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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Deaver, Michael\nFolder Title: Anchovy File (2)\nBox: 34\nTo see more digitized collections\nvisit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories\nvisit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives\nCatalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nRay arnett\n136 EL CAMINO\nBEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90212\nJuly 17, 1981\nMalcom Baldridge\nSecretary of Commerce\n14th E. Northwest\nWashington, D.C. 20230\nDear Secretary Baldridge,\nAs a past president and eight year member of the\nCalifornia Fish and Game Commission, under then Governor\nReagan, I would urge you to take a hard look at the new\nPacific Fishery Management Council recommendation for the\ntaking of anchovies off California and participation in\nthis fishery and others by the Soviet Union.\nBecause marine biology is an inexact science, I also\nfeel that the 420,000 ton quota set by the PFMC is danger-\nously high (approximately four times higher than quotas\nallowed by the Commission, and eight times higher than the\nfisherman have been able to catch in the past).\nIn my lifetime I have watched one of the most prolific\nareas in the world deteriorate into at best a mediocre\nmarine fishery; all this under the watchful eye of government\nmarine biologists.\nThe fact that there is a bottom in the barrel seems to\nbe elusive. Inviting foreign nations to participate in our\nalready ailing fisheries is a dangerous step. Russia has\nalready overfished it's own waters, and is forced to range\nfar and wide. Mexico has geared up just below the border to\nfish without restrictions by their government and, with the\nRussian precident will probably want to participate in our\nfisheries when their resources run out.\nThis action, coupled with offshore drilling policies will\nmake it increasingly difficult to elect Republicans in this\nstate.\nOnly a small segment of the commercial fisheries would\nbenefit from increased take and foreign participation, while\nthe rest including the related recreational industries and\nfishing public would suffer from this abuse of the forage\nfish population.\n136 EL CAMINO\nBEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90212\n2\nI feel very strongly about this situation or I wouldn't\nwrite this letter. The problems of trying to preserve our\ndwindling fisheries are tough enough without the injection\nof international politics.\nIf it would strengthen my credibility, I might add that\nI am a heeler and a PRCA life member, number C-180.\nAre you going to believe a cowboy or a biologist?\nSincerly,\nTimothy M. Doheny\nTMD/blh\nCC: Berger Bensen\nMike Deavers\nN/A\nSAC ASSOCIATION.\nSPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA\n555 E. OCEAN BOULEVARD SUITE 700-A\nLONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802\n(213) 432-2316\nAugust 20, 1981\nandrewing\nOF\nCALIFORNIA-\nW. A. NOTT, PRESIDENT\nPHILLO TOZER, VICE-PRESIDENT\nMr. Michael K. Deaver\nFRANK HALE, SEC'TY-TREASURER\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS\nSpecial Assistant To The President\nAREA 1: W. E. POOLE\nWashington, D. C. 20500\nFRANK LO PRESTE (ALT.)\nRussian Factoryship\nDON SANSOME (ALT.)\nin So. Calif. waters\nRALPH MILLER\nBOB MILLER (ALT.)\nCATHY MILLER (ALT.)\nDear Mike:\nSTEVE GIFFIN\nDAN SANSOME (ALT.)\nDAN PALM\nEnclosed are copies of some editorials and letters.\nlinda PALM (ALT.)\nYou may have copies of some of the letters as they have\nPORT OF SAN DIEGO\nbeen directed to Secretary Baldridge with copies to the\nAREA 2: J. W. McHOLLAND\nPresident.\nJAMES MULLINS (ALT.)\nBOB pellman (ALT.)\nIMPERIAL BEACH mission BAY\nThe Public is really beginning to respond. The\nAREA 3: DON hansen\nSanta Monica Outlook, San Diego Tribune, Western Out-\nDICK HELGREN (ALT.)\ndoor News and smaller dailies have written editorials\nOCEANSIDE NEWPORT\nopposing any factoryship \"wolfpack\" operations in our\nAREA 4: FRANK HALE\nSEAL BEACH LONG BEACH\nSouthern California fragile forage and food fisheries.\nAREA 5: FRANK HALL\nThey particularly oppose a venture which benefits the\nJIM PETERSON (ALT.)\nRussians using the products of our resources.\nSAN pedro L.A. HARBOR\nAREA 6: GORDON McRAE, JR.\nThe Long Beach Press Telegram and Los Angeles\nBARNEY BARNES (ALT.)\nTimes have indicated they are also coming out with\nSANTA MONICA BAY\neditorials opposing the Russian joint venture concept.\nAREA 7: JACK C. WARD\nFRED BENKO (ALT.)\nSANDY vernand (ALT.)\nI've been on the waterfront since 1934 and never\nPT. DUME MORRO BAY\nhave I seen such unity of purpose involving the com-\nCHARTER boats: GARRY black\nmercial, sportfishing, recreational and general public\nBoB FLETCHER\nROGER HESS\ninterests including the man on the street.\nPolitically, I can see nothing but good resulting\nfrom the Administrations opposition to the concept. Conversely, if the\nAdministration approves it and one or more factoryships come on scene\nin these heavily trafficked Southern California waters the tremendous\npublic resentment will become a very large political hot potato.\nWhile I realize that this is a small problem when compared to Air\nControllers, Libyan jets, etc. we're only going to get one turn at bat\nand we should not strike out now.\nWe all wish the President, his staff and you, Mike, our very best.\nPride in the Nation and respect for government is returning thanks to\nyou all.\nSincerely,\nBill\nW. A. Nott, President\nSANTA MONICA\nThurs., Aug. 13, 1981\nEVENING OUTLOOK\nOpinion\nEVENING\nOUTLOOK\nOurs\nU.S.S.R. seeks profits\noff California coasts\nPresident Reagan may find himself with some new\nneighbors near his Santa Barbara ranch that he hadn't quite\nbargained for.\nDespite Reagan's hard line approach toward the Soviet\nUnion, the administration is currently considering a proposal\nthat would put the Russians right off our Southern California\ncoast by giving a Soviet fishing enterprise rights to surplus\nUnited States commercial fisheries.\nIn a plan conceived by the Seattle-based Marine Resouces\nCo. (half owned by the Soviet Union), a San Pedro\nfishermen's union and the Soviet government, state and\nfederal waters off the Southern California coast would be\nopento exploitation by a so-called Russian factory ship for\ntaking four of our basic food and forage fishes - jack\nmackerel, Pacific mackerel, squid and anchovies.\nSince the fish, for the most part, would come out of existing\nquotas already imposed on domestic fishermen, the tonnage\nfigures sought by the joint venture do not seem excessive -\n15,000 tons of jack mackerel, as much as 2,700 tons of Pacific\nmackerel, 2,500 tons of squid and 10,000 tons of anchovies.\nWhat bothers us is that Secretary of Commerce Malcomb\nBaldridge is considering giving the Soviets any of our fish at\na time when virtually all of our fisheries are in a state of\ndecline. Biologists cannot agree, on some species, how many\nof these fish can safely be harvested for our own use, let alone\nfor the benefit of a communist nation.\nUnlike the wheat U.S. farmers recently agreed to sell the\nRussians, this proposal also states that some of those fish\nwould be processed and canned by the Russians to be\nmarketed in the Orient, Europe and Third World countries of\nAfrica.\nSelling a renewable resource like wheat is one thing, but\nselling something as fragil as the anchovy, which already is\nbeing harvested well beyond allegedly \"safe\" limits\nestablished by our biologists, is quite another.\nFurthermore, most of those fish would be caught and then\nsold at sea by contracting San Pedro fishermen who would\nbenefit handsomely. Because the sale would be made via the\nSeattle-based Marine Resources Co., California would loose\nout on substantial tax money that ordinarily would be paid if\nthe same fish were landed, processed and then sold to the\nRussians through stateside markets.\nThe Fisherman's Cooperative Association in San Pedro\ninitiated this proposal. They originally approached Marine\nResources three years ago, seeking additional markets. They\nclaim that existing San Pedro markets and processors can't\nhandle the quantity of fish the co-op is capable of catching.\nThe processors contend that the co-op's catches are so\nirregular that hiring additional processing crews can't be\njustified financially.\nAll of this is made possible through the Fishery\nConservation and Management Act of 1976 - a misnomer if\nthere ever was one. The act says, in brief, where a fishery is\nnot being fully utilized by our shoreside processors and\ncommercial fishermen, then any foreign nation may apply\nfor a percentage of that fishery, as determined by the Pacific\nFisheries Management Council. Last month the council gave\nits blessings to the Soviet joint venture proposal.\nPresently, state and federal fisheries biologists are tying\nup some loose ends before the whole proposal is accepted or\ndenied by Secretary Baldridge.\nRepresentatives of our state and federal fisheries agencies,\nas well as many within our commercial fishing industries,\nbelieve the proposal is nothing more than an attempt by the\nRussians to gain even further access to our valuable\nfisheries.