FAO Fisheries Reports, No. 58

Report of the Third Séssion of the

COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES

Rome, 24-30 ApriI 1968

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONSRome, 1968

FAO Fisheries Reporte, 2o. 58 4d/1L58 (En)

REPORT

of the

THIRD SESSION OP THE COMITT ON FIS

Rome, 24 - 30 April 1968

D AND AGRICULTURE ORGïjIZTION OP

Rome, July 1968

.1: UNITED NATIONS

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For bibliographic purpoee, thie document may be cited as follows;

FAO. Report of the third. session of the committee on fisheries, Rome,1966 24 - 30 April 1968. FAO Fish,Rep., (58):32 p.

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30 April 1968

!Ir, Maurice GemsyslPrsiden Independant du Conseil

Dear Sir,

I have the honon? to transmit to you herewith Çhe Report of theThird Session of the Conmittee on Fisheries which uas hld in Romofroi 24 o 30 Lipril 1968.

Tours faithfully,

Babacar DiopChoirm

Committeo on Fisheries

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CONTENTS

REPORT OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE CONNITTEE ON FISHERIES

OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED BY THE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THEFAO CONFERENCE AND BY THE COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AT ITSSECOND SESSION

(a) Future of World Fisheries Abetracts 58

Par gr

INTRODUCTION i -, 6

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS CONSIDERED BY THE FOURTEENTHSESSION OF TIlE FAO COEHENCE

Membership in the Committee on Fisheries 7 8

Amend.ment to Rules of Procedure of the Committeeand. to statutes of its subsidiary bodies

RUlOS of Procedure of the Committee on F..thsries 9

Statutes of COFI subsidiary bodies; number end].nth of sessions

(c) Funo-tione of the Committee on Fiehs

(d) Sea-area fishery commissions

GENERAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN FISHERIES

(a) International programs of marine arid. thiaziciinvestigation and. developmen-t and support forregional fishery bodies

(b) Long-term problems of cooperation among inter-.national agencies concerned. with the oceano(UN Resolwtion 2172) - Resources of the Sea 19

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PROBLEMS AND ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL FISHERY BODIESESTABLISHED WITHIN THE FRAMEWOIK OF FAO 28 - 31

OTHER RGENT PROBLEMS OF RATIONAL UTILIZATION OFFISHERY RESOURCES..

(a) Southeast Atlantic (Draft Convention) 32 - 35

(b) Southwest Atlantic 36 - 38

(C) Atlantic Tuna 39 '- 42

(d) Other areas and etocc.s 43 49

GENERAL TRENDS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK 0F FAO IN THEFIELD OF FISHERIES DURING 1970/71 AND SUBSEQUENTLY 50 57

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(b) Variouu peotE of appraisal and management offishery resource

Paragraphs

(i) World Fishery Congress 59 - 62

(ii) Appraisal and management of fishery resources 63 - 64

(o) Narine pollution 65 - 66

(d) Expert advice to FAO in the field of fisheries

(e) World Weather Watch forecast of requirement foi'fisheries

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ESTABLI SHNENT AND ACTIVITIES 0F StJB.-CObIMXTTEES, SUBSIDI ARYWORKING PARTIES OR STUDY GROUPS tiNDER RULE XXX-10

(a) Sub-Committee on the Development of Cooperation withInternational Organizations concerned with 1'isberes 79 - 81

(b) Sub-Conunittee cii Fishery Education and Training 82 - 83

DATE AND PLACE OF NENP SESSION 84

Y OTHER BUSINESS 85 87

1IATTERS REQUIRING THE ATTENTION OF THE FAO COUNCIL 88 . 89

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APPDIX A List of Participants 17 25

APPENDIX B Address by the Director-General 27 -. 28

APPENDIX C Agenda 29 - 30

APP1iDIX D List of Documents 31 - 32

REPORT OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES

INTRODUCTX ON

1 The Committee on tsheries (COFI) held its Third Session from 24 30 April 1968at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy0 The Session was attended. by the representatives of33 nations, members of the Committee; 22 observer nations; and 13 internatioa1.organizations, A list of participante is given in Appendix A to this Report,

2 The representatives were welcomed in an opening address by the Dìz'ector.-General,Mr. A,IL, Boerma, whose ì'emurke ar reproduced as Append1 B to this Report,

3 Before the Committee considered it Agenda, Rear-Admira]. r. Langei'aar, Chairmanof the Inter overnmsntal Oceanographic Commissioni at the invitation of the Iirootor-Oenex'al, delivered an address. The text of this address is reproduced separately asAppendix E to this Reporte

The Coiwaittee adopted. the Agenda shown in Appendix C to this Report; the Uocu.mente which were before the Committee are listed in Appendix D to this Report,

The Committee elected Dr, Babacar Diop (Senegal) Chairman, Mr. 1laus Suxanaa(Worwey) as First Vice-Chairman, and the representatives of Chile, India, Japan andthe U.S.A. as further Vice-Chrnivmen0

The Committee placed on record its view that this election established zio pre-cedent as regards the selection and the election of its officers,

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS CONSIDERED BY THE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF TEE FAO CONFEHENCE

(ei,) Membershi in the Committee on Fisheries

The Committee reviewed the system of balloting for 'the eleotion of members ofthe Committee ou Fisheries, adopted by the Conference at its Fourteenth Seeion inResolution 15/67, but came to the conclusion that it was too early to assess itsmerits since it has been used on one occasion only0

The Committee also noted without comment the actions taken by the Conference atits Fourteenth Session regarding participation by non-members of the Organization insubsidiary bodies of the Committee (Resolwtion i7/67)

(b) Amendment to Rules of Procedure of the Committee and toaubsidiar bodieu

(i) Ru.lesof Procedure of the Committee unFisherie

The Committee took note of Resolution 13/67 which was passed by the Conferenceat its Fourteenth Session and. accordingly amended. Rule II-5 of its Rules of Procedureto read:

"5, Each Member Nation of the Conimi't'tee may appoint alternatesand advisors to its representative on the Committee".

(ji) Statu'ts of COFI subsidiar bodies: number and. len th of sessions

10. At the invitation of the Conference in Resolution 21/67, the Committee decided toamend the Statutes of its Sub-Committee on the Development of Cooperation with Iziter-national Organizations concerzied with Fisheries and those of its Sub-Committee on

statutes of its

Fishery Education and Training by the addition of the following paragraph to each ofthese Statutes:

"4e Meetings

The Sub-Committee shall normally hold, such meetings in eachbiennium as are listed in the Program of Work for the relevantperiod, subject, however, to the authority of the Director-Ceneral to make exceptions wheu in bis view such action isneceesary for the fulfillment of the Program of Work as approvedby th Conference; auch exceptions being reported to the Sessionof the Council immediately following auch action".

(o) 1'u.nctions of the Committee on Fisheries

The Committee, having taken note of paragraphs 333 and 645 of -the Report of theFourteenth Session of the FAO Conference regarding the reltionship between the workof the Committee on Fiaheris and. that of the Technical Committee on Fisheries of theConference, decided that at -this stage the Committee on Fisheries need not take actionor comment,

(d) Sea-area fishery commissions

The Committee heard a report from the Secretariat that the amendment to ArticleVI of the Constitution of the Organization, which it bad discussed at its SecondSession and transmitted, to the Council, had not received the requisite majority foradoption by the Conference at its Fourteenth Session. The Committee decided. to setaside further consideration of the amendment, but recognizing, as it bad ut its SecondSession, -the urgent need -to prevent the over-exploitation of fisheries ïn areas not nowadequately served by regional bodies, but in which the fishery resources are important,and to assure the maintenance of these resources, as well au to prevnt the danger, insome instances, thai resources might be depleted even before developing nations in the

area tiare able io achieve -the -technical competence to use the resources at their doors;the Committee in order io facilitate, within the framework of FAO, cooperation ongnationn with regard to fisheries, decided, at the suggestion of several delegations,to refer the problem io its Sub-Committee on the Development of Cooperation with Inter-national Orgisations concerned with Fisheries for further examination and for a re-port to the 1ourth Session of the Committee,

PROBLEMS OF I 1NATIONAL COOPERATION IN FISEERIES

(a) Iuterna'tional programs of marine and inland investigationand develo ment and su ori; for rional fisher bodies

