. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 23 zone. No catches were noted. Representa- tions have been made to the Japanese Gov- ernment concerning abstention of fishing in this zone. The Japanese press reports that about 9 vessels will continue 'exploratory' fishing in the area during 1969. Midatlantic Agreement No Soviet vessels were observed in the •no fishing' zone. Only 2 were seen in the Long Island loading and unloading zone. Violations of Fishing Limits On Feb. 8, 20 foreign fishing vessels were sighted inside the 9-mile contiguous zone. Eleven Polish and 4 So
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 23 zone. No catches were noted. Representa- tions have been made to the Japanese Gov- ernment concerning abstention of fishing in this zone. The Japanese press reports that about 9 vessels will continue 'exploratory' fishing in the area during 1969. Midatlantic Agreement No Soviet vessels were observed in the •no fishing' zone. Only 2 were seen in the Long Island loading and unloading zone. Violations of Fishing Limits On Feb. 8, 20 foreign fishing vessels were sighted inside the 9-mile contiguous zone. Eleven Polish and 4 Soviet vessels had fish- ing gear in the water. By the time a Coast Guard patrol arrived, all the vessels had moved beyond the 12-mile limit. The Polish fleet commander aboard Pomorze was warned that a repetition of the offense would result in seizure of the violating vessels. A few days later, most of the Soviet fleet had moved 40-50 miles offshore. GULF OF MEXICO & SOUTH ATLANTIC No foreign fishing vessels were reported. OFF CALIFORNIA No foreign vessels were observed fishing in Feb. The last report of foreign fishing here was in Nov. 1968. OFF PACIFIC NORTHWEST Japanese: One longliner was sighted; no catches were observed. In Feb. 1968, 7 ves- sels, including 2 long-liners, were seen in the area. Soviet: The first fishing vessel sighted in 1969 was a side trawler off Cape Flattery, Wash., in the second week of Feb. Fishing off Oregon in the third week, it was joined by another side trawler, and by a stern trawler in the fourth. In Feb. 1968, 13 vessels were sighted. OFF ALASKA Soviet: Vessels increased from 130 in late Jan. to 160 in Feb. The growth was in the flounder and groundfish fleets in the eastern Bering Sea. About 100 vessels were sighted in Feb. 1968. The eastern Bering Sea flounder fishery followed the pattern of previous years, when vessels increased from 50 to 70 during Feb. At month's end, there were 25 factory trawl- ers, 30 medium trawlers, 13 factory ves
Size: 2786px × 897px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., book, bookcentury1900, booksubjectfisheries, booksubjectfishtrade
