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Areas for loading operations are subject to the same limitations. 
Specific areas of exception are carefully detailed. And in addition, 
Japan is forbidden to fish for tuna, except in specifically desig- 
nated areas. The imposition of a 200 mile fishery resource juris- 
diction zone will necessitate the renegotiation of the understanding 
formerly determined by a limit of 12 nautical miles. 
1. Agreement Concerning Salmon Fishing 
Via an exchange of notes, both parties agreed to accept the 
provisional abstention lines specified by the International Conven- 
tion for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean. Any 
renegotiation of the latter Convention, brought about by the passage 
of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act will result in 
renegotiation of this agreement. 
2. Note of the Government of Japan Concerning Dragnet and 
Longline Fishing in Certain Waters 
Via this note, the Japanese government detailed areas and time 
periods in which it would not engage in dragnet and longline fishing. 
Many of these areas will fall within the extended jurisdiction cf the 
United States and delimitation of areas will therefore need to be 
renegotiated. 
D. U.S.-Japan Agreement Concerning the King and Tanner Crab Fisheries 
in the Eastern Bering Sea 
The exchange of notes which brought about this Agreement recognized 
the historic right of Japan to fish for crab in this area. However, for 
the purpose of conserving these living resources, Japan agreed to ensure 
that (Point 3 (1)): "A. The fishing operations for king and tanner 
crabs by nationals and vessels of Japan for the years 1975 and 1976 will 
be conducted in the waters north of 55° 33' North Latitude and West 
of 164° West Longitude." Japan also agreed to limit the number of 
metric tons of crab within specific boundaries. This agreement, and 
the agreements that preceded it, constitute de facto recognition of the 
fact that the United States has exclusive exploitation rights to these 
resources. 8 
In addition, it should be noted that according to Article 2 (1) 
of the Convention on the Continental Shelf (4/29/58): "1. The coastal 
state exercises over the continental shelf sovereign rights for the 
purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources." And 
for the purpose of that Convention, natural resources are defined as 
consisting of (Article 2 (4)): 
8walter B. Parker, Alaska and the Law of the Sea: International 
Fisheries Regimes of the North Pacific (Anchorage: University of Alaska - 
Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center, June 1974), p. 36. 
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