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A WEEKLY QUOTA OF FISHERY SHORTS CAUGHT AND
LANDED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES
AND THE PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN'S
ASSOCIATIONS
VOL 3, NO. 8 23 FEBRUARY 2001
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3:08/01: DATE SET FOR CALIFORNIA'S ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE
FISHERIES FORUM; PCFFA CELEBRATES 25TH BIRTHDAY: The
California Legislature has scheduled this year's Legislative Fisheries Forum
for Wednesday, 14 March, at the State Capitol in Sacramento. This will be
the 29TH consecutive Fisheries Forum, a unique event in California's
legislative session with a day set aside annually for a hearing to take
testimony from working fishing men and women, fishery scientists,
conservation groups and fishery agencies on the issues facing the state's
fishery resources and fishing industry. The Forum was started in 1973 by
then-freshman Assemblyman Barry Keene (D-Elk) at the urging of the late
Bill Grader, a Fort Bragg fish processor and then-chair of the California
Citizens' Advisory Committee on Salmon & Steelhead Trout.
It was during the 1976 Forum that representatives of fishermen's
marketing associations along the coast, after 12 years of effort, finally put
together the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA)
at a meeting in the old Senator Hotel, across the street from the State
Capitol. Led by the late Harold Christensen, a Eureka fisherman, the
founding board included Paul Wedel, John Greenwood, Nelson Miles,
Dave Danbom, Ron Andreani, Mel Fitzhugh, Charles Spangenberg, Lew
Stevens and Roger Adkins. The organization, through the combined
membership of its component associations, became the largest, and the
most active and outspoken, commercial fishermen's group on the U.S.
Pacific coast.
The California Legislative Fisheries Forum is hosted by the
Legislature's Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture, which was also
started by Keene (who now heads California's General Services
Administration) and is now chaired by Assemblywoman Virginia Strom-
Martin (D-Duncan Mills). Discussions at the Fisheries Forums have led to
most of the state's major fisheries legislation, from early resolutions
calling
on Congress to extend U.S. fisheries jurisdiction to 200 miles, to the
salmon limited entry and salmon stamp programs, to numerous funding
initiatives (including the Bosco-Keene Act), to the ban on tributyltin (TBT)
based bottom paints, to protection of white sharks and krill, to limited
entry for Dungeness crab and various other fisheries, to calls for increased
funding for weather buoys and Coast Guard services and fishery research,
to the more recent passage of the Marine Life Management Act setting forth
a state program for the establishment of management plans for all of its
fisheries. For more information on this year's Fisheries Forum, contact
Mary Morgan, Consultant to the Joint Committee on Fisheries &
Aquaculture at (916) 319-3823; for information on PCFFA's 25TH
Birthday, e-mail: pcffafish at aol.com .
3:08/02. MAINE AND NEW YORK FISHERMEN'S FORUMS
SET FOR EARLY MARCH: The Maine Fishermen's Forum will be held
this year on Thursday, 1 March, in Rockport. The all day session will focus
on: 1) development of a Maine position on ITQ (individual transferable
fishing quotas) implementation criteria if and when Congress lifts the ban
on ITQs, and; 2) to begin crafting alternative ways to manage the state's
fisheries including both particular techniques (e.g. closed areas, gear
changes, etc.) and new ways to govern the process (e.g., co-management).
This meeting is seen as the beginning of a process designed to accomplish
this second purpose. For more information about registering for the Maine
Fishermen's Forum, visit http://www.maineseafood.org or call Chilloa
Young, the Forum Coordinator, at (207) 442-7700.
A "Sustainable Fisheries Seminar" has been set for Saturday, 3 March,
at Nassau Community College, at One Education Drive, in Garden City,
New York, from 0930 to 1630 HRS. This forum is intended to bring
together recreational and commercial fishermen and agencies. It is
sponsored by the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA-NY), a
sportfishing group. Registration is free. For more information or to
register, call (877) 982-2269.
