment, cost, and changes in existing law. 



Senate June 20, 1966, passed with Committee amend- 

 ment, S. 2218 . Senators Magnuson, Bartlett, Saltonstall, 

 Kennedy (Mass.) spoke in the Senate ( Congressional 

 Record, June 20, 1966, pp. 12972-12978), in support of 

 this legislation. Sen. Magnuson inserted in the Record 

 an excerpt from the Committee report on this bill. AIsp, 

 he stated at one point in his remarks that he will in-^ 

 troduce a resolution to authorize an international corf- 

 ference on fisheries conservation. j 



House June 21, 1966, received Senate-passed S. 

 2218. 



Sen. Bartlett ( Congressional Record , July 13, 1966, 

 pp. 14843-14844) discussed the broad implications in- 

 volved in bills such as ^. 2218 , to extend U. S. fisliery 

 jurisdiction from the present 3-mile limit of its ter- 

 ritorial waters to 12 miles off its coasts. He stated 

 that this measure is of national and international im- 

 portance because it is involved in the development of 

 a sensible sea policy. 



