November 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



33 



INTERNATIONAL 



U.S. and U.S.S.R. 

 Discuss Fishery Problems 



American and Soviet fishery experts con- 

 cluded a week of technical discussions on 

 July 30 devoted to problems of conservation 

 and the use of fishery resources off the United 

 States coast. The delegations agreed to rec- 

 ommend exchanges of personnel aboard fish- 

 ing and research vessels in Atlantic and Pa- 

 cific areas and suggested they begin within a 

 month. 



It was also recommended that the U.S.S.R. 

 take action to ease problems produced by the 

 concentration of vessels on fishing grounds 

 customarily used by American fishermen- - 

 with immediate attention given to the area off 

 Oregon and Washington. A recommendation 

 was also made that there be no Soviet fishing 

 within 12 miles of the Washington-Oregon 

 Coast, except for research vessels. The So- 

 viet delegation agreed that instructions would 

 be issued to the Soviet fleet in this area re- 

 peating earlier instructions not to fish for 

 salmon. 



The conferees noted the conflict in the 

 Shumagin Islands area where fishermen of 

 the two nations are using different types of 

 fishing gear. It was decided that the prob- 

 lem be handled within the framework of the 

 existing agreement covering similar gear 

 problems in the Kodiak area. 



The experts recommended that scientists 

 and technical experts meet in Moscow in mid- 

 November to continue their work. (State De- 

 partment.) 



International Pacific Halibut 

 Commission 



HALIBUT FISHING ENDS IN 

 AREAS 1, 2, 3A, and 3B 



The 1966 season for the main Pacific 

 halibut fishing areas ended at 6:00 p.m., 

 P.S.T,, August 25 for Areas 1 and 2; August 

 15 for Area 3A; September 17 for Area 3B. 

 The International Pacific Halibut Commission 



announced the closure to coincide with the 

 attainment of quotas: 23 million pounds for 

 Area 2; 33 million pounds for 3A; and 3.5 

 million pounds for 3B. (Area 1 is not subject 

 to quota.) 



Areas 3C and 4D (in the vicinity of the 

 Bering Sea) remained open until November 

 15, without catch limits. Area 4B was open 

 only from September 1-10. The other north- 

 ern fishing areas had only a spring season 

 this year. 



The 1966 season was 28 days shorter than 

 19 65 in Area 2 and 19 days in Area 3 A. The 

 1966 quota in 3A was down a million pounds 

 from 1965; Area 2's quota was the same as 

 1965. 



Fishing areas in 1966 were: Area l--south 

 of Willapa Bay, Washington; Area 2 --between 

 Willapa Bay and Cape Spencer, Alaska; Area 

 3A- -between Cape Spencer and the Shumagin 

 Islands; Area 3B--the Shumagin Islands to 

 Atka Island, not including the Bering Sea; 

 Area 3C--west of Atka Island, not including 

 the Bering Sea; Area 4A--the Bering Sea edge, 

 Unimak Pass to the Pribilof Islands; Area 

 4B--FOX Islands grounds, Bering Sea; Area 

 4C--between the Pribilof Islands and 175° W. 

 longitude; Area 4D--east of 175° W. longitude 

 and north of a line between St. Paul Island 

 and Cape Newenham and waters of the Bering 

 Sea west of 175° W. longitude; and Area 4E-- 

 the flats east of Area 4A and south of the 

 Cape Newenham line. 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , April 1966 p. 50, Nov. 

 1965 p. 41. 



Fish Oil 



WORLD EXPORTS SET RECORD IN 1965 



The world's gross exports of fish oil (in- 

 cluding fish-liver oil) set a record of 520,400 

 short tons in 1965--12 percent above revised 

 1964 total and slightly above previous high in 

 1963. The volume of exports was nearly 2i 

 times average annual exports in 1955-59. 

 This indicates a rather rapid rate of expan- 

 sion. Most of this expansion reflected in- 

 creased output in Peru, Iceland, Norway, and 