3:08/03. CATHOLIC BISHOPS SOUND ALARM FOR
COLUMBIA: In an unprecedented declaration of concern for the
Columbia River, twelve Roman Catholic Bishops from the Pacific
Northwest and British Columbia issued a Pastoral Letter on 22 February
calling on all Roman Catholics and "all people of good will" to take
significant steps to protect the Columbia River basin from widespread
environmental degradation. The 32-page letter, three years in the making,
also denounces the political and economic divisions that have frequently
characterized debates over salmon protections and dam management
throughout the basin and urges better stewardship in a number of areas.
Though stopping short of advocating breaching of any dams, the letter
nonetheless takes positions on many controversial Columbia basin issues,
including condemning private company logging on public lands that is
subsidized by taxpayers, promoting energy conservation and the
development of alternative energy sources, and linking agricultural loans
to better land stewardship. Pastoral Letters are important policy and
teaching tools within the Roman Catholic Church for giving guidance on
how to apply Catholic doctrines in practical situations. The Catholic
Church has increasingly taken positions on environmental issues since Pope
John Paul II addressed "the earth's ecological crisis" in a statement from
the Vatican in 1990. Many other religious traditions and denominations
have also become more active in support of greater environmental
protections. The letter, "The Columbia River Watershed: Caring for
Creation and the Common Good," is available in English, Spanish and
French from the project's web site at: http://www.columbiariver.org. For
more information see the 23 February issue of The Oregonian at:
http://www.oregonlive.com/printer2.ssf?/news/oregonian/
01/02/lc_61bish23.frame.
3:08/04. OREGON FISH & WILDLIFE COMMISSION
POSTPONES FISH PASSAGE WAIVER DECISION ON NORTH
UMPQUA DAMS: The Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission has
postponed a decision on whether Pacific Power & Light Corporation
(PacifiCorp) can avoid installing fish passage on five of its eight dams on
the North Umpqua River as part of relicensing and has extended the public
comment deadline on the PacifiCorp waiver application until 9 March.
The decision will probably be made at the Commission's Coos Bay meeting
on 23 March. The draft Memorandum of Decision (MOA) now out for
public comment, if signed, would allow PacifiCorp to completely escape
Oregon's fish passage requirements for five dams in its North Umpqua
Hydroelectric Project, located about 50 miles east of Roseburg. The 50-
year Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license to operate
these dams expired in 1997, and PacifiCorp has been operating them on
annual renewals while the fish passage issue remains unresolved. This
waiver is a separate issue from the Soda Spring dam, which sits on federal
lands and for which PacifiCorp has agreed to provide fish passage
(Sublegals 3:05/09). The North Umpqua is a key watershed for coho
salmon (listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act),
searun cutthroat (once listed but now merged into a large geographical unit
that is unlisted), steelhead and other species. Fishing and conservation
groups have been fighting for fish passage in these dams for years to open
up additional spawning and rearing habitat.
A copy of the proposed waiver MOU and amendment is available on the
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) website at:
www.dfw.state.or.us under the Habitat Division heading, or can be
obtained by written request to ODFW, 2501 SW First Avenue, PO Box 59,
Portland, OR 97207. Written public comments on the proposed MOU
should be addressed to Ken Homolka, ODFW, 4192 North Umpqua
Highway, Roseburg OR 97470 and must be received by 1700 HRS on 9
March.
3:08/05. KLAMATH MOUNTAINS PROVINCE STEELHEAD
PROPOSED FOR LISTING: Under court order to reconsider a previous
decision not to list, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on 12
Februarypublished notice in the Federal Register (66 Fed. Reg. 9808) of a
proposed listing for the Klamath Mountain Province steelhead as a
threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The
area inhabited by this run spans both Southern Oregon and Northern
California. Oregon has opposed the listing, citing abundant and relatively
healthy run sizes in that state. Lack of information, however, as well as
reliance by NMFS on anticipated (but inherently uncertain) planned future
conservation efforts in California, the prior decision was ruled improper by
the court. Comments on the listing are due by 5 March; see:
http://www.oregonlive.com/printer2.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/02/
nw_41fi sh21.frame. The Federal Register notice itself can be obtained
from: http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1salmon/salmesa/fedreg/st12fe01.pdf
3:08/06. SALMONID RESTORATION CONFERENCE TO BE
HELD NEXT WEEK IN CHICO: The Nineteenth Annual Salmonid
Restoration Conference will be held 1-4 March in Chico, California (see
Sublegals, 3:01/04). Sponsored by the Salmonid Restoration Federation,
the conference feature workshops on issues ranging from watershed
evaluation, to dam removal, to grant funding for salmon restoration.
