June 1963 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 55 International mittee (nonfund raising) to arrange for tours and visits to agricultur al, forestry, and fisheries areas, and private in­ dustrial plants . A third is the Communications Subcommit­ F1SH MEAL tee to work on preconference publicity within the United States. The fourth is a Hospitality Subcommittee to meet incoming delegates and assist them during the Congress, PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES, JANUARY 1963 : The World Food Congress is scheduled to open with the Member countries of the Fish Meal Exporters' Organiza­ usual Plenary Session and is divided into four Commissions: tion (FEO) account for about 90 perc ent of world exports of (1) Technical Commission; (2) Economic and Social Com­ fish meal. The FEO countries are Angola, Ic eland, N orway , mission; (3) Education and Research Commission; and (4) Peru, and South Africa/South-West Afric a. Commission for People's Involvement and Group Action, Production and Exports of Fish Meal by Member Countries Fisheries will be given consideration by each of those of the Fish Meal Exporters' Organization, January 1963 Commissions. One of the major items, for example, on the agenda for the Technical Commission will be "Nutritive January 1963 Jan.-Dec. 1962 Diets for Poorly Fed Peoples." This agenda item on nutri­ Country Produc - Ex- Produc - Ex- tion is further divided into: (1) Animal and poultry produc­ tion p orts tion ports tion; (2) Fisheries; and (3) Cultivation of legumes, fruits, and vegetables . • (Met r ic T ons) • . .. Guidelines given for the agenda subitem on fisheries are ~ng o la .. , .•.•.•• 2,596 2,893 32,758 32,558 as follows: Iceland 9,476 9,1 21 96,1 4 7 70,931 No rway : : : : : : : : : 3,659 8,187 120, 92 7 61,690 "The development of fishery resources and production Peru ......•..•• 145,659 147,236 1,1 20,796 1,065, 952 assumes a special significance in the context of increasing ~ o uth Africa (inc l. pressure on land. The collection and dissemination of S. W. Africa) .. 9,800 6, 755 201,219 1 92 , 931 oceanographic and biological data and the steps to be taken Total for it are important in this connection. Inland possibilities ...... 171,190 174,192 1, 571 , 847 1,424,062 form a separate study. Possible levels of yield with im­ proved techniques and combination with other land uses In January 1963, Peru accounted for 84.5 percent of total have to be studied. The combination of fish-farming with fish meal exports by FEO countrie s, followed by Iceland irrigated agriculture is an example. The transport of sea wlth 5.2 percent, Norway with 4.7 p e r c ent, South Africa with food to inland areas raises many technical and economic 3,9 percent, and Angola with 1. 7 p ercent. (Regional Fish­ problems ... enes Attache for Europe, United States Emb assy, Copenha­ gen, April 5, 1963.) INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION LOWER QUOTA FOR YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHERIES INCLUDED IN A GENDA OF CAUGHT IN EASTERN WORLD FOOD CONGRESS: PACIFIC PROPOSED: The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (United The United States Cong r ess, in Public Law 87-841 of Oc­ tober 18,1962, authorized the United States to host the Food States, Cos ta Rica, Ecuador, and Panama) at the April 16- and AgriCUltur e Organization 's (FAO) Wor ld Food Congress 17, 1963 meeting held in Panama, Republic of Panama, 10 WashlOgt on, D.C ., J une 4-18, 1963 . This will be a major closed its session with the following Resolution: : vent in FAO's worldwide Freedom From Hunger Campaign An d wlll hlghli~ht present and future world food problems. Having reviewe d its previous findings and recommenda­ ce remony wlll also be held to commemorate the founding tions respecting the need to curtail the catch and effort for of IrA 0 at Hnt Springs, Virginia , in 1943 . The United States y e llowfin tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, in order to re­ Wl lSS U~ a jOint Freedom from Hunger / Food for Peace com­ store the population of that species to a level where maxi­ ~emo r a tlv e s tamp in J une 1963 to coincide with the World mum sustainable catches may be again obtained, ood Congress opening . Having considered the additional statistics of catch and The President of the United States has appointed the trust­ effort, and other information for the year 1962, and ees of th e American Freedom From Hunger Foundation to Cserve as a C'1 tlz' en 'Hs ost Committee for the World Food Observing that the studies of its scientific staff indicate ongt ress, The Host Committee will work with a Govern­ that the yellowfin population remains substantially below rn en Comm 'tt be t , 1 ee on a rrangements for the delegates who will the level of abundance corresponding to maximum sustain­ aft endlOg the Conference. The Citizen's Host Committee able yield, that a prudent estimate of the sustainable