OTHER NEWS - Oct. 5, 1991
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
4 Nations Agree to Salmon Ban: The United States, the Soviet Union, Japan and Canada have agreed to ban salmon fishing indefinitely on the high seas of the north Pacific to protect stocks, the Canadian government said. The effect of the agreement was to close the fishery to Japan, the only one of the four that has a high seas salmon fleet. It numbers about 150 vessels. The accord is expected to take effect in the spring of 1992.
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