. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 38 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 14, No. 11 manager. There are 20 Russians and many Iranians (trained in Russia) employed in the company. Production last year totaled more than 110 metric tons of caviar and more than 5j000 metric tons of fish. The Iranian share of the company'sin- come in the best year has been only 5 million rials (US$153,850), from which 800,000 rials (US$24,608) was paid as a royalty at the beginning of the yearand the remainder counted as 50 percent general and 15 percent net profit to the company. In additio
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 38 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 14, No. 11 manager. There are 20 Russians and many Iranians (trained in Russia) employed in the company. Production last year totaled more than 110 metric tons of caviar and more than 5j000 metric tons of fish. The Iranian share of the company'sin- come in the best year has been only 5 million rials (US$153,850), from which 800,000 rials (US$24,608) was paid as a royalty at the beginning of the yearand the remainder counted as 50 percent general and 15 percent net profit to the company. In addition, Iran is entitled to 10 percent of the total produc- tion of caviar and fish. This was usually consumed internally, but the company sold France 2 metric tons of caviar last year for 10 million francs (US$28,575) and intends to sell France 10 metric tons of caviar this year, in spite of op- position by Russia who presumed that Iran's 10 percent share of the caviar was not for export. Japan UNITED STATES GIVES VIEl'JS ON TUNA EXPORT QUOTA; The Japanese Government on April 7, 1952, established a quota for the export of tuna to the United States for the period April 1952 to March 1953. Recently the Japanese Government in- formally advised the United States Government that they now wished to reconsider the quota in view of the marked decrease in the catch of tuna by American and South American fishing boats and also in view of the desire of American packers and canneries for additional supplies of frozen tuna from Japan, and inquired as to the views of the United States Government. In reply the Japanese were informed that the United States Government has never advocated or endorsed quantitative limitations on tuna exports from Japan to the United States and its Territories. While the Japanese were advised that the responsibility in this matter continued to rest with them, it was indicated that the elimination of these restrictions would be in accordance with the long- established
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