BUREAU OF FISHERIES V 



territorial waters of tbe United States and any vessel, boat, or other craft of 

 the United States on the high seas when suspected of havini; violated or being 

 about to violate any of the provisions of the said convention or of this Act. 



CANADIAN VKSSEXS AND NATIONALS 



Sec. 8. Every national or inhabitant and every vessel, boat, or other craft of 

 Canada found violating the said convention or this Act shall be delivered as 

 soon as practicable to an authorized official of Canada at the nearest point to 

 the place of seizure or elsewhere as the officials of tlie United States seizing 

 the same and the authorized officials of Canada may agree upon, and the wit- 

 nesses and proof necessary to the prosecution of said persons and vessels of 

 Canada shall be furnished with reasonable promptitude to the authorities of 

 Canada having jurisdiction thereof. 



SBnzURB AND FOltFEITURE 



Sec. 9. Every vessel, boat, or craft, employed in any manner in violating any 

 of the provisions of the said convention or of this Act shall be seized by any 

 collector, surveyor, in.spector, officer of a revenue cutter, or person specified in 

 section 7 hereof, and except as provided in section 8 hereof, every such vessel, 

 boat, or craft, including its tackle, apparel, furniture, cargo, and stores, shall 

 be forfeited to the United States by proper proceedings in the district court of 

 the United States, including the United States District Courts of Alaska, in the 

 judicial district in which the violation is alleged to have occurred ; or in the 

 United States district court in the nearest judicial district within the United 

 States, if the violation is alleged to have occurred outside the territorial waters 

 of the United States. 



FISHEIEIES COMMISSION EXEMPTION 



Sec. 10. None of the inhibitions contained in this Act shall apply to the 

 International Fisheries Commission when engaged in any scientific investi- 

 gation. 



DURATION OF ACT 



Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect immediately and shall continue in force 

 until the termination of the convention signed by the United States and the 

 Dominion of Canada, on May 9, 1930, for the preservation of the halibut fishery 

 of the northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. 



Approved, May 2, 1932. 



IXTERNATIONAL PASSAMAQUODDY FISHERIES COMMISSION 



The International Passamaquoddy Fisheries Commission ap- 

 pointed by the joint resolution of Congi'ess approved June 9, 1930, 

 completed its organization and vigorously prosecuted studies regard- 

 ing oceanic circulation and the source and abundance of nutritive 

 substances found in the sea water of the vicinity of Passamaquoddy 

 Ba}'. Studies on the abundance of phytoplanldton and zooplanlrton 

 as a source of fish food in relation to the physical and chemical states 

 of the water in the Bay of Fundy and along the coast of Maine were 

 also prosecuted throughout the year. 



Except for the loss of the first year's records on physical and 

 chemical oceanography of the region in the disastrous fire of March 

 9, 1932, destroying the main laboratory building of the Atlantic 

 Biological Station at St. Andrews, where the investigative staff 

 maintained headquarters for part of the year, investigations have 

 progressed satisfactorily. During the midwinter season laboratory 

 facilities were provided at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- 

 tion, Woods Hole, Mass. The bureau's motor ship Pelican., the 

 Pnnce belonging to the Biological Board of Canada, and the char- 

 tered Canadian motor vessel Nova IV have been used in the investi- 

 gational work. 