13 Th Committee noted that the independent international bodies which were com-posed very largely of Member Nations with well. established fishing industries had al-ready noteworthy achievements, especially in the coordination of national programa of'eeearoh and in the common basic approach to problems of management; but the fishery

bodies established under the aegis of FAO were, in contrast, oomposed very largely ofd.veloping nations uhoae circumstances were quite different, and whose contributionsto those bodies had of necessity been limited. These latter bodies depended on FAOfor secretariat and. inancial support, but the limited insana available under the regu-lar budgot of FAO were becoming less and leas adequate to the need.& of a growing number

of bodies with increasing responsibilities. So far FAO support had not been supple-men-ted by contributions from the Member Nations of these bodies,

14 The Commiflee a2o noted that a suggestion that recourse should be had to internationalfunding bodies, particularly the UNDP, for support of appropriate activities under the

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aegis of regional bodies had been accepted th various quart rs

15 The FAO Conference at its ]'ourteenth 5ession oogned that the OrnizationsRegular Program funds were not intended for the active prowotiou planning and soutienof cooperative programs by their IIembers and it, therefore9 believed 'that the variousmulti-lateral funding agencies, including UNDP should support research and developmentactivities sponsored by regional fishery bodies and directed towards increased exloita.tion of resources of fish snd their more efficient utilisation and effective mageasui0The Conference accordingly rsooinzuende4 that the Cosunittee on Fisheries undertake adetailed study with a view to formulating recommendations in 'this gard

16. The Committee9 after disoussion, agreed to request the Di.rectox'-Uenoral tc

arrange l'ci' disc esions with the UDP7 iith national bilateral aidagencies and vith other appropriate agencies with a visu 'to deveiop-ing procedures for the financial support of activities under theaegis of regions], fishery bodies9 including examination of the possibility of utilising bilateral aid by developed countries as countorpart contributions on behalf of developing countries to niuitttraflysupported activities under the aegis of regional fishery bodies;and to

invito the regional fishery bodies9 bliehed. within the framswokof FAO to formulate specific proposals' for support by mult lateralfundth agencies including the. UNF and

(o) to refer to the. ACNRR any problems concerning the relevant merits ano.priorities of scientific problems which may be identified during thecourse of various consultations and discusains

17 The Committee also referred 'the matter to its Sub.Committee on Development of'Cooporat.on wth International Organzatous concerned w.th Fieherics Loi moie (tc'a_lQdcons.deration wh.ch, depending on t.ming9 should include consderat.ort o± hs nsui sof the Director-General's discussion with the UND? and otbor project supporting bodis9and also the views o± the regional fishery bodies concerned,, The Sub-Comrni'tte shouldidentify the prooed.ural or ad.rninistrative difficulties presented y the internaionalfunding bodies.couoernod the difficulties confronting the regional fishery bod..es inpursuing their proposals9 and any further action 'the Committee on Fisheries migh' take

i8 Reference 'ias also made in the debate to the procedura]. and ninietrativ proS.

cessas and the time factor, as 'they apply to regional field projects; decentralivationof decision maIing to project managers; identification of counterpart staff intime; end recognition of effective national research programs as counterpart s:fort.ri kind .n regi.onal projects, It was also stiessed that pioposali for supper, oactivit.es under the aegis of reg.onal fishery bodics ahould. be coínpleraoniaiy 'Ç'rather than competitive with, those foz new national projects.

(b)LOflL term .roblerns of 000.eration

The Committee heard a report frani Dr. Needler (Canada) whom the Committeebad nominated to the Group of perts on Marine Science and Technology aseistig theSecretaryGeneral of the United Nations in the implementation of Generai ÄFJ5emb1' reso-].ution 2172. Dr, Needler briefly reviewed the history of the dieussioue leading tothe formulation of the "Draft proposals relating to operative paragraph 3 ofAssembly Resolwtion 2172 (XXi)' which were before the Committeo

The Committee was unanimoua in congratulating the authors of the draft proposaiswhch it oone.dered. as a suitable basic l'or the d.scuse.on to be lij.d ho Gouura,t

wi tki'he oc sans UN Resolution 21 2 . Resources of he Seaorv international a'enoies concerned

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Assembly of the Unite e.tions anit for decisions to be taken there and elsewheretThile ìemnbers cere not abb to comment on certain points of detai or to express defi-nite vicis regarding the important financial implications ci the proposals the Commit-tee supported the proposais in principie as providing a satisfactory approach to closercollaboration and consultation wh.ch tias universally desired uithout calling for thecreation of any ezatiroly netz organisation

21-, The Committee noted also that the orooeals would he discussed in a nwnber ofother international foras in ;hich the representatives of many of the same rnember Na-tions might 11 be drawn from different national ministries or agencies0 It uastherefore of great importance thai when Member Nations pressed their points of viewin these different foras their views should first he coordinated and harmonized t

national level0

22 In considering Section I ci' the propoea].s the Committee first Of all reiteratedthe importance of knowledge of the marine environment for the rational development ofthe worlds fishsrica it considered that studies of physical oceanography and of thebasic producii\îiiy of the oceans were of great practical value0 The worlcPo fisherieswere stili expanding rapidl« but as the limits of the potenial production e' conven-tional types of fish wer more closely approaohed comprehensive prompt andaccurato information on the envi:oonmsnt was necessary i± full exploitation caseventually to be achi.svecl8

23 The Committee welcomed the proposai that the base of the 100 should be broadened;and several representatives particularly supported the suggestion that the IOC through?1::p:aie modification of its staiutoa should obtain a joint secretariat9 provided

by bÏO FAO 1O and other agonc!'s concerned who would pariicipae equtab1y in theorg.aiaiioa of the Cowinission9s work0 The Committee agreed thai his would open the

b.. . y or ar e'parided pi oam 01' ntsrnational cooporat'on i'o a better understand.ing of the marine environment through science which would be formulated and coordinated.by ouch a broadened I0C end would be of material value to FAO in discharging its compre-heneive responsibility for fisheries which would remain unaffected.0 Participation byFAO in the aopanded program and in ibis support for 100 would in turn substantiallystrengthen the latter0

24 The Committee welcomed in principle Section II of the proposals9 in particularthat the General Asembly might call upon Member States to increase their support forinternational cooperation in the exploitation and development of living marine resources9with emphasis on the work of regional end other specialized, fishery bodies; and thatthe General Assembly might draw to the attention of international funding organizationsth need for assisting developing countries to participate ore fully in such work0The Committee noted with soisfaoion the recognition given in this Section to its ownrole anc that of FAO in the impiovomeuî of international collaboration in relation tofishery development and conservation9 foi' which there was still considerable furtherSO OPS o

2 Pi Committee felt thai Section lIZ of the proposals dealing with marine mineralresources lay outside its terms of reference0

26, The Committee endorsed the approach in Section IV on pollution of the sea - asubject with which ii was dealing separately under another item of its agenda; andrecommended that the title and scope of Section V9 which it also welcomed should beetpandod to include education and training in marine technology9 as weil as in science0The Committee attached particular importance io the arrangements proposed for educationand training0

27 Fouing certain rsug'gesiions which had bean made to the Secretary-General for con-sideration in connection with the drafting o2' an introductory section to the proposals9

the Committee welcomed the idea et summaritng there the several problems pertaining to

IC3flC 2d t Uotio tthic hci oi th Rpo- oi Intio1 Ocein i: pu'e by joint AGI/SCO/UiO(.&C) ogkìu omp bui :?ith1 £ quotiQr 1OU tb p);'efo to thc we ipo iibt 1crct to iuuc1exthgrd fao1d p iorab1y bo orni'ttec iroii tho Se ty

ii ti'IVTIS oii' I 'RNArfICNAL iii :C)Dr T.BL5H)) IITHIN TH &M]1JORiÇO? FAO

28 Tho Coii%'' boZ1y v.oiod i;ho cotvitioj o; th :ejon1 ±2Iy bodìiïe;tab1 Lthe(:1. tn bliL ?a o 'ÂO, iie). t.FQ 3icJ O(flmÌLI , Gc:j ¿oz 'uhu Le!ifl (,orizcL I:Ln%:Lo GhC Ooe F1e io Fiu

otmo:rL (k3rlePal rjlwpu Couuoi foi i 1çi 1u, on&I )1u ,3Q;ty (oiiunuuo Uie South tIot A1a'Ltc (OA't) ct F:oMVLQ7 C,MflLwn Tho 1E11 O O tho boo J oiMOdVhLO2 ot bhO (,Qmg: 600 rQ1OJ I ).1Cçj , ' 3 cj t1o1 .t uuIox ohtUo dw.i tho piuot

