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Parties for cooperative research. The Agreement also 

 encourages the continuation, and in appropriate instances 

 the expansion, of cooperation in fishery research between 

 the Parties. 



c. Reports of Catch and Location Data . The Agreement 

 requires fishermen of both countries to report catch and 

 related data in a manner determined by the Commission. The 

 Agreement also authorizes each Party, for fishing in its 

 fishery zone, to require the other Party's fishermen engaged 

 in such fishing to make reports of catch and location data 

 at reasonable intervals. 



d. Confidentiality of Statistics . Both the Parties and 

 the Commission are required to preserve the confidential 

 nature of the records or statistics of individual catches 

 and individual company operations. 



e. Right to be Considered for Allocation of Surplus Fish . 

 The Agreement envisions two types of situations that may give 

 rise to a decision by one Party, with respect to fish in which 

 its own fishermen have a preferential interest, to allow 

 fishermen of the other Party to harvest such fish. One type 

 of situation involves a portion of an entitlement to a 

 Category A, B, or C stock which is surplus to the granting 

 Party's requirements; the other involves the surplus portion 

 of a stock not in any of the three Agreement categories 



