Reviews the decline of commercial and sportsmen's fishery resources along the Pacific Coast. Focuses on need to develop and rehabilitate salmon resources, and need for state and Federal agency cooperation.

Considers legislation to revise compensation to U.S. fishermen for vessels seized by foreign governments and to establish bounties for killing predators that attack salmon and halibut. Also examines Japanese fishery expansion impact on Pacific Coast fishermen. Oct. 1 hearing was held in Anchorage, Alaska; Oct. 3 hearing was held in Fairbanks, Alaska; and Nov. 27 hearing was held in Seattle, Wash.

Oct. 13 hearing was held in Petersburg, Alaska; Oct. 16 hearing was held in Dillingham, Alaska; Oct. 17 hearing was held in Homer, Alaska; Oct. 18 hearing was held in Naknek, Alaska; Oct. 20 hearing was held in Kodiak, Alaska; Oct. 21 hearing was held in Fairbanks, Alaska; Oct. 24 hearing was held in Anchorage, Alaska; Oct. 25 hearing was held in Cordova, Alaska; Oct. 26 hearing was held in Juneau, Alaska; Oct. 27 hearing was held in Ketchikan, Alaska.

This book and an accompanying atlas complete the first phase of the North Pacific Project. The Project seeks to identify and describe in detail the major marine policy problems of the North Pacific region. Divided into parts:- Living resources in the North Pacific; Marine transportation on the North Pacific; Marine scientific research in the North Pacific; Multiple use conditions and conflicts of the North Pacific.

In anticipation of the UN Conference of the Law of the Sea taking place in 1973, Dr Kasahara and Dr Burke of the University of Washington first published North Pacific Fisheries Management earlier that year. The conference brought fishery territories to a global stage with delegates that may not be as informed about ocean issues as those previously making decisions. Therefore the Program of International Studies of Fishery Arrangements was created to explore the management of fisheries in specific regions. This study focusses on the North Pacific region and delves into the implications of a global regime, generic problems concerning fishery management, distribution and institutions as well as alternative arrangements that can be made to make the management of fisheries smoother. This title will be of interest to students of environmental studies and policy makers.