29Q COOE8tOfl UC4 VAO i oovi; woi;.o1.t 1:12e u.1iory louioeui o± Uiu outbot i Jrit, aL th eoc1uc.i:Li' n ICES/FAQ Sympoiuni on tho :iviz Reou'o o? tL A'ion outa& ShU',tractecì a ub1e commer1; both e o± eioy 000pevatioi azLfoi ae mb1i nU ev1uti the oiezitifto clt p1;iii to th ob1m oZ tkeFiehei'y Committee or the eten C']. A arÀti reeob and ma agruìoni.uix'ement th the Sothct A1ant.o (3ee px grh 3235)

30, Ix diecuing t12e pQtbU±ty o± oveip o ion botwocn the InLo-Paofiçzeries Oounc.i ar6. the Ic.Uan 0ceeìi Fiel2ery Cì sio:a the Committee noted :Lte deoi

1on t&cen t ti 1eoond Seon that a en1c hey boty oi he indin Ocean uaThe Coune1tte a10 noted that a'e e ubjet eponsibULtse o the IPFC

est out th the Axiiole XIV Convention zde -thic}.i ae tb1ehed zers noi veryepeoifio, The desirb1e adjustment of aotivitie iatgl2t be made mteiy by doptia eeo1ution rather thai by amendment of :ii Ctiwio The Coìwnittee theefoe,requsetec). the I)icto.Ceneu1 to uo both bodies to ritho their terme o e'erenosand cj to the pog.me w to iu.1m o ovp1icon 0 \OVi.1.?1J

31, There au moms cUscuesion on 'the intp tto .&tioie 4 o the Eltatutes ofthe Ii.n k.on 'hery Comcs.&on, bc Qoium. ee teo v.ei Lt thecould es bLimh mueh bidiry bodies as t dooms .eoreuy for the eeowplisbmsnt ofjt eI and this ensal power tis in no w iilitecl by a second c).ause íhìohroad "and in patouL,ix to deal uzth cpooi]. pobleiw er.Ln u'tsub div.s.ons ,narea of eompetnoe,,," In other word.s ths Oom se.on in the opinion of the Commjtteewould be frse if it so decided, to etblih subsidiary bodies with terms of referencecovoriii any sub-dtvsions of ho £OFC ue vompotc»' o wth ll the i.xheiy prob-lows of such subdivisions,

OTLER URONT 1OBL4S 0F RàTIONAi UTILIZATION Oli FISflEY tSOURCES

(a) Southeast Atlantic (Draft Conv2ntion)

32G The Committo 'iad before it i draft fçr )onvntion on the Conservatiozi of theivuz 1omouroeu oi w Ou uas' !. .! 4ftr' e , LJ i. Oj).. Tj ,,h ç çhc i equest o hu (J , "i oc I t, h t

Th. di aft , t, rj »u e r

o oommen J i' .t ,1 it.UJ_fc) i u çi r,,LL U u t,v

33, The (Jomnil tteo ee av i:LhLe a swmnwy eptxrt the cJoent UQL5iOi1 of theACII/ICi orljn k'ty en the ir!ulery esouroei of.' tLui ..!;wtçn

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Thj to be a most uefu ,'teme,nt on the ßtudr of 'the majortook of h&e and. 'the major pelagic etocke of the area ander review. A1'thQU«h

f o n iprovemcirt in catch etatittos, the thta on hake had been suffi-f o -hc z'iU Party to be ablc -to make a poiitive PX'OnQanCeIÛeZI't about the ta'te

o thc viooke nme]y that "further increaee in fibtz effort will give no appreciabletixible inc eae in tota]. catch" Noreover, a f irt etep 'to rational management,

th Uorinç Piy eugeted the immediato adoption 0f a minimum meeh izo of 110 min and,

had welcomed. the unilateral action of paiu in introducing thie minimum meah sie forpanieh 'trii Thie mech eibe would reeu].'t in little if any immediate lose of vaju-ablc fih nd would. su]. in oeme increase in the us-taine4 yield from the preeent

pointed. out that the need for management action is alreadr u.rgent, ee-pecially s the s-atement by the Joint iorking Party related to the eituation a it

in 966 ('t1e date of the latest detailed statistics available) and since then thef iehin f'ort ha continued. ite rapid. rise at 'the rate of 20-30 percent annuall'

34k) The pelìe stocks also ae already heavily fished, and there is evidence of ajpçeie change in catchee prallcl 'to that which has occurred in other regione and isìociaied zith erong9 and perhaps exceesive effects of fishing upon the took.

350 The Committee 7ent on to discuss a posîble timetable for further action toward.athe converLin Of n 0onerence of P].enipo'tentiaries for the purpose of discussing, amend-Ing s necessary and adopting a Convention. Some representativee felt that furtherprepaatory ior1c through the medium of a working party and further circulatione of d.raftmtoUd be useful The Committee decided, however, to recommend to the Director-Generalthat a).]. further comments ehould be circulated and. a revieed draft be prepared by 'theSecretariat and circulated well in advance of the Conference of Plonipotentiaries, whichshould. be orgnid in 'two consecutive phaees, During the first phaee a full technicalxamintion of the drafb convention would be carried ou seeking a consenue as far apoible end. id.entifyig the area whore there tiere fundamental differences of viewpoint.The Conference in it second. phase would then, in plenipotentiary session, take the deci-ion on t116 final wording of the convention and adopt an agreed vereion0

(b) SQU'tbWCCt Atlantic

36Q The Committee noted 'that the E'A0 Conference at ite )'ourtoenth Session had acceptedin principle a proposal by the Delegation of ..rgentina to convene a Conference of Nationsintereeted. in the high-seas fisheries of the Southwest Atlantic during the current biennium,ubjoçt to the availability of funds. The Conference hd also requested the Director-CneIL1 to cozul with the Government of irgentina and other nvtiorLs concerned, and beginappropriEtc action., The Director-General had. therefore invited. members of 'the South-WestAtlantIc Regional Fimihex'ies àdvieory Commission (CARPAS), in the first instance9 to expresstheir viw2) Although only one official reply had been received so far ('rom Uruguay),the ropreeentativc of Lgentina ae able to confirm that his Government ae eatiefied Uiththe coures of action proposed by the Director-General arid that 'the Third member of CARPASliad, also informni1y indicated agreements

37 The (oramitte recognized the problems of the fisheries of the outhwes't Atlanticas bein ursnt in character arid recommended to the DirectorUeneral'that a cientificevaluation of 'the cituation of the stooku of the arei as a whole hould be undertaken,

on existing scientific datan This might beet be arranged by establishing a joint:!ting party of scien-tific experta under CARI'A2 and. ACMRR. The Committee recognized

thie r iieit hd budgetary implications in the present biennium and e.pressed theLc4 that the D:'c'tor--General would, in visz of the urgency of the matter arid it inter-owt to lex oup z' .00un-tries find, it possible to make available the necessary fundsithin pprovd

38Q Th Commnittes c-urtçì the Director-Ceneral to prepar', in the light of the scien-..ç ev1uaHo o be m,cis, a draft convention pro'nd,n for a £'ishery body for The

South;eet Atlantic of , type similar to that proposed for the Southeast Atlantic, and -to

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circulate the draft fox' comment to all nations concerned, The Coaunittee slt that thepoeaibility of establishing a working party on the Southwest Atlantic to x'evieu the th'aftconvention might be left open for the time being, it beïng recognimed. that a Conferenceof Plenipotentiaries simi3.ax' to thai proposed fox' the Southeast Atlantic might be foundmore expeditious and practical. The Committee decided io keep this matter on ite Agendafox' its P'ourth Session, which might then be in a position to decide whether to recommend.that FAO convene a Confereno of Plenipotentiaz'ies late in 1969, provided funda could beidentified by the Director-General for this purpose.

(c) Atlantictuna

39. The Committee took noto of the fact that there had been, to 'date, ratification ox'deposition of instruments of ad.herenoo fx'om four nations of the International Conventionfox' the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: namely, U.S.A.., Japan, Ghana and South rica4,The Convention would come into effect upon the deposit with the Dix'ootoi'..G eral of in-.struments of ratification, approval ox' adherence by seven governments,

40, Several Members indicated that their preparations towards ratification or adherencewere in an advanced stage and the Committee, therefore, looked forward to the entry .ntotorce of the Convention in the near future and urged other interested Member Na.onswhich bad noi alread' become parties to the Convention to take the necessary siepe uoon as possible.

