Asia-Pacific Fisheries

Country Information

Russian Far East: Fisheries Management

Clarence G. Pautzke, executive director, of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, has produced a study of the Rusian Far East that is exceptional and a first of its kind. Original is here.

China's Fisheries
NOAA has put together a very summary of China's fisheries. here.
Japan
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Guide to Fishing Industry.
United States
Fisheries Management by Mary Beth West, U.S. assistant secretary of state.
Alaska Dept of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries. Has information on salmon, herring, groundfish/halibut, and shellfish fisheries. Includes statistics and forecasts.
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council
National Marine Fisheries Service

Fisheries Regulation

International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC)
US-Russian Exchange of Notes on North Pacific Salmon Fishing, 1992
Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC)
Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources (CCMPR) in the Central Bering Sea
International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Code of Conduct For Responsible Fisheries Adopted by 28th session of FAO Conference, Oct 31, 1995.

For more information on the question of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) also has some nice summaries and the full text of most of the documents produced by the conferences.

North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC)
U.S.-Canada Agreement on Fisheries Enforcement
U.S.-Japan Consultative Committee on Fisheries
U.S.-Russia Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC)
U.S.-China Marine and Fisheries Science and Technology Protocol
U.S.-Korea Science and Technology Agreement
Governing International Fishery Agreements (GIFAs) [China, Russia]
These allow Chinese and Russian vessels to fish in US waters.

Control of Driftnet Fishing

International Agreements Concerning Living Marine Resources of Interest to NOAA Fisheries

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conversation and Management Act Covers US rights and authority regarding fish and fishery resources, foreign fishing and international fishery agreements, national fishery management program, and fishery monitoring and research.

Table of US fisheries agreements

Enforcement

News Releases from the 17th US Coast Guard District The 17th District covers Alaska, and so the North Pacific and Bering Sea. The district issues press releases on vessels caught in illegal fishing.


Issues

The following links provided most of the information above.

TED Case Studies: Japan Driftnet Fishing, Jan. 11, 1997

Pollock Fishery

Testimony on the US Fishing Act, S 1221. Jeff Hendricks, Alaska Ocean Seafood Limited March, 1998.

Paul MacGregor, At-Sea Processors Association

Other

Fish Processing Industry organization

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Pacific branch

In addition to these, for news reports, please use the database. The subject code for fishing is UREG.


Statistics

Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Japan
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
United States
National Marine Fisheries Service

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