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San Diego - Tuna Industry, 1975 August-December

 File — Box: 741, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2

Scope and Contents

A collection of letters, reports, newsletters & 1 bound copy of H.R. Report. Examples are: Stapled copy of 5 page letter from Harold F. Cary (Ocean Fisheries, Inc.) (12/18/75) to Senator Warren G. Magnuson re/ “S. 961 and Memorandum to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee;” corresp. from constituent Kathy Glum & Wilson’s response (10/75) re/ opposition to the 200-mile fishing zone legislation; letter from Robert S. Ingersoll (Acting Sec., Dept. of State) (10/27/75) re/ attempts, through discussions, to resolve seizures of U.S. flag tuna vessals; small stapled packet containing news release from “NOAA 75-189” (10/19/75) regarding “West Coast Hearing Scheduled by Commerce Department Agency,” office memo to Ed from K, letter from James M. Sparling, Jr. (Dept. of Commerce), copy of letter from Congressman Wilson to Sec. of Commerce Roger C.B. Morton, letter John A. Hodges (Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.) & photocopy of “petition by American Tunaboat Association and the Tuna Research Foundation that the Site of the October 9, 1975, Hearing Be Changed to the West Coast,” (Sept.-Oct. 1975) re/ negotiations to obtain a NOAA sponsored “informal public hearing” in San Diego on October 24, 1975; copy of letter from Congresswomen Patsy T. Mink (D.Hawaii) to Congressional Colleagues (10/7/75) re/ her opposition to H.R. 200, the 200-mile unilateral extension of U.S. fishing zone; copies of cablegrams from Kazuo Tanikawa (Japanese Diet Maritime League) & Congressman Wilson re/ opposition to the 200-mile exclusive fishing zone; stapled copies of corresp. from Robert A. Kilmarx (Center for Strategic & International Studies, Georgetown Univ.), Congressman Wilson & Japan Diet Member Kazuo Tanikawa (10/75) re/ opposition to 200-mile limit; 1 copy of Soundings Law of the Sea News and Commentary (Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1975) re/ “The 200 Mile Fishing Controversy” with emphasis on the pros & cons of this issue; 1 copy of letter from Congressman Don H. Clausen (R. CA) to Congressional Colleagues (n.d.) re/ support for passage of H.R. 200; 1 photocopy of 3 page letter from Donald P. Loker (U.S. Commissioner, IATTC) to Congressman Wilson (10/2/75) re/ Mr. Lokar’s criticisms of the actions taken by both NOAA & NMFS agencies in restricting the domestic tuna industry, especially in relation to the “killing of porpoise;” 1 copy of letter from Congressman M. Anderson to Congressional Colleagues (9/30/75) re/ H.R. 200 & how its enactment would threaten California & any Law of the Sea Conference; large stapled packet containing Harold F. Cary’s “Statement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce with regard to the 200-Mile Fishery Limit Bill--H.R. 200” (9/19/75); stapled copies of corresp. from Harold F. Cary (Ocean Fisheries, Inc.) to Senator John V. Tunney (9/12/75) & to Neil K. Williams (NMFS) (9/11/75) re/ controversies over National Fisheries Plan (1974), Senate Committee on Commerce Report & NMFS projections for 200-mile limit legislation; stapled copies of corresp. from Harold F. Cary (Ocean Fisheries, Inc.) to William F. Royce (Dept. of Commerce) (8/75) re/ “National Fisheries Plan material under Forecasts: What of the Future” & “The Synbergy, Inc. report” relative to 200-mile jurisdiction; large packet containing U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Commerce News “Release [8/12/76]...Members Appointed to Regional Fishery Management Councils for Implementation of 200-Mile Fishery Conservation Zone” (6 pages), Mem-O-Gram (6/15/76) from Ghio Seafood Products to Congressman Wilson endorsing John Vitalich, Jr. for management council, copy of letter from Ghio Seafood Products to Wilson in support of 200-Mile legislation & endorsement for eleven men for the fishery management councils, letters (7/76) from Congressman Wilson & Mansfield D. Sprague (Dept. of Commerce) regarding the endorsement of John Vitalich, Jr., letter (1/14/76) from John Vitalich, Jr. to Wilson seeking appointment to the Pacific Coast Fishing Management Council, photocopy of Univ. of Calif. Marine Advisory Programs Newsletter (5/76) & photocopy of letter from John P. Gilchrist to Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (5/13/76) with list of 6 candidates for Pacific Fishery Management Council as established under the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act; 1 copy of “Marine Fisheries Conservation Act of 1975...REPORT together with Supplementary and Dissenting Views [to accompany H.R. 200],” 94th Cong., 1st Sess., Report No. 94-445 (101 pages).

Dates

  • created: 1975 August-December

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From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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