4?. The Committee noted that the Director-General in the meantime was preparing toet up p. small ad group of experta under the FAO pert Panel for the Pacilitation

of Tuna Research in order to assemble the existing scientific data and analyoa relatingto the Atlantic tuna stocke so as to give the International Commission for the Conservationof Atlantic Tunas a good start when it came into being. This desirable action would not,of .course,.aot any precedent regarding the ways by which the International Commission,when it came into being, would obtain necessary ecientific advice0 Similar considara-tiens applied to scientific work being undertaken by FAO in preparation fox' the etabl1eh-ment of other international fishery committees.

The Committee noted that the group was not specifically mentioned in the scheduleof meetings approved by the Conference, but hoped nevertheless that it could be convenedpreferably through some compensatory adjustment in the schedule0 The Committee tineinformed that the membership of the proposed group would be developed by the Director-General in consultation with the Chairman of the FAQ peri Panel fox' the Faoilitationof Tuna Reseax'ch taking account of the expertise available in several countries,

(d) Other areas and stocke

The Committee took note of recent actions and situations regarding certain otherareas and stocke, namely whales, tunas, trawl-fisheries (especially those carried out bylong-range fleets), and. shrimp.

The Committee noted and welcomed the continued close collaboration between the ODepartment of Fisheries, the Bureau of International Whaling Statiet.es, and the Inter-national Whaling Commission on the scientific appraisal of the state of several stocks ofwhales.

450 The Committee noted. that increasingly mobile fleets engaged in tuna fishing or intrawling when faced with falling catch rates ox' with restriotions on fishing in one regioncould readily move to an entirely different part of the world at comparatively short notic0Problems of x'ational utilizatton in different areas were thus becoming intsrrelaied

46, The Coiiimittee considered that problems vagardíng the rational utilization of stocksof fish whether relating to scientific study ox' to action should in the first &nstane bedealt with by regional fishery bodies which already exist or were being established and

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îhieh eho.1 concert theii otudios and actions when to o inoie of thea wex'e affectedThe (oeii,ec O1 that aoie infozmation uas neoded on the p'obab].e teraction between

uLtwy wtioe icen by different x ional bodies

47 The b.Comrnitoe ou tho Dire1opment of Coop8Iation zith I wion1 Oianiza-rec ih ero ihou4 foUoi developments iu this eaid pai't of itser)c.L v.oty of the &ffootivenoss of i'eional aiemeut 'o the rational utiliza-

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48. flLj Couîittoo did iot favoi' ay cubetantial ocpneioi o the iok oí theoí' Lu}u.iou to lob1 utudio o riou uhieh oupply uorld-

i1du iiut it Jud thLt ntiO1 )hOU1d be iVQfl to opoLic pob1emu etpeoicilythu ix ihieh theu '.0 ut put uo eionL body uuppotiu ofutiiro udioeu !!.ul thu iouit uo noed the oout vi cit o± te u rnbu to the tu].f

'Liy ue ïCuucit kiud! bi Bhiu Qt tc!. the uoi&L aeuuud Ot1Ld t exiy mplotìou (E? ti poi ici tiou:d

to Iuith Ni;iouu aìd adu ¿vi1Lb1O to the

49 Thu Ooitteo t.uido1 to keep the whole matter uder review end ou iti endafor the .Louì'th kiuuiou

ENIL'.L TEEND3 D OIANIZ1TXON OF Ifl WORX 0F FAO I1 THE FIELD0F 15HERIES DURING 1970/71 &IW SUBSEQUTLY

5O The Committee recalled that at the time the Department uas created dominant fea-tures of the world fishery situation were their rapid deve].opment increasing mobilityof bihly efficient fiuhn& fleets and growing pressure on the fish resources which threatoued to load to a levolin off of catches and. increasing waste of fishing eftort The0ommitte was emphatically of the opinion that these tendencies nere becoming even moreaccentuated et the present iae, end that a cituation of urgency perhaps oZ crisis woulddevelop over the uet two decades; while there would remain the urgent need. for a strongfisheries iuductryto help meet tiorid food needs for protoin The capacity of the world'smarino f!uho' resources to provide ousteinable yields of fish and shellfish of familiarforme we nou estimated to be only somewhere beitzeen two end four timos the presentcatch9 'iburt the 'oom for epeneion of catches of fish cic0 of sizes at present uti-lized. by man was rapidly narrowing and there would arise the need for substantial adjust-mente Lno-olving nue of uomo smellcz' specie; more effoctive managemon of the "convention-al utoo1e increases in officioncy of fish finding end catohing meenc irotoction of theenvironment to ensure continued bacio productivity, and porhepe thtorvoïtion increasinglyto cultivate the resoerces, As far as marine resources were concerned internationalaotio uas implied in the very nature of these adjustments in the utilizatiou of commonr e sour ce r

10 The Comaitteo thoofore, regarded it ¿ ito duty against thie background to empha-.-siec that there oontiuuod to be an urgent need. for etrong and continually growing supportur the fishery activities Of FAO; regret was ezpre,seed that it had not been possible to

rnathtain the rate of oith of the Departmeu of Fisheries that bad been cnvieaed at thetime of !tu Inception by the Conference at Its Thirteenth Seosion, and apprehension as tothe futuro oonsocruunoos ei? this limitation of the capacity of the Department to take theiotions wop000d by the Conmi ttoo in relation to many epsoifAc and immediato problomsThu iomwitteo reIterated that fisheries had a nuiúer of very special, oven unicue charao.turir3tIctj m',.ut uf them icr intu,national cthocj althowh thu fiuhinj offert uu oeouattully rwy uf the rocourocu usro of common ,ropurty und. t)e ocean

J u iheu hd mublle c1raotur morouvor, the utent and utwto uf meut of the resources

eculd nJy bu assessed throujb intu tional actions Involvirj all u most Itcweutud.uuu.taiuu. 1k,ut w? the soiunti!o, und many of the eoouetiIu, uooioloioa! tuohnical

::L matters rulatin to ?iu orles had to be conuidurud in ter-enuIcuai fua Thuoc consIderatIons had lud the Conference to aeccud ri special status

9

t'or fisheries in the Organition by establishing the Department et' isheries aeappeared to the Committee that there was even more reason now then before t'or eo::inlE to etrenthen the fishery activities 01' FAO, which had, as pointed Out t tcthe establishment of the Committee was being proposed, fallen very much behiudini past years0

52 The Committee had. before it tentative proposals for the development of prciìeand etruoture of the I)epartment of Fisheries in 197O/71 These propols didsuppose any specific determination ot' the level of the budget f o hQ Or nia).ov&hole or the share that wou:Ld be aJ.iooated to the Department of rie oeovc'v

the ad hoc Committee on Organization had. not oompletod its taske The Comm ttsethere±'ors, eonsidersd it opportune to comment on the internal etructtue an .looregarde the organiiatìon of the supervision and adminiotration of the field procThe Commi .559 th:reftre cdd.ressed itself mainly to these two prob].eme noting tl2atthe fundamental changes for field rorh at FAO Headquarters foreshadowed. by the :oiotoGeneral could affect the workload and. structure of the Department et' eheries

53 The Committee was in agreement that even greater emphasis should. be placed on thedevelopment of the fishery inductrice9 particularly in developing coun1;ries and9 szbject to further examination a its next Ssion of the detailed reposaln oidorssd. ii'.principle the t,Iu'sodivieional utructure proposed nhioh would radie rbveity for the worh el> the Dopartiient amozg a Fishery Resources Division9 c 7ieor' ooìcand Institutions Division, and, a Fishery Industry Diviiion0 he Committee coisedthat a number of fields of activities in all three divisions would. need eubiJ..strenhing but that the establishment of a third. divisionthe addition of one professional post, namely that of Director0 A thi'oc-di'structure would regroup functions &d the oorrospondin branches and other sudi::ioso as to facilitate meeting the expected uorkloads arising from the demandebeing made on the Department us a consequenca of the world f iehsry tua iQ

54 There was9 in particular, urgent need in the developing countries so to ecrp them-selves with respect to facilities, men end ships, and technical and eeient!fo :c-edge-. that they could enter highseae fisheries, develop now types ofsustain their positions in those industries once they d sritord them, Thosupposed technical assistance at a high level of technical exprtiee, the rnraila'of development funds end guidance for their effective investmsnt. Thtii tu ur .