\nThe United States fishermen do not enjoy the government\nassistance that other countries offer their fishing industries.\nThe Japanese, for instance, are the world's leading fishing\nnation; the Russians are close behind. In both countries, the\nrespective governments subsidize their fishing industries.\nFor these reasons, our fishermen are unable to compete in\nthe international fisheries market.\nWe think the whole plan should be scuttled. The United\nStates should have learned by now that when you go fishing\nwith the Russians, you better carry a big hook. We see no\nreason to allow the Russians to move into our own backyard,\nmuch less assist them to make a profit at our expense.\nTerri Jonisch, Editor, Opinion pages\nEDITORIAL STAFF\nWESTERN\nBob Robb\nManaging Editor\nGeorge Kramer\nAssociate Editor\nOUTDOOR\nTom Stienstra\nNo. California Editor\nFIELD REPORTERS: Bill Beebe Steve Comus B# Dow\nNEWS\nney Jack Elis Denver Gamer Dennis Williams Tom\nMiller Shirley Miller Bill Rivas Jon Niemiec Wilson Lyth\ngoe Norm Philips Lee Schimmer\nbirthne recidy in Editions Except Last Week of Calendar Year\nBUSINESS STAFF\nby\nBurt Twilegar\nPublisher\nSTERN OUTDOORS PUBLICATIONS\nRobert Twilegar\nBusiness Manager\nHarvey Naslund\nMarketing Director\nIUSINESS OFFICE: 14174 Firestone\nDan Whedon\nAdvertising Director\nlvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670.\nJerry Tidwell\nAdvertising Manager\nUBSCRIPTION & CIRCULATION: P.C.\nTerry McCormick\nWestern Ad Mgr.\nHooper Fowler\nCirculation Director\nOX 2027. Newport Beach. 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Box\nsponsibility for lost or non-returned photo-\n027, Newport Beach, CA. 92663; tele-\ngraphs. or for photographs submitted but\nhone (714) 546-4370\nnot published.\nDITORIAL\nJoint Venture: Time to\nEDITORIAL\nShut the Door on Russia\nThe Russian-U.S. joint venture fishing proposal now under consid-\nRepresentatives of both the commercial and sport fishing industri\nation by Secretary of Commerce Malcome Baldridge in Washington is\nfeel that the proposal is just the first step in an attempt by the Russians\nproposal that should never be allowed to get off the ground.\nget a foot in the door of California's fishing grounds.\nUnder such a proposal, a Russian factory ship would soon be seen\n1\nThat door should remain closed to them now, and in the forseeal\nchored off the coast of California, eagerly awaiting the proposed\nfuture.\notas of 10,000 tons of anchovies, 15,000 tons of jack mackerel, 2,500\nWON urges its readers to write both Secretary Baldridge and Pre\nis of squid, and up to 2,700 tons of Pacific mackerel to be delivered by\ndent Reagan denouncing the joint venture proposal. The addresses can\nSan Pedro-based commercial fishing fleet.\nfound in Bill Nott's letter to Sound Off, on this page: Your letters ca\nWhile the proposed joint venture appears to be legally sound under the\nand will, make a difference as this issue is decided.\nvisions of the 1976 Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, and\nile the proposed fish quotas may not seem to be great at first glance,\nhave a number of problems with the whole operation.\nFirst and foremost, we would like to know why we would allow the\nissians to process any of these vital fishes when our own scientists\nnnot even agree on a population figure for them, despite extensive\nsearch? Especially in the case of anchovy, the foundation of today's\nlifornia fishery, caution must be exercised in any harvesting and/or\ncessing program.\nAnd even if there were an agreement on the total population of the\necies in question, why sell them to the Russians? While it's true that the\nh would only be processed on the Russian factory ship and marketed by\nproject's coordinator, the Seattle-based Marine Resources Co., that\nmpany is in fact half owned by the Soviet Union.\nThe Russians have openly declared that they intend to consume just\nortion of the fish inside their own borders, marketing the remainder to\nand World nations. This could be of political value to the Soviets, while\nt benefitting the U.S. at all, if the fish were packaged in containers\naring the Hammer and Sickle, and not the Stars and Stripes\nAnd under the current proposal squid, which have no official man-\nement plan to coordinate their annual harvest, would be the only\necies to touch California soil during the project, making it the only\necies subjected to state taxes. The rest of the fish would be sold by\nintractural agreement by the San Pedro commercial fleet outside\niteside markets, thereby bypassing existing regulations and tax laws.\nThe joint venture proposal would certainly benefit the San Pedro\nmmercial fishing fleet, the Marine Resources Co., and the Soviets. It\nould not benefit the state of California, its millions of sportfishermen,\nd the remainder of the commercial fishing industry. It would certainly\nit benefit our already failing marine resources.\n(continued on this page)\n2\nWESTERN OUTDOOR NEWS, August 14, 1981\nSound Off!\nWON reserves the right to edit material published in \"Sound Off\". Every\neffort will be made to preserve the meaning and content of letters. All letters\nreflect the views of the author, and not those of Western Outdoors Publica-\ntions or its staff. Submissions should not exceed 250 words in length.\nJOINT VENTURE\nlic and our fleet were opposed to\ninto resolute indigation. IT'S\nDear Editor,\nthe proposition. The only sector in\nTIME FOR ALL OF US TO GET\nFirst, may all of us who are con-\nfavor of it was the representative of\nINDIGNANT AND EXPRESS\ncerned with the possibility of a\na handful of San Pedro-based purse\nTHAT INDIGNATION BY WRIT-\nRussian factoryship processing\nseiners who might profit from the\nING A LETTER TO:\nCalifornia's marine resources in\nventure!\nSecretary Malcolm Baldridge,\nour Southern California waters\n7. Why allow Russia to take\nUnited States Department of Com-\nthank Bill Beebe for the outstand-\nU.S.-California resources, then\nmerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.\ning articles he has written covering\nprocess and distribute them Under\nSEND COPIES TO:\nthe situation as it changes from day\nthe Russian Flag to Africa and the\nPresident Ronald Regan, The\nto day?\nOrient? Not only does this bypass\nWhite House, Washington, D.C.\nThe coverage that your news-\nonshore American labor but allows\n20500\npaper has given has in part served\nRussia to again dramatize her posi-\nSportfishing Association of\nto focus Secretary of Commerce\ntion with third world nations!\nCalifornia (SAC) 555 E. Ocean\nBaldridge's attention on the prob-\nIn closing, the spector of one or\nBlvd. Suite 700-A, Long Beach,\nlem and has also interested the\nmore Russian factoryships track-\nCA. 90802.\nWhite House to the degree that a\ning our failing marine resources\nSay what's in your heart, but do\n\"reassessment\" period has been\nwith sophisticated elecronic gear\nit now! The time is short.\ndeclared.\nsupported by the U.S. purse-\nSincerely,\nThis \"reassessment\" period is\nseiners and spotter aircraft should\nW.A. Nott, President\nto allow public opinion to form and\nfrighten the hell out of all of us.\nSportfishing Association of Cali-\nmake itself felt.\nMy immediate fright has turned\nfornia (SAC)\nThere are many reasons why a\njoint venture composed of Soviets\nand U.S. businessmen using a\nRussian factory ship supplied by\nU.S. purse-seiners in So. Califor-\nnia waters should re refused. A few\nof these are:\n1. There have been no in-depth\nstudies of the jack mackerel, Paci-\nfic mackerel, anchovy and squid to\nascertain what the relative biomas-\nses are and if they could sustain\nthis onslaught. These are very im-\nportant forage fish.\n2. Heavy exploitation of the\nanchovy has been generally re-\nsisted by the Southern California\npublic since 1963.\n3. The joint venture application\nwas approved by the Pacific\nFishery Management Council by a\nvote of 10 to 2 (Northwesterners\nagainst Californians in Boise, Ida-\nho.) The public was not aware of\nthe meeting until July 6 and it was\npassed on July 9!\n4. Russia has never had access\nto these important U.S. California\nfisheries and should not be given\nhasty consideration now just to\nplacate a group of selfish\nbusinessmen.\n5. California is the most popu-\nlous state in the Nation and needs\nher historic food and forage fish\nbadly.\n6. In the testimony given at the\nJuly 6 meeting in Long Beach all\nsectors of commercial fishing in-\ncluding canners, processors, fresh\nfish markets, squid fishermen, the\nHURSDAY, AUGUST 13, (AM/PM) C5\n'Russian rip-off' should upset everyone\nThe possibility that a Russian \"factory ship,\"\nEddie McEwen's \"Pacific Queen\" had 47 albacore\ncomplete with airplane spotters, six purse seiners\nand 51 dolphin-fish (mahi-mahi) for 28 passengers\n(from San Pedro), and fertilizer-chicken feed\nJed\n(and at lot of these were rent-rodders) on Tuesday.\ngrinders, soon will be operating 20 miles off South-\nern California's coast is still very real.