106 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
AMERICAN-CANADIAN FISHERIES CONFERENCE, 
In 1917 a joint commission, known as the American-Canadian 
Fisheries Conference, was appointed to take evidence and see if it 
were possible to compose the fishery disputes which had affected the 
good relations of the two countries for over 150 years. The com- 
mission was composed, for America, of William C. Redfield, Secretary 
of Commerce ; Edwin F. Sweet, assistant Secretary of Commerce; and 
Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Commissioner of Fisheries; and for Canada, of 
J. Douglas Hazen, Chief Justice of New Brunswick, who had been 
for six years Minister of Marine and Fisheries for Canada; George G. 
Desbarats, deputy Minister Naval Service; and William A. Found, 
Superintendent of Fisheries. 
Hearings were held on the Atlantic coast in 1917 and on the 
Pacific coast in 1918, and in 1919 the commission agreed upon and 
presented to their respective Governments several treaties concern- 
ing these matters, the only one of special interest here being the 
treaty covering the sockeye fisheries of the Fraser River-Puget 
Sound, which was signed on September 2, 1919. Owing to its 
importance this treaty is reproduced entire below: 
CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, AND PROPA- 
GATION OF SALMON. 
The United States of America, and His Majesty George V, of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, 
Emperor of India, equally recognizing the desirability of uniform and effective 
measures for the protection, preservation, and propagation of the salmon fisheries in 
the waters contiguous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada, and in the 
Fraser River System, have resolved to conclude a convention for this purpose, and 
have named as their Plenipotentiaries: 
The President of the United States of America, the Honorable Robert Lansing, 
Secretary of State of the United States of America, and 
His Britannic Majesty, the Honorable Ronald Lindsay, his charge d’affaires at 
Washington, and the Honorable Sir John Douglas Hazen, a Knight Commander of the 
Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Chief Justice of New Bruns- 
wick, and a member of his Privy Council for Canada. 
Who, having exhibited their full powers, found to be in due form, have agreed to 
and signed the following articles: 
ARTICLE [, 
The times, seasons, and methods of sockeye-salmon fishing in the waters specified 
in Article III of this Convention, and the nets, engines, gear, apparatus, and appli- 
ances which may be used therein, shall be limited to those which are specified in the 
regulations appended hereto, and/or which may be specified in revised, modified, 
or substituted regulations provided for in Article VI and promulgated in accordance 
with the terms of Article II. 
ARTICLE II. 
The High Contracting Parties engage to put into operation and enforce by legislative 
and executive action, with as little delay as possible, the provisions of this convention 
and said regulations, and the date when the said regulations shall be put into opera- 
tion, shall be fixed by concurrent proclimaligns of the President of the United States 
and of the Governor General of the Dominion of Canada in Council. Each of the 
High Contracting Parties may, by appropriate legislation, provide for the trial, con- 
viction, and punishment within its jurisdiction of any person found there who has 
contravened any of the provisions of this convention, and/or said regulations within 
the jurisdiction of the other High Contracting Party, and who has not been punished 
for such offence within the latter jurisdiction. 
