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Cablegate: Goc Likely to Support U.S. Iccat

VZCZCXYZ0020
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHVB #1818 3181134
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 141134Z NOV 05
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5332
INFO RUCPDC/NOAA NMFS SILVER SPRING MD

UNCLAS ZAGREB 001818

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE PLEASE PASS TO OES/OMC/DWARNER-KRAMER
NMFS FOR IFD/BLANKENBEKER AND CARLSEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIS PHSA SENV AORC ICCAT
SUBJECT: GOC LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. ICCAT
CHAIRMANSHIP CANDIDATE

REF: STATE 199093

1. (SBU) Croatian Assistant Minister for Fisheries
Ivan Katavic, Ministry of Agriculture, told Econoff
on November 9 that the GOC supported Dr. Gerald
Scott for chair of the Standing Committee on
Research and Statistics (SCRS) and that he expects
Croatia to support Dr. Hogarth as well. Katavic
stressed that the GOC was interested in stronger
involvement of the SCRS and decision-making based on
science. He said the GOC supports protecting
spawning as well as juvenile tuna and shares U.S.
concerns about the future sustainability of tuna
fishing.

DELAWIE

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