. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 48 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 16, No. 11. International SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES DISCUSS SOUTH PACIFIC FISHERY PROBLEMS The Colombian official press bureau issued a statement by the Secretary Gen- eral of the Foreign Office on September 20, 1954, to the effect that the Government of Chile has invited representatives of the governments of Peru and Ecuador to at- tend a meeting in Santiago, Chile, in October to study the problem of the exploita- tion and conservation of the maritime resources of the South Pacific, states a U. S. Embass
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 48 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 16, No. 11. International SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES DISCUSS SOUTH PACIFIC FISHERY PROBLEMS The Colombian official press bureau issued a statement by the Secretary Gen- eral of the Foreign Office on September 20, 1954, to the effect that the Government of Chile has invited representatives of the governments of Peru and Ecuador to at- tend a meeting in Santiago, Chile, in October to study the problem of the exploita- tion and conservation of the maritime resources of the South Pacific, states a U. S. Embassy dispatch (September 22) from Bogota. The statement added that as Colom- bia had indicated an interest in the subjects to be discussed at the Santiago meeting, the diplomatic representatives in Bogota of the Chilean, Peruvian, and Ecuadorian governments had called upon the Colombian Foreign Minister. During this visit, it had been stated to the Foreign Minister that the three other governments would view with special satisfaction the adherence of Colombia to the basic agreements that they had previously reached on the subject. The Foreign Office statement con- cluded that the Ministry was studying the question. Although the provisions of the "basic agreements" between the governments of Peru, Ecuador, and Chile are not known, extensive jurisdiction over territorial waters may be involved. EUROPEAN NATIONS FAVOR THREE-MILE TERRITORIAL LIMIT The threq-mile territorial limit from low-water mark should be maintained universally was the unanimous opinion of a conference of European nations called by the Belgian Trawler Owners' Association in Ostend, Belgium, August 27. The conference also expressed its willingness to meet Icelandic representatives for talks on Iceland's extended territorial limit to seek a solution satisfactory to all concerned. The conference was attended by representatives of Great Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, and Western Germany and it was called
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