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northeastern third of Georges Bank, an extremely important 

 area for scallops, haddock, cod, yellowtail flounder, and 

 many other species. Moreover, since almost all of the 

 stocks on Georges Bank would be transboundary in nature, 

 the cooperation of Canada in managing these stocks would be 

 essential if overfishing were to be avoided. If Canada 

 established undisputed jurisdiction over an important part 

 of the range of these Goreges Bank stocks, it is only 

 reasonable to anticipate that Canada would insist that any 

 cooperative management arrangement for these stocks be 

 truly a joint exercise of the two governments. This would 

 mean that each country would have an equal voice in managing 

 the Georges Bank Stocks. In contest, the framework set forth 

 in the proposed action provides the United States primary 

 management responsibility for the great majority of Georges 

 Bank stocks (see Section II) . 



A similar need for joint management of Georges Bank 

 stocks could also result if a boundary were to fall some- 

 where between the claims of the two countries such that 

 Canada secured exclusive fisheries jurisdiction over a 

 significant part of the .northeastern third of Georges Bank. 



A boundary running somewhere between the boundary 

 claims of the two countries and establishing some part of 



