PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES 513 



Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and 



His Majesty, for the Dominion of Canada: 



The Honourable Charles Vincent Massey, P. C, His Envoy Extraordinary and 

 Minister Plenipotentiary for Canada at Washington; 



Wlio, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good 

 and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: 



Article I 



The provisions of this Convention and the regulations issued pursuant thereto 

 shall apply to the Fraser River and the streams and lakes tributary thereto a,nd 

 to all waters frequented by sockeye salmon included within the following 

 boimdaries: 



Beginning at Carmanah Lighthouse on the southwest coast of Vancouver 

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

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

 to the nearest 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 Island, thence 

 following the western and northern shore line of the said Fidalgo Island to 

 Swinomish Slough, crossing the said Swinomish Slough, in line with the track of 

 the Great Northern Railway, thence northerly following the shore line of the 

 mainland to Atkinson Point at the northerly entrance to Burrard Inlet, British 

 Columbia, thence in a straight line to the southern end of Bowen Island, thence 

 westerly following the southern shore of Bowen Island to Cape Roger Curtis, 

 thence in a straight line to Gower Point, thence westerly following the shore line 

 to W^elcome Point on Seechelt Peninsula, thence in a straight line to Point Young 

 on Lasqueti Island, thence in a straight line to Dorcas Point on Vancouver 

 Island, thence following the eastern and southern shores of the said Vancouver 

 Island to the starting point at Carmanah Lighthouse as shown on the United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Number 6300, as corrected to October 

 20, 1924, and on the British Admiralty Chart Number 579. 



The High Contracting Parties engage to have prepared as soon as practicable 

 charts of the waters described in this Article, with the above described boundaries 

 and the International boundary line indicated thereon. They further agree to 

 establish within the territory of the United States and the territory of the Domin- 

 ion of Canada such buoys and marks for the purposes of this Convention as may 

 be recommended by the Commission hereinafter authorized to be established, 

 and to refer such of these recommendations as relate to points on the boundary 

 to the International Boundary Commission, United States-Alaska and Canada, 

 for action pursuant to the provisions of the Treaty respecting the boundary 

 between the United States and Canada signed February 24, 1925. 



Article II 



The High Contracting Parties agree to establish and maintain a Commission 

 to be known as the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, herein- 

 after called the Commission, consisting of six members, three on the part of the 

 United States of America, and three on the part of the Dominion of Canada. 



The Commissioners on the part of the United States shall be appointed by the 

 President of the United States, and the Commissioner of Fisheries of the United 

 States shall be one of them. The Commissioners on the part of the Dominion 

 of Canada shall be appointed by His Majesty on the recommendation of the 

 Governor-General-in-Council. 



The Commission shall continue in existence so long as this Convention shall 

 continue in force, and each High Contracting Party shall have power to fill and 

 shall fill from time to time vacancies which may occur in its representation on the 

 Commission in the same manner as the original appointments are made. Each 

 High Contracting Party shall pay the salaries and expenses of its own Commis- 

 sioners, and the joint expenses incurred by the Commission shall be paid by the 

 two High Contracting Parties in equal moieties. 



Article III 



The Commission shall make a thorough investigation into the natural history 

 of the Fraser River sockeye salmon, into hatchery methods, spawning ground 

 conditions and' other related matters. It shall conduct the sockeye salmon fish 



