. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. International NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES COMMISSION SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING: The Seventh Annual Meeting of the Internation- al Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF) was held in Lisbon, Portugal, May 20-25, 1957. This is the first time that an annual meeting has been convened outside the North American continent. In the Convention of 1949 it was stated that annual meet- ings should be held in North America, but an amendment effected in 1957 made it possible to hold annual meetings in any of the member countries. The Annual
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. International NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES COMMISSION SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING: The Seventh Annual Meeting of the Internation- al Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF) was held in Lisbon, Portugal, May 20-25, 1957. This is the first time that an annual meeting has been convened outside the North American continent. In the Convention of 1949 it was stated that annual meet- ings should be held in North America, but an amendment effected in 1957 made it possible to hold annual meetings in any of the member countries. The Annual Meeting was preceded by a two-day meet- ing of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics. In the week following the Annual Meeting a joint workshop was held by FAO, ICES, and ICNAF to consider a series of problems relating to population dynamics and selectivi- ty of fish gear. Commissioners, most of them accompanied by ad- visers, were present. Observers attended from the Fed- eral Republic of Germany, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Conseil Permanent International pour I'Exploration de la Mer, the International Fisheries Convention of 1946, and the International North Pacific Fish- eries Commission. The German delegation of observers informed the Commission that the German Parliament had now ratified the adherence of Germany to the International Conven- tion for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries; and that when Germany, in the very near future, became a member of the Commission it would wish to have membership in Panel 1 (West Greenland). The Standing Committee on Finance and Administration proposed a budget for 1957/58 of C$45, 175; in the budget expenses were included for a superannuation plan for staff members to become effective during the year. The Commission a- dopted the budget. In the meetings of the five panels the research work carried out in the past year was reviewed and plans for future w
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