PGP tie:Peetins emer mtl: hah Sohne seem Se a ewe Fe ere et et USSR views conservation as key to plentiful seas’ In a recent interview, the Soviet Minister of Fisheries, A. A: Ishakov, expressed his views On the supply of fish in the World’s oceans, and Soviet con- ern for conservation. Speaking generally of. the Soviet fishing industry, he point- €d out that this is carried on in Inland waters as well as at sea and that in all 700,000 persons are engaged in the industry. aking into account all types of Vessels, from the smallest to the 8lant “Vostok” factories, there ate. 18,000 in the Soviet fleet. Asked what is the number one task of Soviet fishermen today, € minister replied: “Quality of SUutput.” And this involves refri- Geration for transportation over the vast distances of the Soviet nion, Three targets in the coming Vve-year plan, he said, are: re- Newal of the fleet; high capacity h-processing bases at the local- ties of consumption rather than 4 ports only; and the boosting of fish farming. Ishkov told interviewer ~A. Evseyev that the Soviet Union *€counts for about 13% of the forld’s fish catch, and about Wo-thirds of that reaches Soviet s les. Whereas “our grand- athers . . . consumed about six llograms of fish a year,” Ishkov : Id, the annual per capita con- Umption now is 16 kg. is ne last part of the interview 8lven verbatum: aay ss uestion: The ocean is a store- ' Use for man. But it is not bot- mless, is it? Answer: Both yes and no. We Most likely not speak of the ad Ocean’s reserves as being eauted or unlimited. Another PProach is called for here. The @ can supply us with. every- ing and as much as we need if Th, just deal sensibly with it. We Sea will not be exhausted. ® needn’t fear that. Man is fessing experience, learning °m- his mistakes, and will un- uiestionably ensure a rational, fee: scientifically-grounded i Wation of the world ocean’s Ological resources. ean late August the National R inet. of Argentina was reor- qnized for the seventh time ance Isabelle Peron’s takeover the presidency. El Committee of the country’s Recenist Party described the of € as “an evident symptom ingesremely dangerous political the ability, faced by the depth of try Stisis that scourges the coun- Pee present ministerial re- i Nization points out an ad- _ ©€ that cannot be disowned. to, Lhis depuration must not “6, to rest halfway... tha" Speaking out regarding ne vious cabinet, the Com- ig a Party had expressed that chan @S not a matter of only ‘of 'Ng persons, but a matter chan Tinging about. a_ radical C,..8¢ in the politcal trend,” the «unists’ statement stressed. net theresence of the new Cabi- n ee Communist Party adopts ed Jective attitude; it has stat- Cover ZY times that it does not Rover either the failure of the Dmnt or the destruction of tecent statement of the Cen- . One stage in the processing of fish in Soviet fleet that includes traviers and “factory ships”. Question: But some say that fish reserves are decreasing. Answer: No, I don’t see that danger. On the contrary, the fish haul is steadily increasing and the overall reserves are not de- creasing — and fish live 3-4 years; whether caught or not they perish anyway. The main thing is to keep a close eye on reserves, care for them, try not | Argentina faces dangerous | political instability — CP the Peronist Party. Therefore, the new Cabinet shall be judged by its statements, and most of all, by its definite actions. , “Finally, the Communist Party states again a stand on principle, responding to the particular complexity of the Argentine po- litical situation and to the true relation of political and social forces. “It is the following: the Argen- tine crisis is global, political eco- nomical, social and cultural; in order to confront it and defeat it, the union of those forces co- inciding as to democratic, na- tional and popular solutions is necessary. The landowning oligarchy, the large capitalists and monopolies, backed by the CIA, are the bene- ficiaries-of the lack of unity of action of the democratic and pat- rictic forces.” The moment calls for seeking out what unites, not what estranges. On a solid base such as this it shall be possible to constitute a true civic-military national salvation Cabinet, of ample demccratic coalition.” to deplete them and coordinate the fishing of different countries. Question: And how about ma- rine animal hunting? Answer: Here we observe a certain stabilization and swelling of stock. The population of the Caspian seal for example has in- creased. White Sea seal herds are being restored. Kamchatka beaver herds are increasing. There is not an island among the Kuriles that does not have a beaver family even where they never occurred before. The situ- ation with fur-seals is a bit more complicated, though their popu- lation is also being regenerated. Fur-seals perish for reasons be- yond our control — certain re- gions of the world ocean are _ polluted. Question: And what about whales? Answer: Whales are protected. There is an international con- vention which regulates whaling, and restrictions are becoming more rigid every year, with for- bidden areas expanding and the whaling season shrinking. The strict observance of these meas- ures is maintained by special international commission obser- vers on board the whalers. Question: What about the dolphins? Answer: In our waters the dol- phin is quite safe. To my mind only Turkish fishermen still go after the dolphin — they are the cnly ones who refused to uphold our proposal on the