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increased exploitation must all be determined. Armed with such
data, shery scientists will be in a position to predict the extent of
the decline in catches as the size of the shing eets grows, and to
forecast the long—term prospects for the shery.
Numerous other searcely—exploited sheries can be found in
various parts of the world; examples are the stocks of anchovy off
California, the ocean perch (redsh) in the Gulf of Alaska, the tuna
in the Atlantic and various demersal sh in the Bering Sea. ln some
cases large stocks of sh are found near to countries which badly
need additional sources of high—grade protein. The waters off South
Arabia, for instance, offer the potential for large catches of yellown
and other tuna, shrimps, lobsters and sardines. But the problem then
arises as to how these stocks can be exploited. India, for one, could
certainly benet from a shery in the South Arabian area, but how
can she exploit it without trawlers and factory ships? In common
with other countries, hungry for high—grade protein, India lacks
the nancial resources to build up such a shery. As a result one
nds the established shing nations moving in and removing valuable
sh protein practically from the doorsteps of the hungry.
To raise primitive sheries to a level at which they can compete
directly with eets and industries developed over decades, even
centuries, makes fantastic demands on already over—taxed economies.
It is one thing to provide engines for boats, nylon twine for nets,
portable winches for beach seine shing, kilns for drying and
refrigeration plant for freezing sh, but it is quite another scale of
Operation to supply say factory trawlers and similar equipment of
the modern industrial shery along with the distribution network so
typical of the ‘home market’ which supports their effort. In addition,
considerable build—up of the world’s shing eets would make the
management of available sh stocks well—nigh impossible, so that
present sh populations might well be destroyed. Obviously some
kind of compromise is essential. One solution might lie in persuading
the handful of nations which dominate the sheries to contribute aid
according to their individual share of the total world catch. This aid,
among other things, would help poorer nations to improve their
existing sheries and, where possible, might be used to encourage
the direct transition from primitive levels of shing to marine
farming. In this way, emergent nations bordering on the seas could
build up a growing and renewable source of marine food.
The Last Resource
increased exploitation must all be determined. Armed with such
data, shery scientists will be in a position to predict the extent of
the decline in catches as the size of the shing eets grows, and to
forecast the long—term prospects for the shery.
Numerous other searcely—exploited sheries can be found in
various parts of the world; examples are the stocks of anchovy off
California, the ocean perch (redsh) in the Gulf of Alaska, the tuna
in the Atlantic and various demersal sh in the Bering Sea. ln some
cases large stocks of sh are found near to countries which badly
need additional sources of high—grade protein. The waters off South
Arabia, for instance, offer the potential for large catches of yellown
and other tuna, shrimps, lobsters and sardines. But the problem then
arises as to how these stocks can be exploited. India, for one, could
certainly benet from a shery in the South Arabian area, but how
can she exploit it without trawlers and factory ships? In common
with other countries, hungry for high—grade protein, India lacks
the nancial resources to build up such a shery. As a result one
nds the established shing nations moving in and removing valuable
sh protein practically from the doorsteps of the hungry.
To raise primitive sheries to a level at which they can compete
directly with eets and industries developed over decades, even
centuries, makes fantastic demands on already over—taxed economies.
It is one thing to provide engines for boats, nylon twine for nets,
portable winches for beach seine shing, kilns for drying and
refrigeration plant for freezing sh, but it is quite another scale of
Operation to supply say factory trawlers and similar equipment of
the modern industrial shery along with the distribution network so
typical of the ‘home market’ which supports their effort. In addition,
considerable build—up of the world’s shing eets would make the
management of available sh stocks well—nigh impossible, so that
present sh populations might well be destroyed. Obviously some
kind of compromise is essential. One solution might lie in persuading
the handful of nations which dominate the sheries to contribute aid
according to their individual share of the total world catch. This aid,
among other things, would help poorer nations to improve their
existing sheries and, where possible, might be used to encourage
the direct transition from primitive levels of shing to marine
farming. In this way, emergent nations bordering on the seas could
build up a growing and renewable source of marine food.