\nWelsh\nThere are lots of 12-to-20-pound blue fin tuna\nbeing hooked off the west end of San Clemente\nThe application is in front of Secretary of\nIsland, but because they'll only bite very light line\nCommerce Malcolm Baldridge, who either ap-\n(10 or 12 pound) a low percentage are being land-\nproves it (and then sends it to President Reagan\ned.\nfor signature) or disapproves it 80 it will be killed.\nwas not the Secretary who approved the presently\nWHEN I WROTE my letter to President Rea-\nJudgment on this \"Russian rip-off\" is being with-\nused (and very questionable) system of estimating\ngan I asked him if he wasn't worried about Castro.\nheld for two weeks while Washington gets (1) a\nour anchovy population in advance. And President\nHe said, \"No, since we have lived to see Hitler\nreport on how many forage fish and squid we really\nReagan is a fisherman, boatman, and best of all, a\n\"hitlerated\" and Stalin \"stalinated,\" he would\nhave remaining, and (2) the reactions of the Ameri-\nCalifornian.\nthink Castro would be the one to be worrying!\"\ncan people.\nThe president of the Sportfishing Association\nTHE MARLIN seem to be coming in for what\nThe prospect of this scheme actually happen-\nof California, Bill Nott, should be highly com-\ncould be the best spear-fish season in many a\ning should scare the hell out of every sportfisher-\nmended for the all-out war his organization is stag-\nmoon. There were 20 landed on Saturday and 20\nman, environmentalist, and just plain citizen! For\ning to fight this piscatorial Russian-roulette. This\nmore on Sunday at San Diego, and six were\nonce, we have a chance to let ourselves be heard\nis a tiring project and Bill is getting older. In fact,\nweighed in at Avalon on Sunday. The water tem-\nwhere it counts. After all, California is the most\nhe told me recently that when a pretty girl goes by,\nperature has actually gotten up to 72-74 degrees in\nheavily populated state in the nation, and as it\nhis pacemaker barely makes the garage door go up.\nthe popular marlin spots. This is not good for alba-\ncontinues to grow we really need our own forage to\ncore but it's perfect to attract and keep our striped\nsupport both our commercial and sportfishing in-\nTHOSE YO-YO albacore have done it again.\nfriends.\ndustries - not to mention the incalculable value of\nFirst they're up, then they're down and now they're\nPaul Albrecht, the well-known peddler of Uni-\nrecreation and health.\nback again. As of the first of this week the boats\nflite boats and a marlin maestro, tells me these\nFor the price of a couple of stamps you can\nout of San Diego (75 to 90 miles out) were sackin'\nexotic fish are showing up from Ensenada to the\ntruly assist in the battle - and please do! Write a\n'em up. The \"Dreamer\" - a charter boat from\nwest end of Catalina. Returning from the albacore\nshort letter telling what you think about this at-\nQueen's Wharf Landing but operating from San\ntournament, Paul and friends hooked (and inad-\ntempted scam to: Secretary Malcolm Baldridge,\nDiego during the albacore run - had 24 fish for six\nvertantly released) two marlin. But the topper is\nU.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.,\npeople and a 140-pound tuna on Sunday. On Mon-\nthe San Diego party boat that, while trotting alba-\n20230. Also send a copy to President Ronald Rea-\nday, there were 19 fish for five anglers, including\ncore jigs, had a quadruple marlin hook-up!\ngan, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500.\n\"Speed\" Hutton and John Betts of Fisherman's\nBoy, that'd be no place for a guy with coronary\nOne thing in our favor - Secretary Baldridge\nHardware. Several boats had 100 or more and\ntrouble!\nSteven W. Nott\n99 - 63rd Place #7\nLong Beach, CA 90803\nAugust 11, 1981\nSecretary Malcolm Baldridge\nUnited States Department of Commerce\nWashington, D.C. 20230\nDear Mr. Secretary:\nI am a lifelong resident of Southern California and have\nbeen an ardent saltwater fisherman for 26 of my 33 years.\nI have always enjoyed fishing as a recreation, but I have\nalso fished tuna, albacore, squid and anchovy commercially.\nDuring my years of fishing, I have seen the sardines\ndecimated and such fish as yellowtail, tuna, barracuda,\nhalibut and white seabass that were once plentiful, now become\na rarity to catch. I feel the reasons for the decline of these\nfish are directly related to not only ocean ecological conditions,\nbut the worldwide pressure placed on these and other forage\nspecies by commercial fishing.\nNow the Russians are applying for permission to place\na factory reduction ship off the coast of Southern California.\nI am totally against this proposal!\nThe pressure that the anchovy, squid and jack mackerel\nare under as a food and protein source is obvious without the\nadded impact of the \"wolfpack concept\" of factory ship,\npurse seiner and spotter aircraft method of catching and\nreducing.\nIt is amazing to me that we would even consider taking\nthis needed income and protein source from the American\npeople and giving it to a nation that is our greatest threat\nin the world.\nI realize that the 30,000 tons applied for by the\nRussians is not that large. However, this is just \"the foot\nin the door\". It seems only logical that once granted this\npetition, they will be asking for additional tonnage with\neach year and possibly offering to pay more per ton than the\nlocal processors.\nMr. Secretary, I have been shocked in the past years by\nour Administrations. The Iran situation, Abscam, and the Soviet\ninvasion of Afganistan are just a few events that have made\nme wonder if politicians and administrations bend towards\nSecretary Malcolm Baldridge\nPage 2\nand Soviet threats or have the strength to take a stand in\nmoney and say \"enough is enough\". I have great pride and faith\nPresident Reagan and his Administration and feel confident that\nthere is finally some backbone to our Government.\nPlease, Mr. Secretary, deny this petition. Let's keep\nthis protein source, income and work where it belongs, in the\nUnited States of America.\nSincerely,\nStevenW. Nott\nSTEVEN W. NOTT\ncc: President Ronald Reagan\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nSportfishing Association of Califonria\n555 E. Ocean Boulevard\nSuite 700 - A\nLong Beach, California 90802\nTOM M. OLY\n6355 Topanga Canyon Boulevard\nSuite 428\nWoodland Hills, California 91367\nAugust 14, 1981\nSportfishing Association of California\n555 East Ocean Boulevard\nSuite 700-A\nLong Beach, California 90802\nDear Sirs:\nIt has come to my attention that the United States is\nconsidering a joint commercial fishing venture with the\nRussians off the coast of California. I want you to know\nthat I am against this proposed joint venture for the\nfollowing reasons:\nNumber 1: As a sports fisherman in Southern California for\nthe last 30 years, I have seen a general decline in the\nfisheries. Although my experience would be unscientific,\nthere is ample scientific evidence that the fisheries have\ndeclined off the California coast.\nNumber 2: The providing the Russians with anchovies and\nJack mackerel is especially bad because these are both bait\nfish. As the supply of bait fish off the California coast\nis reduced, so will be the number of larger fish that feed\non them.\nNumber 3: The Russians have stated publicly that they will\nbury us economically. Over the years they have consistently\ndone whatever they could to hurt our country and I think it\nis sheer folly to sell to a devout enemy.\nPlease call off this joint venture as it will do no good for\nour country but can do a lot of good for our enemy.\nSincerely,\nTom TOM M. OLY m. Oly\nSecretary Malcolm Baldridge\nAugust 12, 1981\nU.S. Dept. of Commerce\nWashington, D.C. 20230\nDear Sir;\nI am grossly appalled to learn of the possibility\nof a Russian factory-ship processing California's\nmarine resources in our So. California waters. California\nis the most populous state in the nation and needs\nher historic food and forage fish badly.\nRussia has never had access to these important U.S.\nCalifornia fisheries and should not be given hasty con-\nsideration now, just to placate a group of selfish busi-\nnessmen.\nThere are many reasons why a joint venture composed\nof Soviets and U.S. businessmen using a Russian factory-\nship in So. California waters should be refused.\nThere have been no in-depth studies of the Jack mackerel,\nPacific mackerel, Anchovy and Squid to ascertain what\nthe relative biomasses are and if they could sustain\nthis onslaught. Again, I stress these are very important\nforage fish.\nWhy has heavy exploitation of the Anchovy been\ngenerally resisted by So. California public since 1963?\nWhy allow Russia to take U.S. -California resources,\nthen process and distribute them under the Russian flag\nto Africa and the Orient? Not only does this bypass\non shore American labor but allows Russia to again\ndramatize her position with Third World Nations!\nThis issue is very important to me and my family.\nWe demand action and proper reassessment by your\noffice now!\nCordially,\nJ.C. Winchell\nCC. President Ronald Reagan\nSport Fishing Association\nof California\nAugust 10, 1981\nMr. Malcolm Baldridge\nOffice of the Secretary\nUnited States Department of Commerce\nWashington, D.C. 20230\nSubject: Russian Fish Factoryship Operating in Southern\nCalifornia waters.