quired. the support of the Department of Fisheries at a hih level ot' techniol cc.rpctence0 It was in this context, therefore, that the Committee affirmed tha acentraliecA organisation within th Department of Fisheries which would supportDepartmento field programs through effective impleinontation of the regular pro:r.as well as by direct nd specific servicing, was essential0

55 In the light of its limited present knoledgo of the framework t'or the sventua.reorganization ei' FAO as a whole, the Committee endorsed 'the proposals for oentraliiwithin the Department of Fisheries the functions of cupervisin end operating the 'tuí

programs in the Office of the Assist t Director'eneral, it being understood baOffice would have close links with the divisione of the Department, drawing upon Rescientific and technical staff as required. in support of the field programs0

56 The Committee, agreed. that th proposals before it were generally in balanco andgave appropriate emphasis to subjects which the Committee had at earlier eeionsngledout as deserving particular attention0

57 The Commitiso decided to place the further consideration of FAO9s no in thefield of fisheries on the agenda of its next session, so that it might rri ;pportunity of reexamining the Director.-Generale proposals fez' the work of FAO the fieldof fisheries during 97O/71, when they had assumed. more definition0

OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED BY THE )URTEENTH SESSION 01" TIlE FAO CONFERENCE3i ThE CO I!TEE ON FISHERIES AT ITS SECOND SESSION

uof World Fisheries Abstracts

Tlie Coirnnittee reviewed the proposal for changing the World Fisheries Abstractaan abut actii medium to a review journal, which had buen referred to it by the

Fourteenth Session of the Conference, It noted. the advance in coverage of variousareas o subject matter which had. taken placo since the Abstracts bad been initiated in195O In tue aquatic sciences the main needs were being met by existing services,inoluciin those provided by FAO. Fishing vessels were now well documented in commer-cial publications; fishing gear rather 1es so and somewhat scattered, but review arti-olee touìd serve this subject better; the same applied to fish processing technolor.lIhilo CoVerage of' fehery economics was also scattered speoialiut8 were keeping abreastof it9 but there was need. ter reviews in this subject, particularly for the benefit ofmii ration, The Committee aocord.ingly endorsed. the proposal 'to replace World.

Fihories Ab tract by a quarterly journal containing primarily tochnioa]. review arti-clos the main emphasis on reoent advances in fish utilization technology and fish-ing gear technology9 but including also some broad review articles on world. fisherydevelopment or fishery problems of an international nature.

Various as sots of a raisal and. magement of fishoy resourosu

(i) World Fishe,y Congress

39' The Committee had. before it an analysis of the objectives of a possible WorldFiohory Congress9 together with a draft provisional agenda and suggestions on timing andmeans of financing it This material bad been assembled. by the Secretariat at therequest of the Committee during its Second Session.

6o. Opinion in the Committee, after a lengthy discueolQn, was fairly sharply divided.between those ube saw olear edventages in holding the World Fishery Congress or a World91echnioai Conference on Fisheries, to follow the Second World Food. Congress, and thoseuho still felt unconvinced that such a Conference would be useful at thia time in propor-tion to the effort and funds invested in it, On the one hafld, some representativos wereimpressed. by the .van'tage8 of holding a multi-disciplinary conference where the inter-plsy of idarj would be atimulating and fructifying; while others felt that u continuationof the AO series of world congresses on more specific fields of work might prove moregenerally useful

¿L Xni the end, the Committee decided to defer making a definite recommendation and 'torefer consideration of this proposal to its Sub-Committee on the Development ofCooperation 'i1th International Organizations concerned with Fisheries, for a clearerdefinition of the issues involved and for a further elaboration of the draft provisional

62Q It uas understood that the cost of the Conference would have to be met from extra-budgetary sonrose which would also need to finance éxtra temporary statt and other sup-porting services to bring the workload ou the Department of Fisheries within ita absorp-tive capaoity

lo

(ii,) A zaisal and man ornent of fisher

63 The Committee was informed about work undertaken under the Indicativo World Plan(Iii?) on marine resources evaluation, the present status of which could be briefly sum-

maried e follows; In many areas no great increase in yield from the preferred stockscould he opeoted, but there existed lightly exploited stocke of fish similar to thoseheavily atploited elsewhere, the potential of which, however, was probably less thanthose of the over-exploit*d stock. There was also a very largo unexploited. potential

z. sources

of mafl £izh anI other typc of r ource ei.ioh a Autarotic kril1 mfl nic fiIhoceanic 8quid etc0 The poteibiai of underexpioited. utocke of, familiar form wac p:oh.-&ly of the orUr of maitude of 100 to 200 million tone' porhap u the lower limitf this renge; tho potential from krill might be 50 million tones end of other rpwe om

hundredz o miio bui; any realiation ci' three IQU1d Lepena on the velopmeut of quitenew ty'pee of i'ielierie and new proc1uote The Committee requeeted that thie ev&,uationwork, pecially in tb W? ctet should. coutiu, .e to the concept of the managementof' ftehery reoroee the Rep teive of Japan indicated that him 0ovrnment maintainedthe poeition which lare to Commiemion I of the Fotu't,eenth eseiou of the Conîer.

64 The Committee noted that technical etafi' of the department of Fimherie ieroatine uitl var±ou ruatioua1 bodie faz' axample the International Commiion for theorthwet .tlantic Iimherie and. the International 1zalin Commi8eiou end believed that

thie wam beneficial to all pertiec conceraed and ehould oontinue

(e) rie?ollwion

65 The Committee noted varioum actione being taken uith rempec-t to thie muboct bythe Department of Fiehez'iee in msooiation tiith 1E3C0 end XM(0 and other interovernmentalam well am :Lntoz'natioual orgeniatione concerned pith f'iheriee iiarmne ioience nc1 mari-time af'fairr0 Perhape the mast immediately important of the tice Ute euggeetion origi-nating in the £CC Sub-.Commtttee on 1ez'iue Science and. itm ipplioatione for the cetablieh-ment of a Joint Croup of perte ou the Scientific and Related Intor-dieciplinary Aepeotoof Martho Poilwt].on0 The Coinmittec expieseed. ie intereot in thie propoea3. nd for tupart, aupported it, enpecially ac it might be expected. to replace mare than cue mietinggroup end. thum not only ciniplify international arraneinente in thie field but improvetheir efficiency and eoonomy The Committee otreemed that the epecìf z'eepouibilitìeaof IAEA, ,IMCO and. other bodi ahould. be left for thoce bod.je to diechais but that thepropoeed. Joint roup of Eiperte and the inter-looking eyeteni of committeee and eecreteviatsehould triva to eneure full and cloeer cooperation in thie matter by these bodie and co-ordinted ,ctionc by their member nationen

66 It wa noted. aleo that UN inter-agency coordination at cecretaziat level oulU beeneured- on the marine dde through the 1CC Sub-Committee on 1Iarirìe Science and. it ppli-otiont and for ind. i'iater mattera by the. ÂCC Sub-Committee on !ater Reeotwcee Develop-ment; -the oommo probleme bei recolved through appropriate action of the ACO em necee-

(d.) ]t ert advice to FtO in the field of'_fieheriem

67, The Committee briefly reviemed the arrangeuimute for obtththg epe't adVice thfield of fieherieu from the AC11RR the l?A0 pert Pane]. for the Facilitation of t1una Rc-

aearch the Continuing Worlcin,g 1arty on Piehery S'etiotive in the North Atlantic Areathe 'A0 Panel of £perte on Fich Utilisation end ad hoc roupmç

68Q The Committees in e oing the iicrk of ¿tCRR and the Tuna panal, utreesed the impor-.tance of maintainth floibility in the operation of theme bodiee pa'ticularly in oouringin agreement :ith Member Natione the collaboration of tnd1vidue eperie in their pereonalcapacitiee theme arrangements ehou].d be echeduled ie]J. in advance in ord.r to facilitatethe perticipetion of the experte and their rlcaee by Iomber Natione

69 The Committee aleo approved the propomed prorwn of work of' the reconetituted FAOPanel of Fishery perta on Fieh Util±ation

70 The Comniittes noted the recommendation of the 1MO Conference at ite Fourteenth See-cion oi tho ectablishmeul. o? r otandug d-vimoz group on inlano f iehoz'7ec and hop.dthat effect could vutually be given to thin recommend.ation In the meanwhile it en-

the propocal to convene en ed hoc Advicory Croup on lulcud Fiuh ('4uie end Related

Fields to meet during the current biennium,

71. The Committee invited the Department to consider the possible need for arrangementsfor obtaining advice in the fields of industry and fishing technoio,

72, The Committee was informed that the Continuing Working Party on Fishery Statisticsin the North Atlantic .rea (cwiP) as well as ICES and ICNAF who participated with FAO inthe CWP, had suggested certain changes in its composition and its title,

The Committee accordingly decided to recommend to the Council to take steps to havethe statutes of CWP amended so that it would be composed of experts of whom FAO, ICNAF andICES would each appoint up to four, each organization following its own ooristitutionalprocedures;

(i) ita title would henceforth be "Coordinating Working Party on AtlanticFishery Statistics"; and

(2) it would be made clear that as far as FAO was concerned the CWP waestablished as a joint working party of experts under paragraph 2 ofArticle VI of the Constitution an that the Director-General wouldcontinue to appoint to it individuals in their personal capacity toparticipate on behalf of FAO.

