September 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



35 



International 



U.S.-U.S.S.R. TALKS ON FISHING OFF U.S. COASTS 



FISHERY DISCUSSIONS 

 CONCLUDED IN MOSCOW: 



Fishery experts of the United States and 

 the Soviet Union on July 30 concluded a week 

 of technical discussions in Moscow on prob- 

 lems relating to the conservation and use of 

 fishery resources off the U. S. coasts. The 

 two delegations agreed to recommend to their 

 respective Governments measures to allevi- 

 ate the short-term problems and to establish 

 procedures looking to long-term solutions. 



Among the recommendations was a pro- 

 posal that scientists and technical experts of 

 the two countries meet in Moscow the week 

 of November 13, 1966, to consider further the 

 problems of conservation and of rules gov- 

 erning fishing vessels on the high seas, with 

 respect to areas of both the Pacific and At- 

 lantic off the U. S. coast. Following this 

 meeting there would be a subsequent meeting 

 of representatives of the two Governments to 

 consider the conclusions of the scientists and 

 technicians and to decide on further measures 

 as might be indicated. 



The delegations agreed to recommend that 

 exchanges of fisheries personnel aboard fish- 

 ing and research vessels of the two countries 

 in both the Atlantic and Pacific areas be ini- 

 tiated within a month. It is expected that U.S. 

 participants in the exchanges would include 

 scientists, fishery management experts and 

 representatives of the fishing industry. 



It was also recommended that the Soviet 

 Government take action to ease problems a- 

 rising out of concentrations of vessels on 

 fishing grounds customarily used by Ameri- 

 can fishermen, with immediate attention to 

 the area off Oregon and Washington, A rec- 

 ommendation was also made that there be no 

 Soviet fishing within 12 miles of the Wash- 

 ington-Oregon coast, except for research 



vessels. The Soviet delegation agreed that 

 special instructions would be issued to the 

 Soviet fleet in this area reiterating earlier 

 instructions not to fish for salmon. 



The delegations also took note of problems 

 which had arisen in the Shumagin Islands area 

 of Alaska regarding conflicts between the 

 fishermen of the two countries arising out of 

 their use of different types of fishing gear. 

 It was decided that these problems should be 

 handled within the framework of an existing 

 agreement between the two countries govern- 

 ing similar gear problems in the Kodiak area. 

 (Department of State, August 3, 1966.) 



CODEX AUMENTARIUS COMMISSION 



EXPERT COMMITTEE ON 

 FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS 

 TO HOLD FIRST MEETING : 



The first meeting of the Codex Alimen- 

 tarius Expert Committee on Fish and Fish- 

 ery Products will be held in Bergen, Norway, 

 August 29-September 2, 1966. 



The Committee on Fish and Fishery Prod- 

 ucts was established under the Codex Alimen- 

 tarius Commission following the Commis- 

 sion's meeting in Rome in October 1965, to 

 coordinate and direct all work on the devel- 

 opment of international fishery standards 

 under the Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimenta- 

 rius Program. The Committee will be chaired 

 by Dr. O. R. Brakkan of Norway. 



The first meeting of the Expert Commit- 

 tee on Fish and Fishery Products will estab- 

 lish the guidelines and lay the groundwork 

 for future developmental work on the inter- 

 national standardization of fishery products 

 under the Codex Alimentarius Program. In- 

 cluded on the preliminary agenda for the 

 meeting is a report on work on international 

 standardization of fishery products done pri- 

 or to the establishment of the Expert Com- 

 mittee last fall, and discussions on the draft- 

 ing of standards for the following commodi- 