\nDear Mr. Secretary,\nI have been actively sportfishing the ocean off southern\nCalifornia for more than fifty years. I have witnessed what\nwas once a bountiful area deteriorate to the degree that I now\nBook fish that I used to throw back. No longer do I catch\nBaracuda, Yellowtele, Skipjack, Albacore, and Tunn. I now\nsettle for Mackerel and Donita when I can find them.\nThis I strongly believe is because commercial fishermen\nover fished to the point of practically wiping out sardines.\nThey were doing a good job on the anchovy until the public\nbecame aroused. With the forage fish gone the game fish BOOD\nleft.\nNOW THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING.\nwith the help of e few short sighted Americans they will\ndecimate our fish far beyond what has occured in the past.\nWe all know the old adage - \"Give an inch, take a mile.\"\nI'm hohind President Reagon 100 per cent. I feel that\nonce he is advised of the facts he will deny the Fuscions the\nopportunity to out maneuver us as they have under previous\nadministrations. The public will really blow a ganket when\nthey finally loarn about the rip off that is about to take\nplace if cool heads don't prevail.\nMr. Secretary, I beseech you to prevent this from\nhappening.\nSincerely,\nGeorge Prittyman\nGeorge Prettyman\nCopies sent to: President Ronald Reagan, The White House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nSportfishing Assoc. of Calif. (SAC) 555 E.\nOcean Blvd. Suite 700-A, Long Beach, Calif.\n90802\nAUGUST 14, 1981\nSECRETARY MAlcolm BAldRidGE\nUNiTED STATES DEPT. of COMMERCE\nWAShiNGTON, D.C. 20230\nMR. SECRETARY:\nI AM WRitiNG To MAKE you AWARE\nThAT I AM VEhEMENTLY opposED To\nThE PROPOSED joiNT VENTURE fishing\nPROPOSAL bEiNG CONSIDERED by you AT\nThis TimE.\nAs A sport fishERmAN, I bEliEvE\nThAT such AN OPERATION, whilE bENEfitiNG\nA fEw, would work TO ThE dETRimENT\nof ThE MAjoRiTy of ThE pEoplE of This\nCOUNTRY, NOT only of us in CALifoRNiA.\nI Also opposE ThE SAlE of whEAT\nTo A country which is dEdicATED To AND\nopenly WORKING TOWARDS ThE destruction\nAND/OR TAKE-OVER of ouR COUNTRY.\nSINCERELY,\n(Leare 8. Sloore\nDEANE N. MOORE\nC.C. PRESIDENT RZGAN\n2101 HAMER DR.,\nSpoRTfishiNG Ass'N.\nPLACENTIA, CA 92670\nof CALifoRNiA\nAUGUST 13, 1981\nSECRETARY MALCOLM BALDRIDGE\nU.S. DEPT OF COMMERCE\nWASHINGTON D.C. 20230\nMR. SECRETARY:\nTHIS LETTER IS TO INFORM YOU OF MY FEELINGS TOWARD THE JOINT\nVENTURE ALLOWING A RUSSIAN FACTORY SHIP IN TO THE CALIFORNIA AREA\nTO PROCESS THE FISH CAUGHT BY A FEW CALIFORNIA BASED FISHING BOATS.\nPLEASE, UNDER NO CONDITIONS, PERMIT THIS TO OCCUR. OUR LOCAL FISHERY\nIS IN VERY BAD CONDITION AS IT IS AND THE REMOVAL OF ANYMORE OF THE\nFOOD FISH, ANCHOVIES, MACKERAL, SQUID AND WHATEVER ELSE MIGHT BE .\nTAKEN WILL DEAL OUR RESOURCE A DEATH BLOW.\nIT IS INCUMBANT UPON YOU THAT YOU PROTECT THIS VITAL RESOURCE,\nNOT ONLY FOR THE FOOD SUPPLY, BUT ALSO FOR THE FURTURE OF OUR STATE\nAND COUNTRY. THE FISHING INDUSTRY, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND SPORT, SUPPORT\nA LARGE SEGMENT OF OUR ECONOMY AND MUST NOT BE DESTROYED FOR THE\nSAKE OF A FEW SELFISH BUSINESSMAN. I URGE AND REQUEST THAT YOU STOP\nTHIS DESTRUCTION OF OUR VITAL RESOURCE,\nRESPECTFULLY\nBarney J Caliends\n495 Brompton\nCC :\nPRESIDENT SPORT FISHING RONALD ASSN REGAN OF CALIF. WASHINGTON LONG D.C. BEACH, CA. Bell, Calif\n90201\nSwanson\nInsurance\nService, Inc.\nAUGUST 10, 1981\nSECRETARY MALCOLM BALDRIDGE\nUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE\nWASHINGTON, D. C. 20230\nRE: RUSSIAN FACTORYSHIP\nIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS\nDEAR MR. SECRETARY:\nNEYT, NEYT, NEYT. PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT YOUR\nOFFICE CAN EXERCISE TO DEFEAT ATTEMPTS TO USE\nRUSSIAN FACTORYSHIP, IN ANY OF OUR WATERS -\nINCLUDING THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA. OUR RESOURCE\nIS LIMITED AS IT IS AND SHOULD BE HERE FOR THE\nBENEFIT OF OUR OWN PEOPLE.\nSINCERELY,\nROBERT SWANSON\nRS/MS\nCC PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON, D. C. 20500\nSPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA\n555 E. OCEAN BLVD., SUITE 700-A\nLONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802\nPost Office Box 1287 / Tustin, California 92680 / (714) 973-4660\nENTURA\nSPORTFISHING\n000\nLANDING\n1500 ANCHORS WAY DRIVE\nVENTURA, CALIFORNIA\n(805)\n644-7363\nAugust 12, 1981\nMr. Malcolm Baldridge\nOffice of the Secretary\nUnited States Department of Commerce\nWashington, D. C. 20230\nDear Mr. Secretary:\nAs an individual member of the Sportfishing Association of\nCalifornia (SAC) and as general manager of a member sportfishing\nlanding, I would like to call the following potential dangers of the\nproposed joint fishing venture with the U. S.S. R. off the California\ncoast to your attention.\nFirst and foremost our association has documented to the\nFederal Government many times the absolute danger of our an-\nchovie fishery being depleted through misuse by Americans. It\nis my opinion that rather than helping another nation to help deplete\nthis fishery you should be actively involved with helping to find a\nway to pressure this fishery which is the cornerstone of our in-\ndustry which employs thousands of American people.\nFurther, it is a rather frightening proposition to think that\nAmerica would allow its potentially most dangerous enemy to\nbring sophisticated electronic gear aboard ships and aircraft so\nclose to the coast of the United States.\nPlease do not give the U.S.S.R. the potential to do harm to\nus by joining with them in this venture that they have requested.\nSincerely,\nBoRKond Bob Knudsen\nGeneral Manager\nBK:es\nCC: President Ronald Reagan\nSportfishing Association of California\nRedondo\nSport\nFishing\nAugust 11, 1981\nSecretary Malcolm Baldridge\nUnited States Department of Commerce\nWashington, D. C. 20230\nDear Mr. Secretary:\nThere are several small businesses within Redondo Sport Fishing that\nare dependent upon the fragile fisheries in our coastal waters for\ntheir livelihood. We are shocked, incensed, and scared to death of\nthe spector of Russian factoryships with sophisticated electronic\ngear and spotter planes exploiting our rapidly decreasing marine\nresources. Please believe that one factoryship with this kind of\nbackup is capable of wiping out several species. You simply cannot\nallow this to happen -- do not approve the Russian Joint Venture\napplication!!\nIf we allow Russia to come in with factoryships, within a very short\ntime we can be looking at the extinction of anchovies and squid from\nthese waters. They will go the same way that sardines were eradicated\nfrom these waters a few years back by overfishing.\nYou have the fate of these fragile species in your hands, Mr. Secretary.\nPlease protect them by not approving the Russian Joint Venture application.\nSincerely,\nTerry Turk, President\nTT:jt\nCC: President Ronald Reagan, White House, Washington, D. C. 20500\nSportfishing Association of California, 555 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, Ca.\n233 NORTH HARBOR DRIVE, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90277\n(213) 372-3566 or 772-2064\nSecretary Malcolm Baldridge\nUnited States Department of Commerce\nWashington, D.C.\nAugust 13, 1981\nDear Sir:\nI would like to register my extreme opposition to the recent decision by\nthe Pacific Fishery Management Council to approve a joint venture with Russia\nto process anchovies, mackerel and other species in California waters. This\nplan establishes a dangerous precedent for foreign commercial exploitation of\nour dwindling marine resources.\nWith respect to the anchovy fishery, at a time when experts cannot agree\nwhat the actual spawning biomass of this species is; when the resource is\nfaced with increasing exploitation by Mexican fishing interests, it would seem\nextremely unwise to allow harvesting of this vitally important forage and bait\nfish by any foreign nation, much less the Soviet Union, in U.S. waters.\nAdditionally, it appears from recent public testimony and newspaper accounts\nthat with the exception of the San Pedro and Seattle interests directly in-\nvolved, all segments of the commercial and sportfishing industries are united\nin opposition to the joint venture proposal.\nCaution should be the byword in matters such as these, and careful thought\nshould be given to the potentially disastrous consequences of this ill-conceived\njoint venture plan.\nSincerely,\nStep Fab\nSteven R. Forbes\n829 Arden Dr.\nEncinitas, CA. 92024\nAUGUST 13, 1981\nSECRETARY MALCOLM BALDRIDGE\nU.S. DEPT OF COMMERCE\nWASHINGTON D.C. 20230\nMR. SECRETARY:\nTHIS LETTER IS TO INFORM YOU OF MY FEELINGS TOWARD THE JOINT\nVENTURE ALLOWING A RUSSIAN FACTORY SHIP INTO THE CALIFORNIA AREA\nTO PROCESS THE FISH CAUGHT BY A FEW CALIFORNIA BASED FISHING BOATS.\nPLEASE, UNDER NO CONDITIONS, PERMIT THIS TO OCCUR. OUR LOCAL FISHERY\nIS IN VERY BAD CONDITION AS IT IS AND THE REMOVAL OF ANY MORE OF\nTHE FOOD FISH, ANCHOVIES, MACKERAL, SQUID AND WHATEVER ELSE MIGHT\nBE TAKEN WILL DEAL OUR RESOURCE A DEATH BLOW.