508 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Dr. Hugh ^I. Smith, Commissioner of Fisheries; and for Canada, of 

 J. Douglas Hazen, Chief Justice of New Brunswick, who had been 

 for sLx years Minister of Marine and Fisheries for Canada; George G. 

 Desbarats, Deputy Minister Naval Service; and William A. Found, 

 Superintendent of Fisheries. 



Hearings were held on the Atlantic coast in 1917 and on the 

 Pacific coast in 1918, and in 1919 the commission agreed upon and 

 presented to their respective Governments serveral treaties concern- 

 ing these matters, the only one of special interest here being the treaty 

 covering the sockeye fisheries of the Fraser River-Puget Sound, 

 which was signed on September 2, 1919. Owing to its importance 

 this treaty is reproduced entire below : 



CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, AND PROPA- 

 GATION OF SALMON 



The United States of America, and His Majesty George V, of the United King- 

 dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, 

 King, Emperor of India, equally recognizing the desirabilit}' of uniform and effec- 

 tive measures for the protection, preservation, and propagation of the salmon 

 fisheries in the waters contiguous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada, 

 and in the Fraser River System, have resolved to conclude a convention for this 

 purpose, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries: 



The President of the United States of America, the Honorable Robert Lansing, 

 Secretary of State of the United States of America, and 



His Britannic Majesty, the Honorable Ronald Lindsay, his charge d'affaires at 

 Washington, and the Honorable Sir John Douglas Hazen, a Knight Commander 

 of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Chief Justice of 

 New Brunswick, and a member of his Privy Council for Canada. 



Who, having exhibited their full powers, found to be in due form, have agreed to 

 and signed the following articles: 



Article I 



The times, seasons, and methods of sockeye-salmon fishing in the waters specified 

 in Article III of this Convention, and the nets, engines, gear, apparatus, and appli- 

 ances which may be used therein, shall be limited to those which are specified in 

 the regulations appended hereto, and/or which may be specified in revised, modi- 

 fied, or substituted regulations provided for in Article VI and promulgated in 

 accordance with the terms of Article II. 



Article II 



The High Contracting Parties engage to put into operation and enforce by legis- 

 lative and executive action, with as little delay as possible, the provisions of this 

 convention and said regulations, and the date when the said regulations shall be 

 put into operation, shall be fixed by concurrent proclamations of the President of 

 the United States and of the Governor General of the Dominion of Canada in 

 Council. Each of the High Contracting Parties may, by appropriate legislation, 

 provide for the trial, conviction, and punishment .within its jurisdiction of any 

 person found there who has contravened any of the provisions of this convention, 

 and/or said regulations within the jurisdiction of the other High Contracting Party 

 and who has not been punished for such offence within the latter jurisidiction. 



Article III 



It is agreed that the provisions of this convetition and of said regulations shall 

 apply to the waters included within the following boundaries: 



Beginning at Carmanagh Lighthouse on the southwest coast of Vancouver 

 Island, thence in a straight line to a point three marine miles due west astronomic 

 from Tatoosh Lighthouse, Washington, thence to said Tatoosh Lighthouse, 

 thence to the neaj-est point of Cape Flattery, thence following the southerly 

 shore of Juan de Fuca Strait to Point Wilson, on Quimper Peninsula, thence in 

 a straight line to Point Partridge on Whidbey Island, thence following the 

 western shore of the said Whidbey Island, to the entrance to Deception Pass, 

 thence across said entrance to the southern side of Reservation Bay, on Fidalgo 



