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could be subject to uncoordinated manageraent raeasures, and 

 both feared that such measures could lead to competition for 

 fishery resources in the boundary region which might adversely 

 affect conservation efforts. In addition, both governments 

 recognized that, to the extent fishery resources of the 

 boundary region are also present in areas where their respec- 

 tive exclusive fishery management jurisdiction is not disputed, 

 management measures in such areas might easily be thwarted by 

 uncoordinated management measures in the boundary region. Thus, 

 for 1977, the United States and Canada concluded a reciprocal 

 fisheries agreement which allowed fishermen of each country 

 to continue traditional fisheries in the zone of the other 

 and which limited to recent levels the catches the areas of 

 undisputed jurisdiction. 



In August 1977, President Carter and Prime Minister 

 Trudeau appointed special representatives with instructions 

 to negotiate an overall settlement by the end of 1977. 

 Thereafter, Ambassadors Lloyd N. Cutler for the United ' 

 States and Marcel Cadieux for Canada assumed direction of 

 the negotiations. 



In October 1977 the special representatives submitted 

 to their governments agreed principles for a long term 

 comprehensive agreement on fisheries. These principles 

 included (1) the establishment of a joint fisheries com- 

 mission, (2) the division of stocks into three categories 