\nIT IS INCUMBANT UPON YOU THAT YOU PROTECT THIS VITAL RESOURCE,\nNOT ONLY FOR THE FOOD SUPPLY, BUT ALSO FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR STATE\nAND COUNTRY. THE FISHING INDUSTRY, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND SPORT,\nSUPPORTS A LARGE SEGMENT OF OUR ECONOMY AND MUST NOT BE DESTROYED\nFOR THE SAKE OF A FEW SELFISH BUSINESSMEN. I URGE AND REQUEST THAT\nYOU STOP THIS DESTRUCTION OF OUR VITAL RESOURCE.\nRESPECTFULLY,\nDonald a Dawis\nDONALD A. DAVIS\n1715 152nnst\nCC: PRESIDENT REAGAN WASHINGTON D.C. Gardena, CAliN 90247\nSPORTFISHING ASSN OF CALIF,, LONG BEACH, CA.\n8-12-81\nSecretary Malcolm Baldridge\nU.S. Dept. of Commerce\nWashington, D. C. 20230\nDear Secretary Baldridge,\nThe are autraged that you would even\nconsider allowing a Russian fish factory\nship to operate in California waters.\nWe have been working for years to save\nthe anchony. It is our last remaining\nforage fish. The sardine, its predecessor virtual\nwas decimated to the point of\nextinction by the same kind of\nthinking contemplating. and acting which you are\nThe pressure exerted by our non\nfish reduction fleet and that of\nMexico is more then enough. Expecial\n2.\nsince no One really knows appriopriat\nresource. havest tonnage for this precises\nthere are myriad other reasons why\nCalifornia economy, enhancement of\nthis is a truly outrageous idea; the\nRussian visibility rather than our own,\nand the indisputable fact that one\nof the targeted specie, the anchony\nsupports, almost alone now, the intire\nfish food chain in these waters.\nabandon this dangerous \"joint\nventure\" proposal at Once !\nMr and Mrs Sincerely, a.J. Pubering\n3735 slobe are\n?C: President S.A.C Rould Reagan\nL.a. Ca 90066\nW.O.N. \"Sound it!\"\nSecretary of Commerce\nMalcome Baldridge\nDear Sir\nI have been a supporter of the\npresent administration and was\nconsidering entering into a joint fishing\nappalled to read that you are\nventure with the Russians This\nagreement profils only a small glays\nof commercial fisherna and of course\nthe Russin I implore you to take\ninto consideration our dividling Ocean\nresources and put a stop to the\nagreement once and for all\nSincerely\nCarl B. Slabel\n?l President Renald Rega\nsport Lishing assoc.\nAnabony 7\nDOHENY RANCHES\nDOHGEL RACING STABLES\nMAIN OFFICE\nLAS VARAS RANCH\n15855 OLSEN ROAD\n136 EL CAMINO\nRT. I, BOX 234-A\nSIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 93065\nBEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90212\nGOLETA, CALIFORNIA 9301\nM. H. CHRISTENSEN, Manager\n(213) 276-3154\nRALPH LAUSTEN, Manager\n(805) 523-7211\n(805) 968-9758\nAugust 20, 1981\nThe Honorable Malcom Baldridge\nSecretary of Commerce\n14th E. Northwest\nWashington, D. C. 20230\nDear Mr. Secretary,\nThank you for your prompt response to my letter. As\nfor facts, the problems arise from a lack of facts upon\nwhich to base estimates and recommendations.\nI've heard \"educated\" estimates of the anchovy biomass\nrange all the way from 2 1/2 to 6 1/2 million tons in a given\nyear. The good Lord never told these people how many fish\nwere out there to begin with; therefore, there is no handle on\nwhich to base the results of their meager samplings.\nThe biologists would have you believe that they can use\na totally inadequate research method, relate it to an unknown.\nfigure, and come up with a realistic assessment of a fish pop-\nulation.\nMany of their colleagues will agree with me.\nIf there are as many fish out there as they say there\nare, why havn't the fisherman with their scanners, fathometers,\npower blocks, and other sophisticated gear been able to take\nanywhere near the much smaller quotas of the past?\nWhen in doubt, as they always seem to be, government\nbiologists (state and federal) historically make their recommen-\ndations for commercial quotas on the high side, as if under-\nutilization were the cardinal sin. This fear of underutilizatio\ncan result in the worst kind of brinksmanship. You don't\nhave to fish out a resource to make it vulnerable to ecological\ndisasters (Peru).\nTo another subject - I have a ranch on the coast about\nfifteen miles from President Reagan's place. We have a great\narena with lights, sixty head of corriente steers, and good\nhorses. I hope you can see your way clear to combine business\nwith pleasure someday. You have an open invitation.\nDOHENY RANCHES\nDOHGEL RACING STABLES\nMAIN OFFICE\nLAS VARAS RANCH\n15855 OLSEN ROAD\n136 EL CAMINO\nRT. I, BOX 234-A\nSIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 93065\nBEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90212\nGOLETA, CALIFORNIA 930\nM. H. CHRISTENSEN, Manager\n(213) 276-3154\nRALPH LAUSTEN, Manage\n(805) 523-7211\n(805) 968-9758\n2\nI know I have sixty head of steers because I counted\nthem. I didn't count the turds in a two square foot area\nand extrapolate* this number into an estimate of the biomass\nin a 1000 acre field.\nThank you for your patience in reading my letters. I'm\nsincere and, I think, fairly knowledgable about the problems\nin this area. No axe to grind 1 just concern.\nKeep up the good work and remember, throw hard!\nSincerly,\nTimothy LimDokeng M. Dohény\n*P.S. I hope this isn't one of the words you dislike.\nTMD/blh\nCC: Mike Deaver\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE\nTHE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nWashington, D.C. 20230\n10 AUG 1981\nMr. Timothy M. Doheny\n136 El Camino\nBeverly Hills, California 90212\nDear Mr. Doheny:\nThank you for the letter regarding the anchovy quota off\nCalifornia for the 1981-82 season.\nEach year an anchovy quota is developed using a procedure\nand formula established by the 1978 Fishery Management Plan\nfor the Northern Anchovy Fishery. This formula allows\na total harvest of one-third of the spawning biomass over\none million tons. This assures that adequate numbers of\nanchovies will remain unharvested to conserve the stock and\nprovide adequate forage for game fish and other marine\nspecies.\nThe spawning biomass of the northern anchovy fluctuates\nwidely from year to year. The 1981 estimate of 2.8 million\nmetric tons is double last year's figure. This accounts\nfor the large increase in the total allowable U.S. harvest\nthis year. The biomass estimates for this species are\ndetermined by the National Marine Fisheries Service, and\nare considered among the best of any species managed by\nthe Department. Should this biomass show a decrease next\nyear, annual quotas will be adjusted downward as\nappropriate.\nIf approved, the U.S. -Soviet joint venture arrangement\nwould allow U.S. fishermen to sell up to 10,000 tons of\nanchovies to a Soviet processing vessel. This represents\n2.4 percent of the total allowable U.S. catch. The Department\nfavors such joint ventures when it appears that U.S. fisher-\nmen are able to harvest more fish than can be handled by\nU.S. processors. The Department is currently reviewing the\nmerits of this joint venture proposal, and should decide\nby early September whether to recommend approval of the\nproposal by the Department of State.\nIf you have any additional questions concerning the northern\nanchovy quota or the joint venture proposal, please contact\nDr. John Byrne, Administrator of the National Oceanic and\nAtmospheric Administration at (202)377-3567.\nSincerely,\nMilula Bulding\n/ want to believe a cowboy over a biologist, if\nSecretary of Commerce\nhe got the facts so please write back around if here you disag\non them. Very little noping who B\nF COMMERCI\nTHE SECRETARY OF commerce\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20230\nAugust 12, 1981\nHonorable Michael L. Deaver\nfile here\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nThe White House\ne\nlan\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Mike,\nr\nand\nThanks for sending along Ray Arnett's letter to you concern-\ning the anchovy situation.\nYou might be interested in my reply to Timothy Doheny.\nion\nSincerely,\nst\nThe\nMalcolm Baldrige\nit\nEnclosure\nis\nartment\nsher-\nI\nthe\na\nthern\ntact\nnd\nMilula Balding\n/ want to believe a cowboy over a biologist, of\nSecretary of Commerce\nhe got the facts - so please write back if have you desagn\non them. Very little noping who around B\nDEPARTM\nUMMERCE\nTHE SECRETARY OF COMMERC\nWashington, D.C. 20230\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\n10 AUG 1981\nMr. Timothy M. Doheny\n136 El Camino\nBeverly Hills, California 90212\nDear Mr. Doheny:\nThank you for the letter regarding the anchovy quota off\nCalifornia for the 1981-82 season.\nEach year an anchovy quota is developed using a procedure\nand formula established by the 1978 Fishery Management Plan\nfor the Northern Anchovy Fishery. This formula allows\na total harvest of one-third of the spawning biomass over\none million tons. This assures that adequate numbers of\nanchovies will remain unharvested to conserve the stock and\nprovide adequate forage for game fish and other marine\nspecies.