yield has Our p' , 10 h' nnclpal s ubcommittees. One is a Travel and Fel- to be expected during 1963 is that it will not exceed 81,000 in ~s lp Subcommitte e which plans to raise funds to assist short tons . fro::: ~:~lng the tr ave l and attendance of representatives to pa t' .e lop lng countn es who otherwise would not be able Recommends to the High Contracting Parties that they r lClpate . Another is the Tours and P lant Visit Subcom- take joint action a s follows: 56 COMMER C IAL F ISHERIE S R E VIE W Vol. 25, No. ~ International (Contd.): June 15, 1964). The timing of the campaign has been designe d as near as possible to coin (1 ) E s t ablishment of a catch-limit (quota) on the total cide wit h the hydrogr a phic seasons in the are; catch of yeliowfin tuna by fishermen of ali nations of 81,000 tons during calendar year 1963, from the area previously defined in the Resolution adopted by the Commission on The northern bounda r y of the survey area May 17, 1962. will be Cape Roxo, Portuguese Guinea, and (2) Reservation of 2,000 tons of this yellowfin tuna quo­ the southern boundary will be the mouth of tn( ta for allowance for incidental catches when fishing for oth­ Congo River . er species, such as skipjack and big-eye tuna, after the closure of unrestricted fishing for yellowfin tuna. The survey will be conduct ed o n two char ~ (3) Opening of the fishery for yellow fin tuna on Janu­ tered French vessels. Both vesse ls are sid ary 1,1963; during the open season vessels should be per­ mitted to depart from port with permission to fish for any trawlers, about 35 meters (1 15 feet) in lengt tuna species, including yellowfin, without restriction on the with main engines developing 600 horsepowe quantity of any species, until the return of the vessel to port. A transect interval of 40 miles will be us (4) Closure of the fishery for yeliowfin tuna during 1963 in exploratory fishing operations. Within ea at such date as the quantity of tuna already landed plus the transect, 8 stations will be occupied at dept expected catch of yeliowfin tuna by vessels which are at sea with permits to fish without restriction reaches 79,000 tons. intervals up to 11 0 fathoms . When possible, trawling will also be attempted between 22 0 (5) After the date of closure of the fishery for yeliowfin tuna, vessels should be permitted to leave port with permis­ and 330 fathoms. Hydrographic obser vation.s sion to fish only for other species of tuna than yellowfin tu­ will be taken during the survey. na; but any vessel operating under such permission should be allowed to land not morf' than 15 percent by weight of yeliowfin tuna among its catch on any voyage. This limita­ The Scientific Committee for the Guinean tion should apply to each and every trip -Qn which the ves­ Trawling Survey plans to hold its next meet­ sels depart with permission to fish only lor other species ing in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during Mar ch of tuna than yeliowfin tuna, even though the vessel does not return to port from such a trip until after the end of the 1964. calendar year 1963. Note; See CommercIal Fishenes Review, November 1962 p. 59, August 1962 p. 56, and June 1962 p. 33. (6) Such action as may be necessary to obtain the coop­ eration of those Governments whose vessels operate in this fishery, but which are not parties to the Convention for the NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES CONVENTION Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Com­ mission, in effecting these conservation measures. JAPANESE VIEWS 0 REVISIO At the May 1962 meeting of the Commission beld in OF CONVENTION: Quito, Ecuador, an over-all quota for the Eastern Pacific area extending off the coast of North and South America On April 15, 1963, an authoritative Japanese economic between Eureka, Calif., and 30· S. latitude, a catch quota of daily carried the following report on preparation by Japa­ 83,000 short tons was recommended. nese Governmental agencies for talks on revision of the In­ ternational North Pacific Fisheries Convention. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATION "The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and F ishery Agency will begin full scale study this week on the problem OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC of revising the Japan- United States-Canada Fishery Treaty which is scheduled to expire in June. From the standpoint of freedom of the high seas and fair distribution of resources in GUINEAN TRAWLING SURVEY: the high seas, Japan will argue for a fundamental revision of The International Cooperative Investiga­ this treaty and strongly ask for the abolition or relaxation of tions of the Tropical Atlantic (ICIT A) will in­ 'voluntary restrictions' (virtually a ban) on Japanese fish­ ing for North American salmon, halibut in the Gulf of Alas­ elude a trawling survey in the Gulf of Guinea ka, and Canadian herring.