The Committee, noting the usefulness of the work of the CWP, further recommendedthai FAO should continue io provide the seoreiaiai services of the CWP, to be responsiblefor publishing reports of annual sessions of the CWP, and for sharing the cost of statisti-cal. forms, as in the past, with ICNAF and ICES,

In recommending the new title of this body, the Committee noted that the statisticalprocedures and concepts developed in the North Atlantic area were valuable in relation toother areas in the Atlantic Ocean, and that opportunity should be taken, whenever it arose,to apply these procedures and concepts in other parts of this Ocean,

(e) World Weather Watch forecast of re.uiromentaror fisherje

The Committee noted that following the discussion at it Second Session, the Dirso-tor-General had asked Member Nations for their views on needed forecasts for fishery pur-poses as outcome of the World Weather Watch. A number of nations had responded with ad.-ditional suggestions regarding inter alia fishermen's charts (as recommended by ACMRR),additions to the proposed list of forecast products, and the desirability of further devel-opment of short term weather forecasts and of obtaining bottom temperature as well as sur-face temperature data. The Representative of the World Meteorological Organization askedif the comments of the Committee could be transmitted to his Organization in time for con-sideration at the WMO Commission for Maritime Meteorology (OMM) session in August thisyear.

The Committee noted the comments which had. been received from Member Nations andrequested the Director-General to transmit these, in suitable form, to WMO.

78. The Committee further noted that the IOC bad established a new project which wascomplementary in the oceanographic sphere to WWW in the meteorological sphere, namely theInternational Global Ocean Station System (bOSS). The Committee hoped that suitablecollaboration might be worked out between these two projects through appropriate inter-.

Mency arrangements.

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ESTALIS}IMENT IUD ACTIVITIES 0F SU .COM II'EES, SUBSIDIARYWORKING PARTIKS OR STUDY GROUPS UNDER RULE XXX-10

() Sb-Commitee on the Devolo.ment of Coo.aratton with

79 The Committee hed brief verbal report on the work of the Sub-Committee fromite Chairman Nr. J. Labarthe Correa (Peru), and. agreed that Uie work of thie Sub-Committee wae valuable and that it ehould continue.

80, The Committee folt that the Sub-Committee should. be etrengthexied. in the field ofinland fiBlierlee and particularly with respect to problemm in Africa end accordinglydecided to amend 'the lia-t of members of the Sub-Committee contained in its statutes(Resolution No. COPI/i/i) by adding Chad and Uganda. The Representative of Uganda,having no mandate to accept, advised that he would. report this action to his Government.

The Committee took note of a draft provisional agenda for the forthcoming SecondSession of the Sub-Committee, and suggested the deletion of two sub-items. The Coimnit-tee recognized, however, that the fina], determination of it agenda should be left tothe Sub-Committee itself, in the light of 'the further deliberations of the Committee,

(b) Sub-Committee on Fishery Education and Training

The Committee emphasized the importance of educatiori arid training at all levels inthe field of fisheries, and took note of the current activities of the Department ofFisheries in this matter, The Committee urged the Department of Fisheries to give avery high priority to the continuation of 'the development of its activities in -this field,especially the preparations for the First Session of its Sub-Committee on PisheryEducation and Training. The Committee considered that the several items suggested foi'possible inclusion in the agenda for the Sub-Committee might be recast to develop morodefinitely those terms of reference of the Sub-Committee which relate to the identificationof needs for education and training and of manpower forecasts, The Committoe emphasized.that due consideration should be given to training on the iriduetrial and technological side,including fishermen and. engineers, as well as for scientists; the Committee also stressedthat many nations needed systems for more generalized training for fishery and extensionofficers and other non--specialists in the field of fisheries,

The Committee noted that 'the IOC had established a Working Group on Training and.Education in Oceanography and. hoped that alose cooperation would be developed betweenits own Sub-Committee and. the IOC Working Group.

DATE AND PLACE O? NEXT SESSION

The Committee, in conformity with Rule XXX-4 and. 5 of the General Rules of theOrganization and, Rule II-1 of its Rules of Procedure, decided 'to hold. its Fourth Sessionin Roma about April 1969. In accordance with Rule XXXIV-3(b) of the General Rulos ofthe Organization, the Commit-tee left the precise timing to the Director-General in con-.sultatiori with the Chairman, and suggested -that the Session should last about one week.

ANY OTIER BUSINESS

85, The Representative of the United States of America informed the Committee of amessage by the President of his country proposing an International Decade o± Oceanploratiori and gave a general description of its concepts and of the fields which were

to be covered, The Committee expressed warm interest in the proposal and. congratulatedthe United States of America on having put it forward, It decided to request the Director-'

4

n i. o otin Pi1 orrnt.on ez.ii tIi popoe10 iìnd i1oçi .t before thrSub oiirnitie on thy )eveiopn o Cooprion iith InentionL Onztìon con.oerne uiti i1s ioi fuhe 3ii.icLy ec that the Couittcì .teel could. ivo it

¿t i.t iouth Jesicja, Th Ooìm5tiiee lfo tci tha' thJDix cto- nel obtain tho viwa o' WMRl on relevant peotEl o± the popoL. TheCoaunitee i omed. thVi the ÏOC Bu.ee,u and. Corultative Couzrnil IL piacod this

on the o iti; ihth Scion to take plc tn June 1968

i36Q JhO cbs Vrs 0, th3 olloii.zi in nattOxi1 bodi 5I5Q.O ei; euicntí to he Coon vwioue items e lhci ed.: It1CO UESCO U1O, CPPS9 ICE5, OC end. NEAFC

87 The Couit'e hnvin no futhe.' bu these to tanect d.opted. it pot

WTÏH1 RE IrnTG THE ACTE1'TTICN OF THE 1C) CCUtCIL

The oflotthí tte: cipeoiioLly equio the ention ci? the (ou.noil

) L 3ubtançe u on iiu i ii'ed

ud.nent te Rule II.- oÍ the Ccinuii tees Ruls o ed.we (aa 9)This needs to be con rmecl by the Connoil

(i.) iecoiwnendation to th Çouncil tIZt the Statutes ci? tlw Cozitinuiztoxki ?y on ishery Sttistice th the 3foi;h Atlenic vs (CWP)bn wendod. to Lts copoitiun title end 'o-d.ei?inition Ql iende ¿'ttele V12 oi? the CwUtutLon (pxus 72-7

Sub:ects neon vrbtch uos_discussion in the Council ui?ht )rovithl ueolu].uidanca wtbe sensi ex'ction W the C,uuitou

(a.). The (oumttoee xevi of the prent eytem cf bLluiu i?ox theeleøtiozt ei? ebee øi? the Coinìitee on eheiee (pi 7)

The dcsion tbu it nee1 not t bis stags teko aotiox orcomiei on the rsletioehip bettieen its otm rok und. that cl the Toh.4cl Committee on D1itheriee ci? the Corenoe (px 11);

The Comstteevu viens on the draft pr000LL3 'eletin to operativo yrnreph 3 ei? (oneal ¿sembly 1toolution 2J72 (XXI) ou the rooui'ces of

ths espct&fly the propcl that the benc ei? the XOC should. bebroadened end that it should. obtain a joint se retatht provided byUHESCO WO fi1O and other aenoios concerned.; ths proposal that the(Yenoral AssembLy sitt call upon seuber states to increase their u-port i?o.v. tenationa1 cooperation in the spivittion and developientof iivi sarine resources; that it sight d.rati to the attention oflnrnat:Lenl rundin organizations the need :cr assietiu d.ovlcpthcoutrioo to participate wrs fully in the relevant work of regionaland oihe hory bodio end propos&le on po.Uuton ofthe sea and. on education und truininç (parase 1927)