Saturday's plenary session features a keynote address by PCFFA Executive
Director Zeke Grader. For more information on the conference, visit:
www.northcoasweb.com/srf .
3:08/07. SCIENCE REVIEW PANEL FINDS OREGON
HATCHERY PROGRAMS LACKING: The Independent
Multidisciplinary Science Team (IMST), established by the Oregon
Legislature to oversee the Oregon Plan for salmon restoration, has issued
an 80-page report on Oregon hatcheries. The IMST, presenting the report
to the Legislature, concluded that hatcheries play an important role but that
the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife falls short in measuring the
effects of hatcheries on wild salmon and in gauging whether hatchery
programs are effective. The state's hatcheries, with 175 employees,
produced 50.3 million salmon and steelhead in 1999, down from 74 million
in 1995, in order to reduce hatchery impacts on wild populations. The
report, "The Scientific Basis for Artificial Propagation in the Recovery of
Wild Anadromous Salmonids in Oregon" (Technical Report 2001-01 (11
January, 2001)) can be obtained from the IMST website at:
http://www.fsl.orst.edu/imst.
3:08/08. SALMON COMMITTEE SQUEEZED BY LACK OF
FUNDING: Despite billions of dollars now being spent in California and
the Pacific Northwest to recover salmon populations, California's Citizen's
Advisory Committee on Salmon & Steelhead Trout (CAC) is slowing dying
as the state continues to starve the group of the funds it needs to carry out
its mandate from the California Legislature. First established by the late
Assemblywoman Pauline Davis (D-Petrolia) in 1970, the committee issued
three reports: "An Environmental Tragedy" (1971), "A Conservation
Opportunity" (1972), and "The Time is Now" (1975) that set the course for
California's early state efforts at restoring salmon and steelhead stocks.
However, many of the committee's early recommendations to the
Legislature were never enacted and the CAC was reestablished in 1984 by
then-Senator Henry Mello (D-Watsonville). The new committee went on
to issue three additional reports to the Legislature, the most important being
"Restoring the Balance" issued in 1988 that, among other things, called for
the doubling of the state's natural spawning salmon and steelhead
populations. The doubling goal was subsequently made state policy by the
Legislature and was subsequently incorporated into the federal Miller-
Bradley Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA).
Controversy surrounding the CAC's 1988 report, however, (timber giant
Louisiana Pacific tried to get "Restoring the Balance" and its video banned
from Mendocino County schools, along with Dr. Seuss' The Lorax), led
subsequent state administration's to cut off funding to the CAC for its
consultant and publication of its reports. Both the timber and water
interests sought to stifle information pointing to culpability on their part
for
salmon declines. At its 15 February meeting in Ukiah, the CAC is calling
for a meeting with leaders in both the Gray Davis Administration and the
Legislature to get the funding it needs to develop a set of recommendations
for salmon and steelhead protection in light of the state's energy and water
crisis. For more information on the CAC, contact Mary Brawner, with the
Native Anadromous Fish & Watershed Branch of the California
Department of Fish & Game at: (916) 654-5628.
3:08/09. WILLAMETTE RIVER TASK FORCE MAKES
CLEANUP RECOMMENDATIONS: On Wednesday, 21 February,
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's Willamette River Restoration Initiative
Task Force issued its formal report, making 27 recommendations for how
western Oregon's now heavily polluted Willamette River could be cleaned
up. Recommendations ranged from public education campaigns, to
providing water cooling towers in upper Willamette storage dams, to
developing comprehensive 'total maximum daily loads' (TMDLs) for
various pollutants. The Willamette Restoration Initiative was created by
Kitzhaber by Executive Orders 99-18 and 99-17 but will expire on 30 June
30. More information on the Initiative can be found at:
http://www.oregonwri.org. The Task Force, representing various
stakeholder interests, broke no new ground and recommended no new
legislation and it is unclear how a cash-strapped Oregon Legislature is
going to pay for implementation, though the Governor pledged support for
funding efforts.
