. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. International NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES COMMISSION REGULATION OF NET-MESH SIZE IN SUBAREAS 3 AND 4 AGREED UPON AT OTTAWA MEETING: Acting on the advice of scientific advisers who predict heavier catches will result, the Commission approved the setting of minimum mesh sizes for cod and haddock fishing in Subareas 3 and 4 of the Convention Area (excepting terri- torial waters) where at present free fishing prevails. For Subarea 3, which takes in the Newfoundland banks and adjacent waters, the Commission recommended a 4-inch minimum mesh siz
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. International NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES COMMISSION REGULATION OF NET-MESH SIZE IN SUBAREAS 3 AND 4 AGREED UPON AT OTTAWA MEETING: Acting on the advice of scientific advisers who predict heavier catches will result, the Commission approved the setting of minimum mesh sizes for cod and haddock fishing in Subareas 3 and 4 of the Convention Area (excepting terri- torial waters) where at present free fishing prevails. For Subarea 3, which takes in the Newfoundland banks and adjacent waters, the Commission recommended a 4-inch minimum mesh size, while a 4|-inch mesh size was recommended for Subarea 4 which covers the Nova Scotian waters with the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy. The 4|-inch mesh size in Subarea 4 will be- come effective in 1956 provided approval is granted by member nations. The recommendation for different mesh sizes in the two areas is based on biological evidence which shows that the species grow more slow- ly and mature later in the more northerly Subarea 3. This agreement to regulate mesh sizes in subareas 3 and 4 was the highlight of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries at Ottawa ear- ly in June. Up to the present, the only fishing grounds in the Convention Area subject to mesh size regulations are Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine located in Subarea 5, where a 4|-inch mesh regulation has been in effect since July 1, 1953. This regula- tion applies only to haddock, but the Commission approved an amendment to make it applicable to cod as well. In order to avoid impairment of fisheries conducted pri- marily for species other than cod and haddock, the regulations, both proposed and in effect, permit the use of smaller mesh nets in all three subareas when fishing for ^ecies other than haddock and cod. A specified amount of cod and haddock taken incidental!}' in fishing for other species may be legally retained. Landings of all spec
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