The Coiwiiittses viewe ç eral trendn and uni ution of theiork of £AO in the ZoLr o.. eoa durinj 1970/11 and. subsequently

i0-57)

(ir) (ktto s rlows u ts o(;Q 3)

The Co»it 'i vicrn oi IIg'ini, QUutiQn ppo1 'oeab1i8uxt of z JQiIt Wop o? per (pai'a, 65)

The Co teei euor'nent of the piQpOe&. to CQVQfl3Advieoy oup or Iiz4 Fiwh Cniture and Ee].ted Piu1th durixg th

bienuiwn (para, 7O)

89 Iieiir (b) (iii) (iv) od () aboVe will be taken into account by the Diructorziorl vhen forulatiz' hic propoaaLu for the recular Program of Work und Budgut ior

1970/71,

}1EiBBR NATIONS

Arentina

CORDINI, Dr, J. JI.Dirsotop Oexiei'al io Peeca y

Conservaoj6n d.e la FaunaSoorotara d.e âgiioQ1tura y GanaderiaPaeco ColónBueno Airee

TUMZZINI, R J.Primer SeoretarieRepreeentanie Permanente Suplente

de Argentina ante la FAOEmbajada do la Repdblioa AreirtinaPiazza dell'Eequilino 200185 Roma

Aue traita

SETTER, C. G.Aeoietant SecretaryDepartment of Primary InietryCanberra

BOLDU4N, R. C.Arioultara1 MtaohAuetra1ia EmbaesyVia Salluatiana 2600187 Rome

Cainei'oon

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LIST 0F PARTICIPANTS

APPENDIX A

Canad.a

NEEDLER, Dr. L. W. U.Deputy Junte te» of FiaheriesDepartment of FieherieeOttawa 8, Ontario

SPRULES, Dr. W. I.

Direotci' of International FieherioaDepartment of FieherieeOttawa, Ontario

FREYSENO, P. A.FAO Liatson OfficerEmbaasy of CanadaVia G, B. d.e'Roeei 2700161 Rome

Cerlon

CRUSE, S.CounuollorEmbaeey of CeylonVia Givaeppe Cuboni 6-800197 Rome

JIIELOT, J.chef du Service doe PecheeService dea Eau. et Feilte,Pohea et Chaaaea

B. P. 447Fort Lumy

BORIDieoioi' ¡aoiore].Ini$iiuto de Fomento FeoueoPe.ro Va].d.ivi 2633&xitiao do hi1

Costa Rioa

DI }1CTOLA LBSTFA, iomo SiRoentante Pexmanents do

Costa Rica onto la 1MOUii6n Pexmenente do Costa Ricaanto lEI 1MO

1Tic Yitoio Veneto 6

00187 1oma

DI tLeeEnte ?eManente Alternodo Costa Rica ante la 1MO

L1iiGn Po anente ò.e Costa Ri.ciicrne la 1MO

Via Vittorio Veneto 5600187 Roma

8cR0UBri, ch.io tent Head of Department

I!iniot7 of FiheriesCoer

France

TOUYA JDir otour doe Poheo raarimes

oxicIt 6a3x'a1 4e la Narine3 Ploo d.c FontcrnoyFario 7e

NOREAUX, C.inistratoui' eivil au 8ectariatara1 do le iine marcü

Dtion d.00 Poho maritimov3 Place do PontonoyP!3 73

LI.0AID1, Dr L Aiaiotratow en abet do

i Ins oription xitimootariet n6ra1 dc, la eririo marohande

3 Place do I?ontonoyParis 7e

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DELAIS, LI0Chef da 83r'io Oc.SanographieOffio. de la Recherche cientifiue ette..ique d'Otre-Uer (ORSTON)

24 rae BayerdParts 8e

any Federal Repablt

Cit, Dr U.

los Dire otoz' o! FisheriosFederal LIinictry of Food.,

¿riou1ture end. Forestry53 Bonn

N$NGEOF1?, a,Regte ngFed. rai LItniutry of Food.,

Açriou1tare and. Forestry53 Bonn

RO8E, U.Joint Soc taryNinistry of Aicalturo1.Taii Delhi

Indonesia

ZAO:', LDireotor-c1oziera1 of Exploitation

of Iaritime ResourcesDepe,rtxnsnt of LIaritim AffairsDjarta8OESANTO, V.

ohande Senior OUioer, FisheriesDepartment of ¡'lartiimo AffaiDj ta

I1k

ARMADI, A. A,Under-8eozotary of iatura1 ResourcesNiniutry o! flatural Resou.roesTeheran

VITiLLI9 Doit0 VDiioe Genea1Dzion nea1 to11 Nrittiina11iuiitio d.oU Na'i No.it10Vialo AuthSUR, 00144 Ro

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APPENDIX

I.DDRJSS ! !1I DIRCTORNftI.L

Nr Clairinan, Distinguished Delegates,

It gives me gTeat pleasure to welcome the members of the Committee on Fisheries atthe opening of its Third. Session at the FAQ 1Iead.uarters in Rome.

This is the first opportunity I have had of meeting this Committee as Director-General0 Por soxue Delegates also this is a first attendance

I extend a cordial welcome also to Member rations of the Orgaziization id of the UNwho are present as observers. I also welcome the representatives of the ecrotary-Generalof the United. Nations and. from our sister Asncies of the United. Nations family, and. sisothose who are here from other international organizations concerned, with fieheries I

wish -to address a special word. of welcome t Admiral Langeraar, Eydrog'rapber Of the RoyalIetherlands Navy uni Chairman of the Intez'governxnents]. Oceanographic Commission. I haveinvited. Admiral a rear to deliver a keynote add.ress which you will bear later this morn-ing.

It gives me particular Pl asure, my d.ear Admiral, to welcome such a distinguished.countryman to FAO, uni I hope -that your stay in Rome will be a happy ano.

The happy precedent which wo are following today was established. at earlier sessionsof this Committee, each of which has been d.ressed. a man oi' eminence who spoke in apersonal capacity on ebjeoi of genera]. interest to the Committee.

Mr. Chairman, the Committee will have to consider important matters within its principalterms of refereuo, namely international collaboration in fisheries, and. will also haveto review the work of FAO in that same field..

During sy long association with FAO I have been aware of the rapid. development of theworld.'i, fisheries0 Since assuming duty as Director-General of this Organisation I havebecome more keenly aware o± the international problems and. the need. for international col-laboratton which ais *rticularly relevant to the development of rational use of the resourcesof the wor].d.'o oceans and. fresh water, The recent resolution of the UN General Assemblyon marine resources and. on the seabed have once more directed. attention to these probisine0I have followed the course of the Secretary-Generals enquiries with close personal interest,aince I am convincadofth?necossìty of devising effectiv machineryfor nter-govex-ziinentalconsultation sad action in these matters. To ¡ny mind., these are nt arid. discussions con-cerning bureaucratie processes, but are part of a lively and topical debate on how best todevelop the resources 01' the oceans, It i suite olear that for this purpose special maol-ii-nary must be introduced and. perfected, because of the common property nature of most o± thesea. resources. Their exploration, which also calls for close international cooperation, isin the early tats of scientific investigation. There is need. for f'und.s and fox' effort on

an entirely new moule if maximum benefits are to be derived, frais the wealth available fromthe living reso'ces of the nearly three-quarters of the earth's surface covered. by thoseas and. by inland. watore0 Within this global approach there are of course regional and.national interests, where distinct research and. d.eveloprnent actions will be needed foreach of 'the major oceans of th world., in wbioh all users and. research interests shouldplay their parte

I would. like to expand. a little on the direction which the Secretary-General appears10 be taking in these matters, on th advice of hie Group of xpex'ts on Narine Scieno and

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Teo1nol. You. nominated. to this Group your Chairman, Dr A.W.E. Needler of Canada,the FAO nominee was Mr. FL Popper, your Seoretary An expanded program of scieriti-

fic inveetigation of the marine environment is visizalized. as a basis for the exploitationand. development, ozi the one band. of the living marine resources arid, on the other, of themarine mineral resources. This expanded. prögram would. need. to be Lcrte3cen by an inter-

governmental body, preferably one already in existeno arid occupying afocal positions Itha becri suggested. that the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, whose tenas ofreference are already close to those required for this purpose, should. be broadened. so asto enable it to undertake this wider task, sud, coordinate and. formulate the expau4ed pro-

ani For my part, I believe we should. welcome a development of this nature. The broad-criad IOC would. need. strengthening to coordinate the joint oonthot of various projects inwhich the Agencies concerned., including FAO, would. participate. Further coordination ofactivities by W Agenoise in this field. would. be provided through the Administrative Cois-mittee on Coordination and. jt Sub-Committee on Marine Science and. its Applications. The

ACC consists of the ecutive Heads of the specialized agencies meetthg under the chairman-shi ai the Secretary-General of the United Nations0

With regard to the exploitation of marine stocks of fish, much international machineryalready exists there are more than 20 international fishery bodies, mainly regional incharacter. It was in the context of a rapidly growing need. for 000rd.ination and. the

avoid.ano of duplication that the Conference at its Twelfth Session resolved. that FAOchould. be given the status of being the leading inter-governmental body in encouragingrationAl harvesting of food. from the oceans and. inland. waters. The Conference, therefore,established. thin Committee on Fisheries inter alla to conduot periodic general reviews offishery problems of an international character and. to appraise such problems end. their pos-

ible solutions, This Committee bas already stimulated. closer cooperation between exist-'ing bodies, and. lias identified. areas where international action is needed..