A number of organizations have also criticized the report as weak.
"Frankly, this is about the sixth year of task forces looking at the
Willamette, "commented Jeff Allen, Executive Director of the Oregon
Environmental Council and a Task Force member. "I often feel the
Willamette is dying the death of 1,000 meetings. We think we have a
pretty good idea of what needs to be done to clean up the river. What we
need to do is to get to work cleaning it." For more information on the
report see the 22 February issue of The Oregonian at:
http://www.oregonlive.com/printer2.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/02/
lc_51river22.frame
3:08/10. LOW SIERRA SNOWPACKS TO DATE COULD MEAN
CALIFORNIA WATER SHORTAGE, WASHINGTON ON VERGE
OF DECLARATION OF WATER EMERGENCY: California State
water forecasters say that Sierra snowpacks are at only 70 percent of normal
levels so far, with only about a 1 in 10 chance of reaching normal,
forecasting a very tight water year in that state. This is actually an
improvement from last week when snowpack levels were at only about 50
percent. Updates on California snowpack and river conditions can be found
at: http://cdec.water.ca.gov.
Meanwhile Reuters reported 20 February that the State of Washington
is considering a formal declaration of a water emergency, which can be
declared whenever state water supplies go below 75 percent of normal and
shortages are likely to create "undue hardships" for water users. A formal
declaration of emergency would allow state officials to reallocate water
now in the agricultural sector, which uses 75 percent of Washington's
water. Fishermen, biologists, Tribal officials and conservation
organizations fear that serious water problems would be resolved at the
expense of the region's salmon. Current water levels in the Columbia
Basin, which supplies almost 80 percent of Washington's power needs and
much of those of other western states, now stand at only 59 percent of
normal. The region would have to get snow and rainfall at 1.5 times the
normal rates through July to catch up. Regional reservoirs are also down
to about 70 percent of normal in a year when California's botched energy
deregulation problems are also likely to cause more than normal demand
to help that state meet its electricity shortfalls. Washington Governor Gary
Locke met with officials from around the state on 20 February and with the
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to assess the crisis and has already
called for voluntary conservation measures for both power and water.
Oregon is experiencing similar low snowpack levels.
3:08/11. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PANEL GLOBAL
WARMING REPORT PREDICTIONS MOST DIRE YET: According
to the most recent official report of the United Nation's Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, issued 19 February, human induced global
climate changes are happening now, and are likely going to be worse in the
future than previously projected. This conclusion was reached by a UN-
sponsored panel of more than 400 of the worlds top climatologists and
climate modelers in a report titled "Climate Changes 2001: Impacts,
Adaptation and Vulnerability." The 1000-page report is the third and most
comprehensive scientific assessment of the global warming theory yet, and
addresses both observed as well as projected impacts from a wide variety
of disciplines. Among the findings is that the world global average
temperature is likely to increase by as much as 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit over
the next 100 years. By comparison the world global average temperature
rose by 1.1 degree F. during the entire 20th century.
What the findings mean are that people in warm climates are likely to
experience increasingly severe drought, crop failures, famine and the spread
of tropical diseases, and coastal flooding will affect as many as 200 million
people. The report notes that global warming impacts are already
observable in many areas of the world, including melting icecaps, damaged
coral reefs and major shifts in ocean temperature zones affecting fishing.
Among the predictions is a reduction in water available from snow-melt in
watersheds that depend on snowfall. For the report itself see:
http://www.ipcc.ch. For more information see:
http://www.oregonlive.com/printer2.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/02/
wr_21warm19.frame.
