Govts of 8 countries begin fishery talks in Russia's Far East

VLADIVOSTOK, September 5 (Itar-Tass) - Governments of eight countries
- Russia, the U.S., Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Canada, and the
Faroe Islands - have begun talks in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the capital of the
Russian Far-Eastern insular region of Sakhalin on managing fishery
activities in the northern sector of the Pacific.
This is the ninth round of consultations on setting up an organization
that would monitor fisheries in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean.
The consultations in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk will continue through to
Thursday, September 9, the press service of the Sakhalin Research
Institute of Fisheries and Oceanic Studies /SAHNIRO/ said.
September 10 and September 11, the city will also host the 21st
session of the Russian-U.S. Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on
Fisheries.
Its agenda envisions discussion of a number of problems in the field
of the fishing industry , including the struggle with unauthorized,
unreported and unregulated fishing, as well as a number of issues in the
field of fishery economy.
The Russian delegation at the talks is led by Deputy Director General
of the State Agency for Fisheries, Sergei Podolian.
The first round of consultations on setting up an organization that
would regulate fisheries in northern Pacific was held at Japan's
initiative in 2006.