Fishing talks split
NZPA-Reuter Buenos Aires ' Antarctic Treaty countries (have made some progress in drafting a sea-life pre(servation -system, although another meeting mat' be (needed before a final conference on the issue in Austra-j-lia in December. a! “We have achieved some' r I progress over the initial! i(talks- in Canberra last! March, but there is still a, S;considerable gap in the sov-; I'lereignty issue on the Antarctic, and an additional! meeting will be required to, ■ bridge it,” one of the dele- ’ gates said on Thursday. 5 The two-week Antarctic ’ conference has finished but ’ the 13 attending countries , were still arguing yesterday ; over the cope and timing of ' the oposed system aimed ,:at preventing over exploitation of the continent’s fish-; iery resources. ,i Several countries are ur-i Jgin-g immediate imple[i mentation of fishing restric-f jtions against stiff opposition (from big fishing nations like ] 'the Soviet Union, Japan, and' (Poland. ( On the question of sover- i jeignty, Argentina, Chile, t (Australia, New Zealand, i I South Africa, Norway, and c (France have individual < claims. . : The Soviet Union, United s I States. Japan, Poland, Britlain, and Belgium favour! I internationalisation of the f area. ia
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