\nThe spawning biomass of the northern anchovy fluctuates\nwidely from year to year. The 1981 estimate of 2.8 million\nmetric tons is double last year's figure. This accounts\nfor the large increase in the total allowable U.S. harvest\nthis year. The biomass estimates for this species are\ndetermined by the National Marine Fisheries Service, and\nare considered among the best of any species managed by\nthe Department. Should this biomass show a decrease next\nyear, annual quotas will be adjusted downward as\nappropriate.\nIf approved, the U.S.-Soviet joint venture arrangement\nwould allow U.S. fishermen to sell up to 10,000 tons of\nanchovies to a Soviet processing vessel. This represents\n2.4 percent of the total allowable U.S. catch. The Department\nfavors such joint ventures when it appears that U. fisher-\nmen are able to harvest more fish than can be handled by\nU.S. processors. The Department is currently reviewing the\nmerits of this joint venture proposal, and should decide\nby early September whether to recommend approval of the\nproposal by the Department of State.\nIf you have any additional questions concerning the northern\nanchovy quota or the joint venture proposal, please contact\nDr. John Byrne, Administrator of the National Oceanic and\nAtmospheric Administration at (202)377-3567.\nSincerely,\nMilula Bulding\nwant to believe a cowboy over a biologist, if\nSecretary of Commerce_\nhe got the facts - so please write back if have you disage\non them. Very little noping who around B\nOF\nmake\nINTERIOR S\nUnited States Department of the Interior\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY\nMarch\n1849\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20240\nNOTE TO: Michael K. Deaver\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nFROM:\nAssistant to the President Ray\nG. Ray Arnett\nAssistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks\nPer your request, Mike ---\nmy staff has prepared a suggested reply for you in response to\nBill Nott's letter.\nIt says nothing that Bill does not already know, but it does\nindicate your awareness of the situation. However, what Nott,\nTim Doheney, and other sport fishermen in Southern California\nwant to hear is that the White House has prevented Secretary\nBaldridge from approving the Pacific Fisheries Management Council's\n(PFMC) recommendation to take anchovies.\nThe anchovy reduction fishery is an extremely emotional issue in\nCalifornia. The Administration will take a beating from sportsmen\nand environmentalists if Secretary Baldridge approves the PFMC\nrecommendation. Only a handful of Northern California fishermen will\nbenefit, and to what extent is questionable at best. To share with\nRussia the commercial harvest of this important forage fish is not\nconsidered beneficial to America in general, nor pacific coast\nsport fishermen in particular.\nIt's hard to understand how the President will gain any points by\nallowing the PFMC recommendation to go into affect.\nMy political and professional recommendation is for the White House\nto suggest that Secretary Baldridge not approve the PFMC recommendation.\nAttachment\nAugust 6, 1981\nDRAFT\nMr. William A. Nott\nPresident, Sportfishing Association\nof California\n555 East Ocean Boulevard\nSuite 700-A\nLong Beach, Calfornia 90802\nDear Bill:\nSince receiving your letter of July 27, 1981, we have taken a closer\nlook at the anchovy question. So far this is what we have seen:\nThe Pacific Fishery Management Council, which answers to\nMalcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, annually updates a\nmanagement plan for the anchovy resource on the west coast.\nThis year, the Marine Resources Company of Seattle (50 percent\nowned by the Soviet Union and 50 percent owned by American\nfishing interests) has applied to the Council for a joint-venture\npermit to purchase and process 4 species of fish off southern\nCalifornia. The Magnuson Fishery and Conservation Act of 1976\npermits this when American processors are unlikely to use all the\nfish American vessels could harvest. That determination is yet to\nbe made.\nThe Council has recommended that the joint-venture be allowed to\npurchase 3 species from American fishermen for processing on a\nSoviet factory ship: 10,000 metric tons of anchovies; 15,000 metric\ntons of jack mackerel, and 2,500 metric tons of squid. Last year\nthe total fish meal quota for anchovies was 166,400 tons and the\nU.S. fleet--the only fleet involved--landed about 62,000 tons.\n-2-\nThis year the Council says that the fish meal quota could be\nincreased to 359,285 tons from a total anchovy resource\nestimated at 2,803,000 tons. That figure already takes\ninto account the amount of anchovies the Mexican fishery\nwill take. The Council will be meeting soon to discuss\nthe anchovy plan and may make additional ad justments in\nthese figures. However, the revisions should be minor.\nWe are awaiting Malcolm's analysis of the joint-venture proposal in light of\nthe suggestions that have already been made, and will consider it in context\nwith your analysis. We are also fortunate in being able to use Ray Arnett's\nexperience with the anchovy fishery as a sounding board for the decision we\nwill be reaching soon.\nThank you for your assistance and expression of concern.\nSincerely,\nMichael J. Deaver\nAssistant to the President\nSPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA\nSAC\n555 E. OCEAN BOULEVARD - SUITE 700-A\nLONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802\n(213) 432-2316\nAmelt Augsented\nJuly 27, 1981\nOF\nCALIFORNIA:\nW. A. NOTT, PRESIDENT\nfor\nPHILLO TOZER, VICE-PRESIDENT\nFRANK HALE, SEC'TY-TREASURER\nreply M.KD\nboard OF DIRECTORS\nAREA 1: W. E. POOLE\nFRANK LO PRESTE (ALT.)\nDON SANSOME (ALT.)\nMr. Michael J. Deaver\nRALPH MILLER\nBoB MILLER (ALT.)\nAssistant to the President\nCATHY MILLER (ALT.)\nThe White House\nSTEVE GIFFIN\ndan SANSOME (ALT.)\nWashington, D. C.\ndan PALM\nLINDA PALM (ALT.)\nPORT OF SAN DIEGO\nAREA 2: J. W. McHOLLAND\nDear Mike:\nJAMES MULLINS (ALT.)\nBoB pellman (ALT.)\nIMPERIAL BEACH MISSION BAY\nEnclosed is a copy of our official position\narea 3: DON hansen\non the proposed joint venture with a Russian\nDICK HELGREN (ALT.)\nfactory ship in Southern California waters to\nOCEANSIDE NEWPORT\nprocess anchovies, blue mackerel, squid and\nAREA 4: FRANK HALE\nSEAL BEACH LONG BEACH\njack mackerel.\nAREA 5: FRANK HALL\nJIM peterson (ALT.)\nAlso enclosed are some press clippings\nSAN PEDRO L.A. HARBOR\nwhich are accurate as to what the proposal is\nAREA 6: GORDON McRAE, JR.\nBARNEY BARNES (ALT.)\nall about.\nSANTA MONICA BAY\nAREA 7: JACK C. WARD\nThis is the most momentous subject to ever\nFRED BENKO (ALT.)\nhit California's marine resources. The Southern\nSANDY VERNAND (ALT.)\nPT. DUME MORRO BAY\nCalifornia public has a great affinity for the\nCHARTER BOATS: GARRY BLACK\nanchovy since overfishing removed the sardine.\nBoB FLETCHER\nROGER HESS\nThe man on the street feels very strongly on the\nsubject and when you hook it up to a Russian\nfactory ship, it's dynamite! The recreational\npeople are against it as are 99% of the commercial\nfishing industry.\nWe need your help now as Secretary Baldridge\nis scheduled to act by August 1 to either approve\nor disapprove the joint venture.\nMy office phone is (213) 432-2316 and home\nis (213) 631-5618. Please call early or late if\nI can assist with further details.\nSincerely\nBill\nW. A. Nott, President\nThe Sportfishing Association of California (SAC)\nJUL 30 RECD\n98-10\nSAC\nSPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA\n555 E. OCEAN BOULEVARD - SUITE\n700-A\nLONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802\n(213) 432-2316\nJuly 27, 1981\nCALIFORNIA\nW. A. NOTT, PRESIDENT\nPHILLO TOZER, VICE-PRESIDENT\nFRANK HALE, SEC'TY-TREASURER\nMr. Malcolm Baldridge\nOffice of the Secretary\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS\nUnited States Department of Commerce\nAREA 1: W. E. POOLE\nFRANK LO PRESTE (ALT.)\nWashington, D. C.\n20230\nDON SANSOME (ALT.)\nRALPH MILLER\nBOB MILLER (ALT.)\nCATHY MILLER (ALT.)\nDear Mr. Secretary:\nSTEVE GIFFIN\nDAN SANSOME (ALT.)\nDAN PALM\nThe Sportfishing Association of California (SAC)\nLINDA PALM (ALT.)\nPORT OF SAN DIEGO\nrepresents the 375 large commercial passenger fish-\nAREA 2: J. W. McHOLLAND\ning vessels in California. This fleet, in a good\nJAMES MULLINS (ALT.)\nyear, will transport 900,000 fishermen to the\nBOB PELLMAN (ALT.)\nIMPERIAL BEACH MISSION BAY\noffshore banks and islands, performing a service\nREA 3: DON HANSEN\nto the general public of restricted income.\nDICK HELGREN (ALT.)\nOCEANSIDE NEWPORT\nI have been a member of the Anchovy and Mackerel\nREA 1: FRANK HALE\nSub-panel to the Pacific Fishery Management Council\nSEAL BEACH LONG BEACH\nsince its inception in 1975. Since 1962 I have\nREA 5: frank HALL\nJIM PETERSON (ALT.)\nbeen present in over 350 hours of discussion with\nSAN PEDRO L.A. HARBOR\nscientific representatives of the California\nREA 13: GORDON MCRAE, JR.\nDepartment of Fish and Game, National Marine\nBARNEY BARNES (ALT.)\nSANTA MONICA BAY\nFisheries Service, Scripps Institute, CALCOFI\nREA 7: JACK C. WARD\nand Mexico on methods of assessing the biomass.\nFRED BENKO (ALT.)\nSANDY VERNAND (ALT.)