3:08/12. PFMC TO MEET FIRST WEEK OF MARCH: The Pacific
Fishery Management Council (PFMC) will meet 5-9 March at the Double
Tree Hotel-Columbia River in Portland, Oregon. Among other things, the
PFMC will be developing options for public consideration for the 2001
ocean salmon season. For more information, call (503) 326-6352 or visit
the PFMC website at: www.pcouncil.org .
3:08/13. OREGON'S "TAKINGS" INITIATIVE RULED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL - FOR NOW: On 22 February a Oregon Circuit
Judge ruled that the Oregon Measure 7 "takings" initiative that requires
compensation for property owners for any restrictions potentially
decreasing property values was unconstitutional. Judge Paul Lipscomb
found that the text of the measure did not fully inform the voters of its
implications and that it violated Oregon's "single subject rule" requiring
ballot measures to deal with only closely related issues. The ruling will be
appealed by property rights groups behind the measure to the Court of
Appeals, which usually takes more than a year to hear such cases. It is also
unclear what actions the Oregon Legislature may take in response to an
outcry by local government organizations fearing huge judgments against
them for enforcing current land use laws.
Measure 7 would not only make it extremely expensive to enforce
Oregon's zoning, development, public health and safety laws, but also
would gut most of its environmental protection statutes as well as any
current and future salmon protections (see Sublegals 2:19/01). The
measure, sponsored by Oregonians in Action, Oregon Cattlemen's
Association and other "wise use" groups hostile to environmental and land
use laws, was estimated by the State Treasurer's office as costing the state
$1.6 billion per year and an additional cost of $3.8 billion per year to local
governments should they attempt to enforce existing laws; an amount
roughly twice Oregon's annual state budget. According to a 13 February
opinion issued by Oregon State Attorney General Hardy Meyers,
government agencies cannot simply refuse to enforce zoning and other laws
to escape liability. The 110-page Attorney General's Opinion can be found
at: http://www.doj.state.or.us/AGOffice/agopinions/op8277.pdf. The full
text of Measure 7 and the ballot statements pro and con can be seen on the
Oregon Secretary of State's year 2000 ballot summary located at:
http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72000/guide/mea.htm. For more
see the 23 February Oregonian at: http://www.oregonlive.com/
printer2.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/02/lc_61meas723.frame.
3:08/14. NMFS ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN PACIFIC
MACKEREL REGULATIONS: On 22 February, the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) published in the Federal Register ( Vol. 66, No.
36, pp. 11119-11120) an announcement of changes to the restriction on
landings of Pacific mackerel for individuals participating in the coastal
pelagic species (CPS) fishery and for individuals involved in other fisheries
who harvest small amounts of Pacific mackerel. The incidental limit on
landings of 20 percent by weight of Pacific mackerel in landings of Pacific
sardine, northern anchovy, jack mackerel, and market squid remains in
effect; however, CPS fishermen may land up to 1 metric ton (mt) of Pacific
mackerel even if they land no other species from the trip. Non-CPS
fishermen may land no more than one mt or Pacific mackerel per trip. After
the harvest guideline of 20,740 mt is reached, all landings of Pacific
mackerel will be restricted to one mt per trip. This action is authorized by
the Pacific Fishery Management Council's Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) and "is intended to ensure that the fishery
achieves, but does not exceed, the harvest guideline while minimizing the
economic impact on small businesses." For more information, contact:
James J. Morgan, NMFS Southwest Region at: (562) 980-4036.
3:08/15. THURMAN INTRODUCES BILL TO TIDE
FISHERMEN OVER DURING HARD TIMES: On 21 February,
WorldCatch reported U.S. Representative Karen Thurman (D-FL) has
introduced legislation, HR 662, that would allow fishermen and farmers to
set aside up to 20 percent of their net income (from fishing or farming) into
tax deferred savings accounts. Given the cycles of production and the
fickleness of nature, the bill would provide U.S. food producers funds to
draw on during years of poor harvests. Called the Farm & Risk
Management Act, the bill was referred to the House Ways & Means
Committee. A similar measure was introduced in the Senate by Senator
Charles Grassley (R-IA). To view the full article, go to:
www.worldcatch.com; for more information on Thurman's bill, contact
Bob Dobeck in her office at (202)225-1002 or visit Congesswoman
Thurman' website at: www.house.gov/thurman.
