Excerpt from Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-Fifth Congress, Second Session on Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, P. L. 94-265, January 9, 1978 The second point is that it is clear in some of the fisheries that there is too much harvesting capacity right now and that it is increasing. Some of those vessels will have to be diverted to other fisheries or removed from the fishery, to be blunt about it. There will have to be some kind of compensation to those fishermen dislocated if the stocks are to recover. It is being done in the North Sea now. It could be done in other areas. I don't know how it can be done equitably. It may be an unpalatable suggestion in the industry and in Congress. But it should be explored. Senator hathaway. What countries are doing it in the North Sea? Mr. Apollonio. The Common Market is doing it in the North Sea now. They are saying to the vessels, we are going to restore the stock, therefore you cannot fish, but we will compensate those who have an established record in fisheries because of loss not of their own fault. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.