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Director of the Institute for Marine Studies, College of Ocean
and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington.  The author
reviews developments in the fisheries of the North Pacific
following the extension of coastal state jurisdiction, the
choices made by coastal states as a result of the extension of
jurisdiction and the implications of these choices for both
coastal states and regional fisheries commissions. He first
describes the fisheries situation in this the most important
fishing region in the world, the complex and inefficient
regulatory controls existing before the extension of
jurisdiction and the impact of extended jurisdiction, which
resulted in the establishment of a more efficient regulatory
system. The fishing nations most affected by the extension of
jurisdiction were Japan and the Republic of Korea, which
incurred considerable loss of access to stocks they had
previously exploited. The article reviews the evolution of
coastal state fi