3:08/16. NMFS EXTENDS WESTERN PACIFIC LONGLINE
CLOSURE: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on 22
February, published in the Federal Register (Vol.66, No.36, pp. 11120-
11123) the extension of the interim rule for Hawaii-based Pelagic Longline
Area Closure from 21 February until 20 August. For more information,
contact Alvin Katekaru, NMFS Pacific Island Area Office at: ( 808)973-
2937.
3:08/17. WASHINGTON DUNGENESS CRAB PRODUCTION
DOWN; CALIFORNIA CONSIDERS TRAP LIMITS: On 21 February,
The Oregonian reported commercial crab fishermen in Washington State
may get their worst harvest in a decade after a rocky start that included
delays of two weeks, low prices and new pot limits (see Sublegals, 2:26/06;
2:24/09; 2:23/02; 2:22/01). This year's harvest is expected to be only 6 to
7 million pounds, down from last year's 17 million pound season. The
state issues 232 crab licenses and instituted a limited entry program in 1996
as well as new pot limits of either 300 or 500 pots per vessel, depending on
historical catch. Judging by juvenile counts last year, a harvest of 11 to 12
million pounds was expected. For more see: http://www.oregonlive.com/
printer2.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/02/nw_41crabs21.frame
In California, a meeting of the California Crab Committee will be held
on 28 February in Fort Bragg to consider the results of port workshops held
to consider whether trap limits are needed in that state's Dungeness crab
fishery and whether limited entry is needed in for the rock crab fishery (see
Sublegals, 3:06/12). For more information on the work of the Crab
Committee, e-mail: PCFFAfish at aol.com.
3:08/18. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION TO CONTROL
AQUATIC INVASIVES: On 20 February, the Los Angeles Times reported
a bill has been introduced in the California Legislature aimed at fighting the
killer algae that threatens the coastal waters of Southern California. The
measure would make it illegal to dump the Caulerpa taxifolia algae,
common to many home aquariums, into any body of water. Should the bill
pass, the only lawful way to dispose of the greenish, wispy-looking plant
would be to freeze it and bury it in a landfill. The dumping of plants and
animals from home aquariums into public waterways is one of the three
major sources of aquatic invasions, along with ship's ballast water and
aquaculture operations (see Sublegals, 3:06/16).
3:08/19. FEDERAL AGENCY MOA ON CWA, ESA
COORDINATION: On 22 February, three U.S. Government agencies -
the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Department of Interior), the National
Marine Fisheries Service (Department of Commerce) and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency noticed in the Federal Register, (Vol. 66,
No. 36, pp. 11201-11217) the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) addressing interagency coordination under the Clean Water Act
(CWA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA). The notice discusses
comments received on a draft of the MOA published by the agencies on 15
January 1999, describes the changes made to the draft, and publishes the
final MOA. For more information on the MOA and how it will affect
fisheries operations under the CWA and ESA, contact: Margaret Lorenz,
Endangered Species Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301) 713-1401, or e-mail
margaret.lorenz at noaa.gov .
3:08/20. RUSSIA MAY SELL FISHING QUOTAS TO FOREIGN
FIRMS: the Interfax News Agency reported on 17 February, that foreign
companies may be allowed to buy fishing quotas for Alaska pollack and
herring in the Sea of Okhotsk if all the quotas to be put to auction on 27
February are not sold to Russian businesses, the Russian Government
announced (see Sublegals, 3:07/20; 3:05/04). Only 54 of 220 lots were sold
during an auction at the European & Asian Exchange on Saturday and so
a commission headed by Economic Development & Trade Minister
German Gref scheduled another auction for the 27th. Foreign companies
would be barred from the Tuesday auction as they were from Saturday's
trade. If anything remains unsold foreign companies would be allowed into
a 23 March auction, which would also be held at the European & Asian
Exchange, according to the Interfax report.
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ifrfish at aol.com or call the IFR office with the news and a source at either:
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