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With respect to the International Pacific Halibut Convention (the 
United States and Canada), a strict interpretation of the Act requires 
the United States to renegotiate the Convention with a view toward 
Canada's acceptance of the exclusive management authority of the United 
States. Canada will probably be willing to accept the requirements of 
the Fishery Conservation and Management Act with the United States 
accepting exclusive Canadian’ jurisdiction within its zone, and it seems 
likely that the renegotiation of the IPHC will result in a reciprocal 
agreement permitting a continuation of fishing by United States fisher- 
men in Canadian waters, and Canadian fishermen in United States waters. 
In renegotiating this treaty, the United States should give consideration 
to a greater allocation for United States fishermen, since most halibut 
taken in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea will be from 
waters within the 200-mile zone claimed by the United States. 
The International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Convention (Canada and 
the United States), which has resulted in a conservation program for 
sockeye and pink salmon of the Fraser River, is being renegotiated at 
the present time. The possibility exists that the two countries will 
agree to a very broad salmon conservation convention, involving salmon 
fisheries and salmon stocks of common concern to both countries off the 
coast of British Columbia, southeastern Alaska, and the Pacific North- 
west states. Such a convention will probably permit a continuation of 
Canadian salmon fishing within the United States 200-mile zone and a 
continuation of fishing by the United States in Canadian waters. Such a 
convention should provide for cooperation and coordination of salmon 
Management programs deemed necessary to rationally conserve and manage 
those stocks of salmon which migrate through the waters of both countries 
and which are fished by the fishermen of both countries. 
With respect to the Japanese and Soviet whaling in the Northeastern 
Pacific Ocean, the United States without a doubt will prohibit the 
capture of whales within the 200-mile fishery zone. It may not be 
necessary for a major renegotiation of the International Whaling Con- 
vention, however, since the provisions of the current Convention would 
apply outside waters under the exclusive control of coastal states. On 
the other hand, renegotiation of this treaty probably is desirable to 
take into account current scientific and world opinion of whales and 
whaling. 
A number of bilateral executive agreements regulate fishing by such 
countries as the U.S.S.R., the Republic of Poland, Korea, and others off 
the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States. It will be necessary 
to renegotiate or withdraw from these bilateral agreements. The FCMA 
calls for the negotiation of a General International Fisheries Agreement 
(GIFA) between the United States and foreign countries who wish to fish 
within the 200-mile zone of the United States. With respect to the 
Soviet Union, as many as a hundred vessels fish off the United States 
during the year. Their catch of fish in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean 
and Bering Sea waters is on the order of 500,000 tons and the catch off 
the Atlantic coast has exceeded 100,000 tons per year in recent years. 
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