98-31750. World Fisheries Day, 1998  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
    [Presidential Documents]
    [Pages 65511-65512]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-31750]
    
    
    
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    Part IX
    
    
    
    
    
    The President
    
    
    
    
    
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    Proclamation 7150--World Fisheries Day, 1998
    
    Proclamation 7151--National Family Caregivers Week, 1998
    
    Proclamation 7152--National Family Week, 1998
    
    
    
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    Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 227 / Wednesday, November 25, 1998 / 
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    Title 3--
    The President
    
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                    Proclamation 7150 of November 20, 1998
    
                    
    World Fisheries Day, 1998
    
                    By the President of the United States of America
    
                    A Proclamation
    
                    As a coastal Nation, America has a proud fishing 
                    heritage, and we have long benefited from the bounty of 
                    the oceans. Generations of our people have made their 
                    living from the sea, fishing for cod off the rocky 
                    coast of New England, shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico, or 
                    Pacific salmon along the West Coast and Alaska. In this 
                    Year of the Ocean, it is fitting that we set aside a 
                    special day to celebrate one of our Nation's oldest 
                    industries and the source of so much of our sustenance.
    
                    World Fisheries Day is not only an occasion for 
                    celebration, it is also a time to raise awareness of 
                    the plight of so many of the world's fish resources. A 
                    recent United Nations study reported that more than 
                    two-thirds of the world's fisheries have been 
                    overfished or are fully harvested and more than one 
                    third are in a state of decline because of factors like 
                    the loss of essential fish habitats, pollution, and 
                    global warming.
    
                    My Administration is committed to restoring our marine 
                    resources and preserving their diversity through 
                    careful stewardship. At the National Oceans Conference 
                    in June of this year, I announced our goal of creating 
                    sustainable fisheries and rebuilding fish stocks by 
                    working with industry to improve fishing practices and 
                    technologies that catch only targeted species, devoting 
                    additional resources to fisheries research, and 
                    protecting essential fish habitats. We have also 
                    launched the Clean Water Action Plan that, among other 
                    things, reduces the runoff from farms and city streets 
                    that flow into our streams, rivers, and oceans.
    
                    While these efforts are important, the United States 
                    acting alone cannot preserve the health of the world's 
                    oceans and their marine life. It will take concerted 
                    international action--both at the government level and 
                    from fish harvesters, workers, and consumers 
                    themselves--and a commitment to scientifically based 
                    fishing limits to rebuild the world's fisheries and 
                    ensure that future generations will benefit from their 
                    abundance.
    
                    NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                    United States of America, by virtue of the Constitution 
                    and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim 
                    Saturday, November 21, 1998, as World Fisheries Day. I 
                    call upon Government officials, fishing industry 
                    professionals, scientists, environmental experts, and 
                    the people of the United States to observe this day and 
                    to recognize the importance of conserving the world's 
                    fisheries, sustaining the health of the oceans, and 
                    protecting their precious and abundant variety of 
                    marine life.
    
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                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                    twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                    nineteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of the 
                    Independence of the United States of America the two 
                    hundred and twenty-third.
    
                        (Presidential Sig.)
    
    [FR Doc. 98-31750
    Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
    Billing code 3195-01-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
11/25/1998
Department:
Executive Office of the President
Entry Type:
Presidential Document
Document Type:
Proclamation
Document Number:
98-31750
Pages:
65511-65512 (2 pages)
EOCitation:
of 1998-11-20
PDF File:
98-31750.pdf