Excerpt from International Straddling Fisheries Stocks: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session on H. Con; Res; 135 Although foreign delegates signed a document in 1992 providing for temporary suspension Of all commercial fishing in the Donut Hole for 1993-1994 and subsequently met in 1993 to negotiate a long-term management regime, nothing permanent has been agreed to as of this date. As Ambassador Colson said, we are going to Seoul the first of the month and press further on that. I would ask the subcommittee to pursue vigorously legislation to ensure permanent conservation and management for these impor tant resources. And, lastly, Mr. Chairman, I would like to bring to your atten tion The us. Draft Agreement for the Conservation and Manage ment of Pollock Resources in the Bering Sea as negotiated by the Department of State and the Governments Of the Peoples Republic of China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of Poland and the Russian Republic. This agreement has the strength and bite to pro teet our straddling stocks. I respectfully request that when the agreement is sent to the Congress, please take immediate and posi tive action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.