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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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State Department Under Secretary Christian A. Herter announced in Seattle efforts to enshrine historic U.S. fishing rights in any new Law of the Sea treaty in Geneva, protecting Pacific Northwest fishermen from potential losses along British Columbia's coast amid debates on extending offshore territorial limits.
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Fishing Rights
SEATTLE. A— Recognition of
historic
fishing rights
by
the
Law
of The Sea Conference
in
Geneva
is being
sought
by
the
State
Department,
Under
Sec-
retary
Christian
A.
Herter
dis-
closed here
Friday.
Herter
said
this
would
pro-
tect
Pacific
Northwest fishermen
no
matter
what
the
conference
does
about
changing
the
present
three-mile
territorial
limit
on
offshore
waters.
"We
are
trying
to
have
re-
tention
of historically
established
fishing
rights
written
into
the
language
of
any
new
treaty
adopted
by
the
conference
that
deals
with
sovereignty over off-
shore
waters," the
Under Secre-
tary told a news conference.
Herter said this would preserve
the rights of Pacific
Northwest
fishermen to operate
along
the
British Columbia
coast
outside
the present three-mile limit.
Loss
of these
fishing
grounds
would cripple Washington's fish-
ing industry, state officials said.
The Geneva conference appar-
ently has deadlocked over a pro-
posal for extending the offshore
limit to 12 miles, but Herter said
support is growing for a compro-
mise plan by India which would
allow
each
nation
to
establish
its own limit between 3
and
12
miles.
"This
would
permit indepen-
dent
negotiation
with
Canada
over
West
Coast fishing grounds
even
if the
'historic rights' pro-
vision is not adopted," he said.
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Seattle
Event Date
Friday
Key Persons
Outcome
loss of fishing grounds would cripple washington's fishing industry; conference deadlocked on 12-mile limit proposal, growing support for india's compromise plan allowing 3-12 mile limits and independent negotiations with canada.
Event Details
Under Secretary Christian A. Herter disclosed that the State Department is seeking recognition of historic fishing rights in the Law of the Sea Conference in Geneva to protect Pacific Northwest fishermen regardless of changes to the three-mile territorial limit. This would preserve rights to operate along the British Columbia coast outside the limit and include retention of historically established fishing rights in any new treaty on sovereignty over offshore waters. The conference is deadlocked over extending the offshore limit to 12 miles, but support is growing for a compromise by India allowing each nation to set its own limit between 3 and 12 miles, permitting independent negotiation with Canada over West Coast fishing grounds even if the historic rights provision is not adopted.