\nPT DUME MORRO BAY\nInterwoven throughout this discourse has\nHARTER BOATS: GARRY BLACK\nalways been the uncertainty reflected by the\nBOB FLETCHER\nscientists as to the actual amount of the spawning\nROGER HESS\nbiomass; what the result of a heavy take coupled\nwith a natural catastrophe effecting recruitment\nwould be and the great need for checks, crosschecks,\negg and larva surveys, sonar surveys, egg production surveys, etc,\nin an endeavor to gain a handle on this fragile resource.\nAs recently as June of this year the NMFS Anchovy Planning Team\nheaded by Dr. Gary Stauffer and Alex McColl were explaining the\ndifference between the egg-larva and egg production methods of\ncomputing the spawning anchovy biomass. They were quite honest at\nthat point in admitting they did not have a handle on the biomass\nNOR ANY DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE EGG-LARVA METHOD, THE VERY\nMETHOD CONTAINED WITHIN THE ANCHOVY PLAN APPROVED BY THE PRIOR\nSECRETARY.\nOur industry and the public who fish aboard our vessels are\nopposed to a joint venture with the Russians to take anchovies,\n-2-\nblue mackerel, jack mackerel and squid for the following reasons:\n1. there have been no in-depth studies to ascertain the\nbiomass of the blue or jack mackerel or squid to determine the\nimportance as forage to predator fish. They are unquestionably\nvery important links in the food chain.\n2. heavy exploitation of the anchovy has been generally\nresisted by the Southern California public since 1963 coupled with\nthe demise of the sardine by overfishing.\n3. there has been little consideration given to this joint\nventure by the Council. The public was not aware of it until the\nJuly 6 meeting in Long Beach. This was the only open meeting held\nin Southern California on the subject with practically no advance\nnotice in the media.\n4. Russia has never had access to these important U.S. and\nCalifornia fisheries and should not be given hasty consideration\nnow. These are not unused fisheries as were the joint ventures\nwith her on the unused U.S. hake fishery.\n5. California is the most populous state in the Nation with\nthe heaviest demands on her marine resources by both the commercial\nand recreational industries, and needs her forage and food fish\ndesperately.\n6. in the testimony given at the NMFS July 6 meeting in Long\nBeach all sectors of the commercial fishing fleet, processors and\ncanners, fresh fish markets, SAC's fleet and the recreational public\nwere opposed to this joint venture. THE ONLY SECTOR THAT ENDORSED\nTHE JOINT VENTURE WITH RUSSIA WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SMALL\nGROUP OF PURSE-SEINERS WHO MIGHT PROFIT FROM IT IN THE SHORT-HAUL\nIN THE LONG-HAUL, HOWEVER, RUSSIA WOULD BEGIN TO CALL THE SHOTS TO\nTHE DISMAY OF THE SEINERS.\n7. because of the uncertainty of the scientists as to the true\namount of the spawning biomass and their low confidence factor in\nthe present egg-larva method of assessment why give part of a quota\nwhich lacks credibility to a foreign power?\n8. why allow Russia to take U.S. -California resources, process\nthem and distribute them UNDER THE RUSSIAN FLAG to Africa and the\nOrient? Not only does this bypass onshore American labor but allows\nRussia to again dramatize her position with 3rd World nations.\nIn summary, Mr. Secretary, we beseech you to return the joint\nventure application unapproved. The time to keep the head of the\nRussian bear out of the tent of U.S.-California resources is now!\nSincerely, Bill NOTT\nW. A. Nott, President\nThe Sportfishing Association of California (SAC)\nJuly 24, 1981, WESTERN OUTDOOR\nNEWS\nACCORDING TO THE 1976 federal fisheries act. staterregulation.\nprevail in fisheries where no management plan has been formulated by\nthe council. Of the four fisheries sought by the Russians, management\nBEEBE SHOTS\nplans for only two-Pacific mackerel and anchovies-have been\naproved by the council.\n\"It is my personal opinion they (PFMC) acted in a very hasty man-\nSportsmen Need\nner, Nott protested. There is no reason for it. The Russians never have\nhad privy to these fisheries before. There's no reason to give it to them\nto Attend Meeting\nnow. If they're going to give it to a foreign nation, they ought to consider\nMexico.\nNott said attorneys for his association are preparing a brief to file in\nBill Beebe\nfederal court that would halt implimentation of the Russian joint venture\npermit until arguments over the Secretary of Commerce authority to do so\nSHOULD CALIFORNIA open its fisheries to Russian ex-\nhave been settled.\nploitation?\n\"They need to be shown we are not going to sit here in Southern\nDo you agree with the Pacific Fisheries Management Council\nCalifornia and just take it,'' Nott said of the council's actions opening\nrecommendations for a 420.700-ton quota for the upcoming\nstate waters to the Russians. Nott said the very future of California's sport\nanchovy reduction fishing season?\nand commercial fisheries lies in the outcome of Russian joint venture\nplan.\nWould you like to say anything about how California manages its\nThe troops (sportsmen) had better be there next Wednesday (July 29)\ncommercial fisheries?\nto say what they' ve got to say. It may be their last chance to do it. Nott\nIf you do, then you're invited to attend a special meeting of the state\nsaid.\nFish and Game Commission Wednesday, July 29 at 9 a.m. in the council\nchambers of the Long Beach City Hall, 333 W. Ocean Blvd. The\nmeeting-one of three to be conducted by the commission throughout\nthe state in the next three weeks-is designed to gather public input for\nGov. Jerry Brown to consider in his review of many of the state's\ncommercial fishing regulations.\nWhile the subject matter will cover only commercial fisheries. conser-\nvationists. individual sportsmen and organizations they represent are\nbeing asked to speak out at the meeting. since most of the state's fisheries\nare shared by recreation and commercial sectors.\nOf paramount interest the welfare of the anchovy and the spector of a\nRussian factory ship which seeks to take them and three other important\nfishes. The PFMC. earlier this month. approved an application for a joint\nventure operation that would permit a Russian factory ship beginning as\nearly as Aug. 1 to take 10,000 tons of anchovies, 15,000 tons of jack\nmackerel, 2,500 tons of squid and up to 2,700 tons of Pacific mackerel.\nTHE RUSSIANS WOULD purchase these fish from San Pedro\ncommercial fishermen and process them at sea under terms of a contract\nnegotiated by the Soviet government and the Marine Resorces Corp. of\nSeattle, Wash.\nSportsmen. most segments of the commercial fishing industry and\nconservationists oppose the measure and have asked public support in\nthis regard. They ask everyone to protest through their respective con-\ngress person or senator urging President Reagan to intercede. The Secret-\nary of Commerce has until Aug. 1 to deny or aprove the controversial\njoint venture application.\nFailing in that regard, the only venue left to block the Russians from\nmoving in on these fisheries would be the courts. All four species the\nRussians seek are basic in the marine food chain, so vital to all of the\nstate's larger game and commercial species.\n\"In the case of the council (PFMC) and this joint venture thing. we\nwant to make sure the Secretary (of Commerce) has the authority to give\naway our fisheries for which no management plan exists.' said William\nNott, president of the Sportfishing Association of California. If we find\nthat he is acting the last bit outside regulations, we are going to take legal\naction against all involved agencies.'\n4\nThursday, July 16, 1981/B\nPERMIT: Russian Factory Ship Seems Assured\nContinued from First Page\nNizetich said the processors are caught by a \"chicken\nJuly 29, at Long Beach City Hall.\nor the egg\" situation.\nThere are no such local hurdles for the Russian ship\n\"If they (regulatory agencies) can determine a consis-\npermit to clear, however, and it is expected to be au-\ntently large quota from year to year as indicated by the\nthorized by the U.S. Department of Commerce by Aug.\nbiomass. we would increase our capacity,\" he said.\n1.\n\"But Fish and Game says increase your capacity first,\nDespite the objections of San Pedro fish processors,\nand we won't increase it until we can be sure we will get\nconservationists, the sportfishing industry and sundry\nthe fish.\"\ncommercial marketing and fishing groups from\nInterruptions Hamper Processors\nthroughout the state-organizations which are most of-\nten in disagreement on fishery issues-the fishery\nAccording to Nizetich, processors have a capacity of\ncouncil recommended that a permit for the Russian ship\n1,500 tons of anchovies a day, but are handicapped by\ninterruptions caused by the broken season, restrictions\nbe granted.\nTha recommendation has gone to the U.S. secretary\nagainst fishing on weekends or during the full moon,\nof commerce to be formalized, but it would be unusual if\nand fishermen sometimes fishing other species SO that\nthe council's recommendation is not rubber stamped.\nthe reduction plants cannot rely on a steady supply of\nfish.\nOpponents Move in Washington\nWilliam A. Nott, president of the Sportfishing Associ-\nRepresentatives of the various opposing factions said\nation of California, said it. is\nironic\nthat\nthe\nU.S.