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(e) prohibit departure of vessels from any port or place, 
or from any receiving vessel or station, to any area for halibut 
fishing, after any date when in the judgment of the International 
Pacific Halibut Commission the vessels which have departed for 
that area, prior to that date or which are known to be fishing 
in that area shall suffice to catch the limit which shall have 
been set for that area under section (c) of this paragraph; 
(£) fix the size and character of halibut fishing appliances 
to be used in any area; 
(g) -make such regulations forthe licensing and departure 
of vessels and for the collection of statistics of the catch of 
halibut as it shall find necessary to determine the condition and 
trend of the halibut fishery and to carry out the other provisions 
of this Convention; 
(h) close to all taking of halibut such portion or portions 
of an area or areas as the International Pacific Halibut Commission 
finds to be populated by small, immature halibut and designates as 
nursery grounds. 
In order to successfully undertake these tasks, the commission has 
its own independent staff. The Commission itself is composed of six 
representatives, three from each country. Decisions are reached with 
the concurrence of at least two commissioners from both the United 
States and Canada. 
Articles which are likely to be affected by the implementation of 
the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 are the first two 
of the Convention for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the 
Northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. (These articles deal with 
the waters outside of the territorial seas of both nations.) However, 
since both parties to the treaty have a long tradition of close coopera- 
tion, and since there is broad-based support for the task of rebuilding 
the halibut fishery from all sectors involved, it is unlikely that any 
serious controversy will occur as a result of renegotiation. 
However, because both Canada and the United States intend to enforce 
a 200-mile fishery zone on January 1 and March 1, respectively, in 1977, 
reciprocal fishing rights of some sort will need to be negotiated 
between the United States and Canada. 
H. International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Convention 
The International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission was brought 
into existence by the Convention for the Protection, Preservation, and 
Extension of the Sockeye Salmon Fishery of the Fraser River System of 
May 26, 1930. (This agreement between the United States and Canada was 
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