At the saws time, the fishery sector of FAO was raised to the ettus of u. Departmentwith 50MB strengthening of staff and. resources. I blow, however, that the Department'sresources are still inadequate to discharge its increasing duties with t'ul1.ffectivenes.It is olear that continued. strengthening along the lines envisioned. at the Thirteenth FAOConferenoe will be necessary if FAO is io play it appropriate part in the new machinery

which is likely -to be established as a result of the Secretary-General' s report to theGeneral Assembly. The General Aseeisbly of the United Nations y well cisil upon MemberStates to increase their support for international cooperation, and. draw to the attentionof ali international funding organizations the need. for assisting d.evoloping countries toparticipate more fully in this work.

I believe that the tentative proposals for the general organization at' the work oX

FAO in the field. of fisheries during 1970/71 and. subsequently, which have been placed. be

lore you, are timely. These teritative proposals will have to be defined. during the next

few months as part of the process of preparing my overall proposals t'or the Program of Work

and. Bud.get of FAO for 1970/71. In elaborating these proposals I will bave to take into

account a number of factors including the important structural review of the organization

of FAO which is now in progrese and, of course, the views of member governments as express-

ed. by their representatives. Your Committee is the main forum for such en expression of

viese arid. jt composition makes it particularly competent t'or this task, That ability is

supported. by the presence of so many observers from countries which are not members of the

Committee.

I will follow your work with the greatest interest and. I wiah you every success in

your deliberations. Nay I reiterate my personal welcome to all of you.. I ais g].ad. that

o mary high ranking fishery administrators and. scientists are ab]. to attend. here in per-

ori and I wish you. all a very pleasant and. profitable stay in Rome.

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APPEND

AGENDA

Election of the Chairman

Election of Vice-.Chairmsn

Adoption of the ¡enda and arrangements for the Session

4, Contiiutiona,2. matters considered by the FoUrteenth Sessionof the FAO Conference

Iembership in the Committee on Fisheries

Amendment to Rules of Procedure of the Committeeand to Statutes of ite subsidiary bodies

(o) Functions of Committee on Fisheries

(a) Sea area fishery commissions

5. General problems of international cooperation in tisi ries

International programs of marine and inland investigationand development, support for regional fishery bodies

Lon-term problems of cooperation among internationalagencies concerned with the oceans. (UN Resolution 2172on Resources of the Sea)

6. Problems and activities of international fishery bodiesestablished within the framework of FAO

7, Other tu'gent problems of rational utilization of fishery resources

Southeast Atlantic (Draft Convention)

Southwest Atlantic

(o) Atlantic tuna

(d) Other areas and. stocks

General trends end organization of the work of FAO in the feldof fisheries during 1970/71 and subsequently

Other matters discussed by the Fourteenth Session of the FAOConference and by the Committee on Fìoheriee at its Second Seesion

Future of Norid Fisheries Abetraot8

Various aspects of appraisal and managementof fishery resources

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(o) Marine po].luticrn

Lcper advice to 'A0 in the field of fieheries

World Weather Watch forecast of requirements for fisheries

10. Establishment and activities of sub-committees ubidiary Wor]cinparties or stuy groups under Rule XXX-10

Sub-Committee on the Development of Cooperation withInternational OrEanizatione concerned uith Fisheries

Sub-Committee on Fishery Education and Training

(C) Any others

11. Date and. place of nest session

12 Ary other business

13. adoption of Report end recommendations

COFI/68/4

COFI/68/5

Sup.2

COFI/68/6

COFI/6B/9

COWI/68/io

COFI/68/3.1

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COFI/68/3 (1enra1 prob1e of i nation1 oo-opo'ation in f iherioup2. (b) Lon-term .zoblema of co-o oration amori.. inter-

Sup.1, £d.d..l national noie concerned. with the oceans$up.2 WN lution 2172

Problems and. ag viti of mt tinal hery bc,d.ìcs

tablished itbin the framework of FAO

Other rerit problems of mtìona3. u lition off iah5zly rescv.roea

(a) otIiast Atlaritio

Other uent prob].erns et rational utilization ofiuhery resources

(o) Atlaritc tuna

on Rsouroes of the Se

APPENDIX D

LIST OF DOQ)

COFI/68/1 Proviinonal xaAnotatd rovisiona]. aend.a

cOFI/68/2 Coustituti.onal ma'ttsr oon4ô.ez'ed. by the Fouiteen'th SeinQf t FAO Confeenoe

OOFI/68/7 Other urgent problems of tiorial utilìsati.on o±

Sup.l fishery resources(a) Other areas and. stocks

COFX/68/8 tab1ishment and. activities of b.-committees, subsidiary

Sup.1 worlUng parties or studr groups uud.er aule XXX-L0

(a) Sub-Committee on the Development of Co-orerationwith International Orianinations concerned. withFisheries

General problems of international co-operation in fisheries(a) International rograms of marine and. inian

inves.ation and. tevelopment. and. supportfjona1 fishery boi

Other matters discussed by the Fourteenth Session of the FAOConference and. by the Committee on Fisheries at its Second. essiom

Future of World. Fisheries Abstracts

Other matters discussed. by the Fourteenth Session at" the FAOConei-anoe and. by the Committee on Fisheries at its Second Session

Various aspects of araisal arid. manaement offishery reuouroe

COFI/68/12

COFI/68/13

COFI/68/14Sup. i

COFI/68/15

COFI/68/16

COFI/68/Inf. i

COF/68/Inf 2

COFI/68/Inf 3

COFI/68/Info 4,Rev.].

C0FI/68/Inf 5

COFI/68/Inf. 6

COFI/68/Inf 7 ,Revl

COFI/68/Inf. 8,Rev.l

COFI/68/Inf0 9

COFI/68/Infe 10

COFI/68/Inf 13.

COFI/68/Inf. 12

C0FI/68/Inf 13

Coi'I/68/Inf 14

COFI/68/Inf 15

Other urgent problems of rational wtilization of fishery resources(b) Southwest Atlantic

establishment and. activities of sub-commi'ttees subaid.iary

working parties ox' stu&y groups uud.er Rule XXX-10(b) Sub-Committee on Fishery Nd.uoatiou and. Tx'ainin

Other matters d.isoussed. by the Fourteenth Session of the FAOConference and. by the Committee on Fisheries at its Second Session(o) Marine pollution

Other matters d.isoaaeed. by the Fourteenth Session of the FAOConference and. by the Committee on Fisheries at its Second. Session(a.) pert ad.vice to FAO in the field. of fisheries

General trend.s and. organization of the work of FAO in the field.of fisheries d.uring 1970/71 and. subseuent1y

Summary of ourrent fishery field. proectu

Information for d.e].egates

Conferences and. training centres organized. or supported, bythe Department of Fisheries d.uring 1968/69

Timetable for the Third Session

3ombers of the Committee on Fisheries

Notes on a World. Fishery Congress (COFI/67/8)

Documents available on request

List of participants

List of d.00umente

Summary report of the First Session of the ACNRR/ICS WorkingParty on the Fishery Resources of the Nastern-Ceniral arid.

Southeast Atlantic

Address by Rear-'Admiral W. Langersar

Appointments for visitors during the current esiou

Address by the Direotor-øenex'al

World. Weather Watoh

Notes concerning a d.ecade of ocean exploration

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MR/764fl/86e/E/j /600