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Te U.S.-U.S.S.R. Agreement Regarding Fisheries in the Northeastern 
Pacific Off the Coast of the United States of America 
This agreement includes provisions for: 1) the exchange of 
scientific information and facilitation of entry into ports of 
research vessels of the other country when both are engaged in 
joint research projectS (Point 1); 2) the implementation of 
national conservation measures, particularly with regard to the 
living resources of the continental shelf (Points 2-and 3); 3) the 
institution of measures to prevent gear conflicts (Points 4 and 5); 
4) areas and time periods in which no fishing with mobile gear will 
be allowed off the coast of the United States (Point 6); 5) areas 
“within the seaward waters of the territorial waters of the United 
States extending to twelve nautical miles from the baseline from 
which the United States territorial sea is measured" in which the 
Soviet Union may engage in fishing and conduct loading operations 
(Point 8); 6) areas in which the Soviet Union will refrain from 
fishing (Point 10); 7) specific regulations with regard to halibut, 
trawling, entry into ports, and pollution (Points 10, 11, 13, and 
14); and 8) catch limitations for species found in the eastern 
Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, off the Aleutian Islands, off the 
coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, and for Pacific 
hake (Point 12). 
Renegotiation of this agreement will be necessary since many 
of the areas detailed will fall within the jurisdiction of the 
United States as of March 1, 1977. 
J. U.S.-U.S.S.R. Agreement Relating to Fishing for King and 
Tanner Crab 
Point 1 of this agreement gives recognition to Article 2 of 
the 1958 Convention on the Continental Shelf, which indicates that 
king and tanner crabs are natural resources of the continental 
shelf over which the coastal state exercises sovereign rights for 
the purposes of exploration and exploitation. Nevertheless, 
ensuing points authorize the Soviet Union to continue its crab 
fishery in the eastern Bering Sea subject to catch limitation in 
specific areas. In general, the Soviet Union is authorized to 
fish in "that portion of the southeastern Bering Sea lying seaward 
of twelve nautical miles from the baseline from which the United 
States territorial sea is measured west of 164° West Longitude and 
north of 55° 30' North Latitude" (Appendix Point 1). In addition, 
this agreement sets size limitations, regulates incidental catch, 
limits gear to crab pots, regulates Soviet catch of other species 
and authorizes exchange of scientific information and personnel 
between the two parties. 
After March 1, 1977, the previously referred to area, will fall 
within the 200-mile zone claimed by the United States for the purposes 
of fishery management and conservation, necessitating renegotiation 
of this agreement. 
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