termination of dolphin hunting. Dolphin schools are increasing. At any rate every ship on the Black Sea is nowadays followed by a dol- phin school. And there was a time after all, when people had almost forgotten their existence. WORLD NEWS LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS REQUEST OBSERVER STATUS IN SOCIALIST ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS MOSCOW — Argentina and Colombia are seeking CMEA obser- ver status, it was reported here Oct. 3. CMEA, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, is often called “Comecon” in the Western news media. It takes in all the European socialist states, plus Cuba and the Mongolian People’s Republic. Finland, Yugo- slavia, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) have CMEA observer status. Mexico earlier this year indicated it wants CMEA observer status and in August a CMEA-Mexico agreement on economic, scientific and technological cooperation was signed in Moscow. : There are reasons for believing that three other Latin American states — Panama, Costa Rica and Ecuador — are considering simi- lar moves. A major reason for this Latin American trend is CMEA aid to the economic development of Cuba. SECRET CORVALAN. TRIAL REPORTED BERLIN, GDR — The first, secret stage of Luis Corvalan’s trial by the fascist military junta in Chile has begun. This was stated last week at a Berlin news conference by Volodia Teitelboim and Orlando Millas, members of the Political Committee of the Com- munist Party of Chile. — Corvalan, CPC general secretary, has been imprisoned for more than two years. He has been tortured and maltreated, denied medical care, and he is in declining health. Teitelboim and Millas said that the first stage of the trial is being held in the port city of Valparaiso. “There is every reason,” they said, “to fear that the junta intends to hold a ‘blitz trial.’ “The second, ‘official’ stage will apparently last only a few hours, necessary to read out the framed-up charges and the verdict al- ready prepared. The accused will have no chance to defend him- self. “The only defense possible for Corvalan and his comrades-in- arms is international solidarity.” PORTUGAL’S PRESIDENT IN SOVIET UNION MOSCOW — President Francisco da Costa Gomes recently in Moscow on an Official visit to the Soviet Union, spoke at a dinner given in his honor at the Kremlin last week. Costa Gomes said, “Portugal, traditionally bound to the Western political-economic system, has become convinced that national independence implies a balanced diversification ofits foreign ties, and is now seeking to expand them.” ‘ Until the April 25, 1974 overthrow of the fascist regime, Portugal had no ties with the socialist world to speak of; it did maintain ‘relations with Cuba. More than 85 percent of Portugal’s trade was with the capitalist countries. : - : The Portuguese President said, “This lends particular significance to Portuguese-Soviet relations, which we would like to expand and deépen.” He said that “we are confident that genuine national in- dependence is also linked with peaceful development of relations among nations. We think we have made a major contribution to the cause of world peace by putting an end to a colonial war which lasted more than 13 years. Expanded Portuguese-Soviet relations would undoubtedly be useful for Europe and the cause of develop- ment and peace.” Suspend relations with Frenco Spain TORONTO — The Canadian Committe for a Democratic Spain has called on the Canadian gov- ernment to suspend normal dip- lomatic relations with Spain and to condemn the lack of human rights in that country. In a letter to the federal Min- ister for External Affairs, Allan MacEachern, the Committee drew attention to an accompany- ing statement which lists the crimes of the Franco regime. These include executions follow- ing military trials; continuing police repression marked by ar- bitrary arrests, tortures, searches without warrant, shooting of demonstrators, arrests of work- ers and labor leaders, jailing of priests and lawyers and the sup- pression of minority rights. The statement was also sent to each Canadian member of par- liament, to labor unions, church organizations, civil rights groups, to prominent individuals and the press. It describes Spain’s new “anti- terrorist” law as one which, in fact, makes a “terrorist” out of ‘anyone who opposes the Franco regime; which denies any kind of justice and bans all free ex- pression in press, radio, televi- sion and even from the pulpit. “In view of the fact that more than a dozen countries have re- cently recalled their ambassa- dors from Spain . . . the fact that sanctions against Spain are being considered by various in- ternational bodies, by labor bo- dies representing millions of workers including many trade unions in Canada, by bodies con- cerned with civil rights, by church organizations, by MPs and individuals,” the Committee strongly urges the Canadian gov- ernment: © to suspend normal diplom- atic relations with the present government of Spain, the last fascist. government in Europe, until such time as it guarantees democratic freedoms; @ to roundly condemn the con- tinued lack of basic human free- doms in Spain, the state policy of repression of the workers’ movement and all other opposi- tion forces; @ to support moves at the United Nations to bring Spain to task for its failure-to adhere to the Declaration of Human Rights of which that country is a sig- natory. 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