The World - News from April 7, 1988

President Reagan informed Congress that he is denying a Japanese request to resume fishing in U.S. waters because of continued Japanese whaling. Reagan said the Commerce Department has certified violations of an international whale conservation program based on permits Japan issued for the killing of Southern Hemisphere minke whales for research purposes. Japan’s current fishing quota in the 200-mile offshore zone is zero. Reagan said he was denying Japan’s request to fish for sea snails and Pacific whiting, and that Japan would be barred from future allocations. But the President said he was not imposing sanctions against imports of Japanese fish products.