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boat belongs alone shall have jurisdiction to conduct prosecutions for the vio- 

 lation of the provisions of this Convention, or any regulations which may be 

 adopted in pursuance of its provisions, and to impose penalties for such viola- 

 tions ; and the witnesses and proofs necessary for such prosecutions, so far as 

 such witnesses or proofs are under the control of the other High Contracting 

 Party, shall be furnished with all reasonable promptitude to the authorities 

 having jurisdiction to conduct the prosecutions. 



Article III 



The High Contracting Parties agree to continue under this Convention the 

 Commission as at present constituted and known as the International Fisheries 

 Commission, establislied by the Convention between the United States of 

 America and His Britannic Majesty for the preservation of the halibut fishery 

 of the Northern Pacifie Ocean including Bering Sea, concluded March 2, 1923, 

 consisting of four members, two appointed by each Party, which Commission 

 shall make such investigations as are necessary into the life history of the 

 halibut in the convention waters and shall publish a repoil of its activities 

 from time to time. Each of the High Contracting Parties shall have power to 

 fill, and shall fill from time to time, vacancies which may occur in its representa- 

 tion on the Commission. Each of the High Contracting Parties shall pay the 

 salaries and expenses of its own members, and joint expenses incurred by the 

 Commission shall be paid by the two High Contracting Parties in equal 

 moieties. 



The High Contracting Parties agree that for the purposes of protecting and 

 conserving the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 

 the International Fisheries Commission, with the approval of the President of 

 the United States of America and of the Governor General of the Dominion of 

 Canada, may, in respect of the nationals and inhabitants and fishing vessels and 

 boats of the United States of America and of the Dominion of Canada, from 

 time to time, 



(a) divide the convention waters into areas; 



( ft ) limit the catch of halibut to be taken from each area ; 



(c) fix the size and character of halibut fishing appliances to be used therein; 



(d) make such regulations for the collection of statistics of the catch of 

 halibut including the licensing and clearance of vessels, as will enable the 

 International Fisheries Commission to determine the condition and trend of 

 the halibut fishery by banks and areas, as a proper basis for protecting and 

 conserving the fishery ; 



(e) close to all halibut fishing such portion or portions of an area or areas, 

 as the International Fisheries Commission find to be populated by small, 

 immature halibut. 



Article IV 



The High Contracting Parties agree to enact and enforce such legislation as 

 may be necessary to make effective the provisions of this Convention and any 

 regulation adopted thereunder, with appropriate penalties for violations thereof. 



Article V 



The present Convention shall remain in force for a period of five years and 

 thereafter until two years from the date- when either of tiie High Contracting 

 Parties shall give notice to the other of its desire to terminate it. 



This Convention shall, from the date of the exchange of ratifications be 

 deemed to supplant the Convention between the United States of America and 

 His Britannic Majesty for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the 

 Northern Pacific Ocean including Bering Sea, concluded March 2, 1923. 



Article VI 



This Convention shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional 

 methods of the High Contracting Parties. The ratifications shall be exchanged 

 at Ottawa as soon as practicable, and the Convention shall come into force on 

 the day of the exchange of ratifications. 



