JPRS ID: 9348 WORLDWIDE REPORT LAW OF THE SEA

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JPRS L/9348
15 October 1980
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LAW OF THE SEA
C~OUO 6/8(3)
FBIS FOREIGN BROA.JCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
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15 October 1980 �
WORLDWIDE REPOR7
LAW OF THE SEA
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(FOUO 6/80)
CONTENTS
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS
Peruvian Foreign Ministry Opposes U.S. Seabed Mining Law
(PRELA, 2 Jul 80) 1
Morocco Attacks Cuban Fishing Boats Suspected of Aiding
Polisario
(Abdelaziz Dahmani; JEUNE AFRIQUE, 30 Jul 80) 2
Briefs
Mexican-U.S. Tuna P:oblems 4
French-Mauritian Economic Zone Defined 4
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
MAURITANIA
Cabinet Approves Measures To Prevent Clandestine
Fishing
(MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS, 22 Aug 80)...... 5
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MOROCCO ATTACK,S CUBAN FISHING BOATS SUSPECTID OF AIDING POLI,5ARI0
Paris JEUNE AFRIQUE in French 30 Jul 80 p 37
~ ~rticle by Abdelaziz Dahmani: "Who Takes Who by Boat~
~Pex~ Exasperated Moroccans Machinegun Cuban li~seels Spying
Electronically for POLISAFcIi
On Saturday 12 July at 1910 GMT~ two Cuban vessels~ the Moroboro and the
Gilberto Pico, were attacked off the coast of the western Sahara by "un-
identified" jets, according to the first reports from Havan,a. The attack
cost the life of captain Jose Manuel Ventura of the Moroboro, while five
other seamen, including one officer, were wounded. The two rather badly
damaged vessels were aided by the Spanish destroyer Churrucua, then towed
to the Can.aries.
~ Ambushes and Responses
It was rather quickly learned that those vessels, "two tankers intending
, to supply the Cuban fishing fleet," according to Havana, were a+tacked by
two Moroccan Mirage aircraft 20 mi.nutes after their overflight by a recon-
naissance plane.
The disa$reement concerns the site of the attack;, ~'More than 3(? miles from
the coast of the western Sahara~ a territory ille~ally;pccupied by the king-
dom of Morocco~" according to the Cuban Communist Party organ GRAMMA;
"Within national territorial waters," according to Moroccan sources; "9 miles
from the coast," according to a Spanish Navy spokesman in the Canaries. If
the Maroccans proved discreet concerning the incident, the Spanish press
was more prolix. The Madrid paper DIARIO 16 went so far as to assert that
the Cuban vessels were i.n contact with POLISARIO.
The Moroccan air strike seems to have reen a response to the boarding of
sever~al Spanish and Portuguese fishing vest~els by the Saharans. The cap-
tured fishermen were taken into the desert and serve as hostages for a ne-
gotiation ai'~med at forc'ing Spain and Portugal into a more conciliatory at-
titude toward POLISARIO.
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'I'hat time, it was Morocco which took the offensive.
It was not the first time, however, that Cuban vessels were suspected of
lending a hand to the Saharans. As early as 5 November 1977, the Cuban
trawler Rio Maria Beque was boarded by the Mauritanian coast guard. It had
been in the area for weeks without ever castin$ its new nets. The crew was
excessively large (92 seamen), and the vessel was equipped with sophisticat-
ed electronic gear. After its boarding, countries frie:~dly to Havana had
interceded for its quick release, promising that it would leave the region.
But Cuban, Soviet, Korean, Japanese, and other flotillas are numerous off-
shore, attracted by fishing grounds among the richest in the world. And a
few days after the departure of ihe Rio Maria Beque, on 22 November 1977, a
Spanish vessel secretly unloaded at Nouadhibou a considerable quantity of
military equipment to be taken to the Zouerate area by the mineral train.
The timetable was kept secret. Nevertheless, 8 hours after ~eavin~ Nouad-
liibou, the convoy met with an ambush set by POLISARIO.
100 Dead
An "innocent" vessel had warned POLISARIO, which needed but a few hours to
prepare the ambush.
It happened on that day that the governor of Nouadhibou, no doubt unaware of
- such techniques, had cut telephone and telex links with the outside to as-
sure the complete safety of the convoy. And there were, on both sides, over
100 dead.
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BRIEFS
MEXICAN-U.S. TUNA PROBLEMS--Mexico City, Jul 2(PL)--U.S. tuna ships are
carrying out an open plunder of the sea resources offshore the northwest
Mexican coasts, t'.?2 federation of fishing cooperatives of Ba~a California
denounced. Delfino Ortega. the president of the federation said that the
i~legal activity of the U.S. fishing boats has b~en detected mainly near
the Maria lsles used as a penitentiary on the Pacific coast. Three U.S.
tuna boats were arrested rec~ntly charged with illegal f ishing in Mexican
� waters, said Ortega, who called for a further surveillance of the Coast
Guard service in order to prevent plunder. [Text] [PA022023 Havana PRELA
in English 1930 GMT 2 Jul 80]
FRENCH-M.AURITIAN ECONOMIC ZONE DEFINED--A decree published in the French
official gazette on 19 ~7u1y~1980 defines the French-Mauritian economic zone
between Mauritius and Reunion. The decree, dated 15 July, is the promulgation
of the French-Mauritian convention signed in Paris on 2 April. The zone is
demarked by a line through specific points on a map attached to the convention
and reproduced in the French official gazette. [Paris MARCHES TROPICAUX ET
MEDITERRANEENS in French 25 Jul 80 p 1830]
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MAURITANIA
CABINET APPROVES MEASURES TO PREVENT CLANDESTINE FISHING
Paris MARCHES "ROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS in French 22 Aug 80 p 2077
[Text] On 12 August, the Mauritanian Council of Ministers approved a
draft ordinance amending law aumber 78-043 dated 28 February 1978 estab-
lishing a code for the merchant marine and maritime fishing. By means of
a substantial increase in penalties, the text was designed to strengthen
the means of struggle against clandestine fishing.
Mauritania will in futuxe cqnfiscate the vessels fishing illegally in its
established 200-maritime~mile fish3ng zone, Mr O~nar Soumare, minister of
� fishing and maritime economy, announced. This measure will not be retro-
active, he made it clear, because his country waats to respect international
agreements.
In recent weeks Mauritania has intercepted several vessels, Spanish in
particular, fishing illegally in Mauritanian waters. Experts surmise that
the greater part of the catch in Mauritanian waters in the course of this
month has been unloaded in Las Palmas.,
The Mauritanian fishin g minister said that Mauritania will not authorize
vessels to �ish in its waters in e~change for fees. This system of
"fishing licenses" which once existed was elimtnated 2 years ago because
Mauritania deemed the exploitation to which it led excessive. This
system was replaced by the establis ~~~~nt of mixed companies, guaranteeing
both maritime fishin~ operations and process ing as well as packaging on
land.
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