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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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