Conversational theme № 8

I. Read, translate and learn the text

FISHERIES COMMISSION

The Headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations is situated in Rome. The matter of,great concern of FAO is as follows: contemporary state of the world fisheries; marking and identification of fishing vessels; protection of living resources from tangling in fishing nets and waste products of fisheries, control for the activities of regional FАО commissions on fisheries.

It is necessary to improve fish utilization especially by means of reducing post fishing losses and constantly watch for the legal mesh size and minimum size of harvested fish. FAO introduced a single system of marking fishing vessels in the agreement with IMO and ICAO. In the first place it should serve the purposes of identifying the nationality of ships and conducting search and salvage operations at sea.

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea deals with scientific papers and reports on research in fisheries, agriculture, pollution of the sea, oceanography carried out under the auspices of the Council. It extends the implementation of bioresources regulation measures and makes special recommendations for the total allowable catch on definite species.

II. NOTES:

tangling - запутывание, путаница

utilization - использование

mesh size - размер ячеи

auspices - покровительство

harvested fish - улов рыбы

III. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. What is the matter of great concern of the Fisheries commission?

2. Why is it necessary to improve fish utilization?

3. What did FAO introduce?

4.What council deals with the research in the world fisheries?

5.What Organisation deals with the research in fisheries in the Crimea (in Kerch)?