74 U. S, BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present 

 convention in duplicate, and have thereunto affixed their seals. 



Done at the city of Washington, the second day of March, in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. 



Charles Evans Hughes, [seal.] 

 Ernest Lapointe. [seal.] 



And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and 

 the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the citj' of Wash- 

 ington on the twenty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and 

 twenty-four; 



Now, therefore, be it known that I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United 

 States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the 

 end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and 

 fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. 



In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of 

 the United States to be affixed. 



Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-second day of October, in the year 

 of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and of the Independence 

 of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-ninth. 



[seal] Calvin Coolidge. 



E^-the President: 



Charles E. Hughes, 



Secretary of State. 



Under date of November 3, 1924, an Executive order was issued in 

 regard to' the maintenance of a patrol for tlie enforcement of tlie 

 provisions of tlie nortliern Pacific lialibut act, as follows : 



Executive Order Regarding the Enforcement of the Act for the Pro- 

 tection OF THE Northern Pacific Halibut Fishery, Approved June 7, 

 1924 



It being expedient for the enforcement of the act for the protection of the 

 northern Pacific halibut fishery, approved June 7, 1924, that a patrol be main- 

 tained in certain waters, and that public vessels be designated for that purpose 

 and officers be designated to enforce said act: 



Therefore it is hereby ordered: 



1. That a patrol be maintained in the territorial waters of the United States 

 and the high seas, including Bering Sea, extending westerly from the territorial 

 waters of the United States and Canada, to be conducted by any naval or other 

 public vessels on service in such waters and including specifically the following 

 named vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries: Widgeon, Murre, Auklet, Petrel, 

 Eider, Kittiivake, Blue Wing, Merganser, and Scoter. 



2. That the masters of such vessels, and the agents, assistant agents, inspec- 

 tors, and wardens of the Bureau of Fisheries are herebj^ designated as officials 

 to exercise all powers of search and seizure conferred by said act upon persons 

 so designated by the President. 



Calvin Coolidge. 

 The White House, 



November 3, 1924- 



NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 



Under the authority conferred by the act of June 6, 1924, regula- 

 tions covering the fisheries of Alaska were issued by the Secretary 

 of Commerce June 21, 1924, as follows: 



By virtue of the avithority vested in the Secretary of Commerce, fishing areas 

 are hereby set apart and regulations governing fishing therein are made immedi- 

 ately eff'ective, as follows: 



I. BRISTOL BAY AREA 



The Bristol Bay area is hereby defined to include all territorial coastal and 

 tributary waters of Alaska extending from Cape Menshikof to Cape Newenham. 



1. Commercial fishing for salmon shall be conducted solely by drift gill nets. 

 The use of salmon traps, beach seines, and purse seines is prohibited. 



