去年6月,中、苏、朝、越四国政府代表团在北京签订了“关于太平洋西部渔业、海洋学和湖沼学研究的合作协定”,成立了“太平洋西部渔业研究委员会”。它的任务主要是促进缔约各国在海洋和淡水渔业有关的研究方面进行各种的合作。委员会下设海洋渔业、海洋学、淡水渔业及湖沼学、渔业资源保护等四个专业组;委员会的常设工作机构、秘书处设在北京.去年,在委员会成立后,就召开了第一次全体会议. Last June, a delegation of Chinese, Soviet, DPRK and Vietnamese governments signed a “Cooperation Agreement on Fisheries, Oceanography and Limnology in Western Pacific Ocean” in Beijing and a “Western Pacific Fisheries Research Commission” was set up. Its main task is to promote the various cooperation among the signatories in marine and freshwater fisheries related research. The committee consists of four professional groups, including marine fisheries, oceanography, freshwater fisheries and lakes and marshes, and fishery resources protection; the standing working body of the Commission and the secretariat are located in Beijing. Last year, after the establishment of the committee, the first general assembly meeting.