IV REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 



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, with 

 appropriate penalties for violations thereof. 



article v 



This convention shall remain in force for a period of five years, and there- 

 after until two years from the date when either of the high contracting parties 

 shall give notice to the other of its desire to terminate it. It shall be ratified 

 in accordance with the constitutional methods of the high contracting parties. 

 The ratification shall be exchanged in Washington as soon as practicable, and 

 the convention shall come into force on the day of the exchange of ratifications. 



The enabling act, approved June 7, 1924, putting into effect the 

 terms of the treaty, follows : 



AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC HALIBUT FISHERY 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled 



Section 1. Short title. — This act may be cited as the Northern Pacific halibut 

 act. 



Sec 2. Definition of terms. — For the purposes of this act " close season " 

 shall mean the period from the 16th day of November in any year to the 15th 

 day of February in the next following year, both days inclusive, or any other 

 close season hereafter fixed by agreement between the United States and 

 Canada ; " territorial waters of the United States " shall mean the waters con- 

 tiguous to the western coast of the United States and the waters contiguous 

 to the coast of Alaska ; " territorial waters of Canada " shall mean the waters 

 contiguous to the western coast of Canada, and " prohibited waters " shall mean 

 the territorial waters of the United States, the territorial waters of Canada, and 

 the high seas, including Bering Sea, extending westerly from the limits of the 

 territorial waters of the United States and of Canada. 



Sec. 3. Fishing unlawful, when. — It shall be unlawful for any person to fish 

 for, or catch, or attempt to catch, any halibut (Hippoglossus) at any time dur- 

 ing the close season in the territorial waters of the United States, or for any 

 national or inhabitant of the United States to fish for, or catch, or attempt to 

 catch, any halibut at any time during the close season in prohibited waters. 

 The unintentional catching of halibut, when legally fishing for other species 

 of fish, shall not constitute a violation of this act if such halibut shall be used 

 for... food by the crew of the vessel catching the same, or be landed and imme- 

 diately delivered to any authorized official of the Bureau of Fisheries of the 

 Department of Commerce of the United States or the fishing authorities of the 

 Dominion of Canada. The halibut delivered to any official of the United States 

 pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be sold by the Department of 

 Commerce to the highest bidder for cash, and the proceeds therefrom, ex- 

 clusive of necessary expenses in connection therewith, shall he covered into 

 the Treasury of the United States. 



Sec. 4. Unlawful port use; departures. — No person, firm, or corporation shall 

 use any port of or place in the United States to furnish, prepare, or outfit 

 any vessel, boat, or other craft intended to be used in violation of this act, nor 

 shall any person permit, or cause to be permitted, any vessel, hoar, or other 

 craft intended to be used in violation of this act to depart from any port of 

 or place in the United States. 



Sec. 5. Unlawful port entry; possession. — It shall be unlawful for any 

 vessel, boat, or other craft having on board any halibut caught contrary to the 

 provisions of this act to enter any port or place in the United States, or for 

 any vessel, boat, or other craft to enter any such port or place while upon 

 or in the prosecution of any voyage during which the vessel, boat, or other 

 craft fished or was used in fishing for halibut in prohibited waters in the 

 close season. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to have in his 

 possession any halibut unlawfully caught under the provisions of this act. 



