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Bilateral Regulatory Fishery Agreements to Which the United States 
is Party 
A. U.S. - Brazil Agreement Concerning Shrimp 
The United States - Brazil Agreement Concerning Shrimp, signed 
on May 9, 1972, and since extended, defines the "area of agreement" 
as "the waters off the coast of Brazil having the isobath of thirty 
(30) meters as the southwest limit and the latitude 1° north as the 
southern limit and 47° 30' west longitude as an eastern limit." 
(Article I). This area falls within the 200 nautical mile zone 
off the coast of Brazil claimed by that country's government as 
its territorial sea. In a brief statement preceding the text of 
the agreement Brazil states: 
that it considers its territorial sea to extend to a distance 
of 200 nautical miles from Brazil's coast, that the exploration 
of crustaceans and other living resources, which are closely 
dependent on the seabed under the Brazilian territorial sea, 
is reserved to Brazilian fishing vessels, and that exception 
to this provision can only be granted through international 
agreements. 
In a similar declaration preceding the agreement, the United States 
indicates: 
that it does not consider itself obligated under international 
law to recognize territorial claims of more than 3 nautical 
miles nor fisheries jurisdiction of more than twelve nautical 
miles, beyond which zone of jurisdiction all nations have the 
right to fish freely, and that it does not consider that all 
crustaceans are living organisms belonging to sedentary species 
as defined in the 1958 Convention on the Continental Shelf.... 
Regulation of the shrimp industry is primarily for conservation 
purposes. Under Annex I, Brazil agrees to institute the following 
measures: 
a) Prohibition of shrimp fishing activities, for conservation 
purposes, in spawning and breeding areas; 
b) Prohibition of the use of chemical, toxic or explosive 
substances in or near fishing areas; 
c) Registry of all fishing vessels with the Maritime Port 
Authority (Capitania dos Portos) and with SUDEPE; © 
d) Payment of fees and taxes for periodical inspections; 
e) Use of the SUDEPE fishing logs to be returned after each 
trip or weekly; 
®SUDEPE is the acronym for the Superintendencia do Desenvolvimento 
da Pesca of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
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