\nis\nthey are contacting President Reagan, the California\ndelegation to the House and Senate, and Secretary of\nwilling to deal with a political adversary (Russia) who\nCommerce Malcolm Baldredge urging that the permit\ncomes to our doorstep to pillage the forage fish which\nare basic building blocks in the marine food chain.\"\nnot be issued.\nThe only groups to speak in favor of the Russian\nThe sportfishing group, along with other sportsmen's\nprocessing vessel at the meeting in Boise were the Fish-\nand conservation organizations, has long opposed use of\nerman's Cooperative Assn. in San Pedro, whose 20 to 25\nthe anchovy for fish meal, claiming that the tiny silvery\nboats will provide the fish, and the Fishermen's Union.\nfish is vital as forage to feed other larger species target-\nJohn Royal, president of the union whose members\ned by sport anglers and commercial fishermen.\nwill man the boats, is a member of the fishery council\nNott called the Soviet permit request, \"the head of\nthe Russian bear.'\nand voted in favor of the recommendation.\nHe said that\nThe recommendation provides that under a joint ven-\nonce it gets its head in our tent, the\nture with Marine Resource Co. of Seattle the Russian\ndemands will grow, and we are establishing an obscene\nfactory ship may take 10,000 tons of anchovies, 15,000\nanchovy quota that only invites further intrusion by\ntons of jack mackerel and 2,500 tons of squid. The squid\nRussia and other nations with an eye on our fishery.\nallocation was cut from 5,000 tons requested.\n\"We know from experience that we cannot catch and\nA request for 5,000 tons of Pacific mackerel was de-\nthe canners cannot process anywhere near the 408,000-\nnied, but up to 18% of that species will be allowed in-\nton reduction quota that has been recommended.\ncidental to the the jack mackerel catch.\n\"And if we have a quota that cannot be filled by our\nIt has not been determined how that incidental catch\nboats and processed by our canners, what would be\nlimitation will be enforced. State game wardens sample\nmore logical than the Russians asking for a bigger slice\neach load of mackerel brought in to California ports\nof the pie, especially if they already have a factory ship\nwhere the same maximum percentage is allowed, but it\nanchored right offshore.\"\nwould be costly to station a warden aboard the Russian\nvessel full-time to monitor the mackerel taken aboard.\nPermit for Russian\nIt May Anchor Off Catalina\nAll of the fish will be caught by U.S. purse seiners and\ndelivered to the 16,000-ton Russian vessel, where they\nwill be processed for eventual marketing in other coun-\nShip Seems Assured\ntries. It is expected that the factory ship will anchor just\noutside the 3-mile limit, probably in the lee of Catalina\nSTART HERE\nBy JERRY RUHLOW, Times Staff Writer\nIsland.\nThe squid-which are usually caught within 3 miles\nSAN PEDRO-Unless unusually strong political\nof the coast-will be brought ashore before being trans-\npressure is exerted in the nation's capital, there will be a\nported to the Soviet vessel so that state tax law will ap-\nRussian factory ship processing mackerel, anchovies\nply. Fish caught outside the territorial waters are not\nand squid 3 nailes off the Southern California coast with-\nsubject to the same state taxes.\nin the next few months.\nAnthony Nizetich, representing Star Kist Co., one of\nThere already are a number of joint ventures involv-\nthe two fish processors on Terminal Island, said he be-\ning U.S. companies and foreign factory ships operating\nlieves there is a question whether the permits can be\nin the Pacific Northwest, but they are catching hake\nissued for squid and mackerel because a fishery man-\nand other fish not commonly exploited in this country.\nagement plan has not been prepared for those species.\nThis would be the first foreign operation in Southern\n\"I am writing to the National Marine Fishery Service\nCalifornia, and the first permitted to process species in\nto reiterate our opposition (to the permit for the Russian\ncompetition with U.S. processors and distributors.\nfactory ship), and I hope they will authorize the studies\nA recommendation that the Russian ship permit be\non those species and implement regulations through a\nauthorized was adopted last week by the Pacific Fishery\nproper management plan,\" Nizetich said.\nManagement Council at a meeting in Boise, Ida.\n(National Marine Fishery Service biologists made the\nAt the same meeting, the council recommended a rec-\nstudies upon which the Pacific Fishery Management\nord commercial anchovy quota of 420,700 tons. About\nCouncil based its recommendations.)\n12,600 tons would be allowed for bait, canning and the\n\"Under our existing regulations, we cannot give away\nfresh market, with the remainder ground into meal for\nan allocated amount (of a given species) unless an opti-\npoultry food by processors on Terminal Island and in\nmum yield has been established, and we only have those\nPort Hueneme.\nfigures for the anchovy,\" Nizetich said.\nState Commission Must Act\nPuts Blame on Processors\nFor that quoita to become effective, the state Fish and\nRoyal, speaking for the Fishermen's Union, said he\nGame Commission must grant the reduction permits. It\nhas traditionally opposed joint-venture projects involv-\nis expected that the commission will issue permits for a\ning other nations but local processors have proven un-\nmuch smaller figure, as it did last year when the fishery\nwilling to take all of the fish U.S. boats can catch.\ncouncil authorized a 188,000-ton quota. The commission\nHe claims the fishermen are limited by fish proces-\nissued permits for 80,000 tons, but the commercial fleet\nsors in the amo unt of fish they can catch, charging that\nwas able to catch only 67,000 tons in the September-to-\nthe companies have refused to invest in new equipment\nJune season.\nor hire enough workers to handle what the boats would\nThe matter will be considered by the Fish and Game\nbe able to bring in.\nCommission at a public meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday,\n\"Maybe this will get their attention and make them\nPlease see PERMIT, Page 1\nwake up to the fact that they have got to invest in some\nnew processing equipment and be willing to pay some\novertime and work additional shifts in order to handle\nwhat is available,\" Royal said.\nSECTION B/PRESS-TELEGRAM/MONDAY, JULY 27, 1981\nSoviet-fishing battle may surface before council\nMolly Burrell\nPacific Fishery Management\nvert catches from the U.S. market\nCommercial fishermen favor\nmeasures to stop the plan from\nStaff Writer\nCouncil and now before the Secre-\nbecause fishermen could get more\nthe joint venture because it could\ngoing into effect if it should be\nA controversial plan to allow a\ntary of Commerce. It involves a\nmoney per catch than at a local\nmean more sales at better profits\napproved.\nSoviet fish processing ship to op-\nsix-month permit to allow a\nprocessing plant. They also are\nand be a means for the hard-\nLong Beach attorney Clarence\nerate off the Southern California\n\"mother ship\" to process an esti-\nconcerned that two of the four\npressed fishing fleet to survive.\nHunt, representing the National\ncoast is expected to take center\nmated 30,000 tons of blue and\nspecies involved are without a\nBill Nott, spokesman for the\nCoalition for Marine Conserva-\nstage at a public meeting sched-\njack mackerel, squid and anchovy\nmanagement plan to ensure their\nLong Beach-based Sportfishing\ntion, on Friday said, \"We are re-\nuled for 9 a.m. Wednesday in the\nfor foreign markets.\nsurvival.\nAssociation of California, urged\nsearching the situation with re\nLong Beach City Council cham-\nAlready the subject of heated\nAll species are basic in the ma-\nfishermen of all types to attend\ngard to enjoining the venture\nber.\ndiscussion at a joint meeting of\nrine food chain, but only the an-\nthe meeting Wednesday, saying\nunder provisions of the fisheries\nAlthough not part of the offi-\nthe commission and the fishery\nchovy and blue mackerel are\n\"the very future of California's\nmanagement act.\"\ncial agenda of the state Fish and\nmanagement council July 6, the\nunder a federal regulatory plan.\nsport and commercial fisheries\nA decision on the request by\nGame Commission, the topic is\nproposal has drawn fire from\nAnd, according to provision of the\nlies in the outcome of the joint\nthe Seattle-based Marine Re-\nbound to come up, commission\nsportfishermen, environmentalists\n1976 federal fisheries act, state\nventure opening state waters to DE\nsources Co. to operate a 16,160-\nspokesmen say.\nand local processors.\nregulations prevail where no man-\nthe Russians.'\nli\nton leased ship called Rybak Pri-\nAt issue is the Russian joint\nThey argue that such addition-\nagement plan has been formulat-\nHe also said attorneys for his\nmorjia is reportedly due Satur-\nventure approved by the advisory\nal processing capacity would di-\ned by the federal council.\nassociation are investigating\nday."
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