Fishing talks about July 10

Press, 3 July 1978, Page 6

Fishing talks about July 10

The Japanese Minister of Agriculture (Mr Ichiro Naka--awa) said in Tokyo yesterday that the Government would open separate fisherynegotiations with New Zealand and Australia this month

Mr Nakagawa was speak-1 ing at a press conference; after returning from bi-1 lateral Ministerial consulta-, lions in Canberra and two-, day talks in Wellington with! the New Tealand Prime Min-| ister (Mr Muldoon). Mr Nakagawa and Mr Mui-1 doon agreed on a 12-pointl trade and fishing declaration.) whose details were not disclosed. ending a bitter dispute between their countries New Zealand barred Japanese fishing boats from its 200-mile fishery zone delated on April 1, demanding creater access to the Japan-1 esa market for its dairy products and timber.

“We plan to open fishery; negotiations with New Zea'-!

land as soon as possible. 1 anticipate they are not too difficult,” Mr Nakagawa said. Ministry of Agriculture sources said that the talks were likelv to begin about July 10 to discuss Japanese fishing activities in the ..one. in which Japan annually) caught 160,000 tonnes ofi fish.

“The Japanese Government will now study concrete measures about importing New Zealand dairy products for aid to developing countries and for use in school lunches here,” said Mr Nakagawa. “We will promote imports of New Zealand pinus radiata if it is found strong enough (as construction material).”

He said that both sides had agreed that Japan would lower its tariffs on squid and other marine products in the course of the so-called Tokyo round of multilateral trade negotiations.