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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 9 



International (Contd.): 



ties : frozen fillet of Atlantic cod, haddock, 

 and ocean perch; frozen whole Pacific salm- 

 on; salted herring; salted cod; canned Pacific 

 salmon; canned sardines, sild, brisling, and 

 herring; canned bonito in brine; and canned 

 shrimp and prawns. 



JAPAN-COMMUNIST CHINA 

 PRIVATE FISHERIES AGREEMENT 



MEETING PROPOSED IN OCTOBER 1966 

 TO DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION: 



The Japan-China (Communist) Fisheries 

 Council proposed to the China Fisheries As- 

 sociation, headquartered in Peking, a meet- 

 ing in Tokyo in October 1966 to exchange 

 views between the two regarding implemen- 

 tation of the private Japan-China Fisheries 

 Agreement and to continue proper manage- 

 ment of the Agreement. 



This is based on the intention of industry 

 circles concerned which hope to promote mu- 

 tual understanding between the organizations 

 of the two countries, which are the parties to 

 the private Fisheries Agreement, by main- 

 taining mutual contracts not only at the time 

 of negotiations for extension of the Agreement, 

 but also during the validity period, so that the 

 safe operations of Japanese fishing boats in 

 the Yellow and East China Seas will not be 

 jeopardized under the influence of cold rela- 

 tions between Japan and Communist China 

 with the aggravation of the Vietnam war for a 

 background. 



The private Japan-China Fisheries Agree- 

 ment was concluded between the two above- 

 mentioned organizations to conserve the re- 

 sources of fish (such as sea bream, lobsters, 

 and yellow croaker) in the Yellow and East 

 China Seas and to maintain the order of oper- 

 ations between the fishing vessels of the two 

 countries, and the present Agreement, fol- 

 lowing the revision, of the previous Agreement 

 in December 1965, will remain in force until 

 December 1967. 



About 200 fishing vessels belonging to the 

 Japanese "isei" (west of Long. 130° E.) drag- 

 net fishery circles chiefly in Kyushu are en- 

 gaged in fishing in the Yellow and East China 

 Seas. During the validity period of the pre- 

 vious Agreement, the China Fisheries Asso- 

 ciation often pointed out violations of the A- 

 greement by Japanese fishing vessels. Par- 

 ticularly, in the negotiations for the present 



Agreement, the Communist Chinese sidefor- 

 miulated a stiff policy that "any Japanese fish- 

 ing vessels violating the 'Kato Line' (the no- 

 entry line for Japanese fishing vessels under 

 the Agreement) in the future will be subjected 

 to due measures bv the authority of the Chi- 

 nese coast guard.' 



In view of such a situation, it is observed 

 that there is much fear that if Japanese fish- 

 ing vessels violate the Agreement, serious 

 trouble will result. This is the reason that 

 the Japan-China Fisheries Council proposed 

 to the China Fisheries Association to hold an 

 extraordinary meeting in order to deepen 

 understanding on the part of the Communist 

 Chinese regarding the condition of observance 

 of the Agreement by Japanese fishing vessels 

 and to prevent trouble between the two coun- 

 tries. (Ni hqn Keiz a i , July 19 , 1966.) 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review . June 1966 p. 74, 



JAPAN-U.S.S.R. AGREE ON SCIENTIFIC AND 

 TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN FISHERIES 



TEXT OF AGREEMENT : 



This is the text of the U.S.S.R. -Japan a- 

 greement for Scientific and Technical Coop- 

 eration in Fisheries : 



1. Objective: The objective shall be to promote the improve- 

 ment of the fishing and the fisheiy products processing techniques 

 of Japan and the U.S.S.R., the elevation of the fishing produc- 

 tivity in various sea areas, and the conservation, increase, and 

 reasonable utilization of fisheiy resources, and thereby to conduce 

 to the future development of fisheries of the two countries. 



2. Items to be put into effect for cooperation in fishing: Ja- 

 pan and the U.S.S.R. shall, witli tlie above objective, put into 

 effect the following on the basis of the principle of reciprocity: 



(a) Exchange of scientific and technical infsrmation and 

 data concerning the following matters: (1) Marine products 

 catching techniques and aquatic foodstuffs production tech- 

 niques; (2) development of fisheries on the high seas and the 

 elevation of fishing productivity in various sea areas; (3) man- 

 agement of fishing fleets; (4) increase and culture of fishes to 

 be caught and liieir adaptation to environments; (5) investiga- 

 tion into fisheries. 



(b) Inspection of commercial fisheries and aquatic food- 

 stuffs production; and exchange of fishing experts for the in- 

 spection of scientific study activities in these fields. 



(c) Joint investigation of fishery resources in which both 

 sides take deep interest. 



(d) Coordination of study activities for fishery resources to 

 be conducted by the scientific and fishing organs of the both 

 sides. 



3. Ways to put into effect fishing cooperation: The various 

 items of scientific and technical cooperation concerning fishery 

 shall be put into effect in accordance with a plan to be worked 

 out and agreed in every year by both sides. 



It was reported that the Japanese intend to 

 propose that during 1966 the technical coop- 

 eration under item 3 above should provide for: 



