2022 NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ARBITRATION. 



"Article II. Japanese subjects are authorised to engage in fishing 

 and in the preparation of fish and aquatic products in the fishing 

 tracts specially designated for this purpose, situated both at >ru and 

 on the coasts, and which shall be leased at public auction without any 

 discrimination between Japanese and Russian subjects, either for a 

 long term or for a short term. Japanese subjects shall enjoy in this 

 respect the same rights as Russian subjects who have acquired fishing 

 tracts in the regions specified in Article I of the present convention. 



" The dates and places appointed for these auctions, as well as the 

 necessary details relative to the leases of the various fishing tracts 

 shall be officially notified to the Japanese consul at Vladivostok at 

 least two months before the auctions .... 



"Article III. Japanese subjects who shall have acquired fishing 

 tracts by lease in accordance with the provisions of Article II of the 

 present convention shall have, within the limits of these tracts, the 

 right to make free use of the coasts which have been granted to them 

 for the purpose of carrying on their fishing industry. They may 

 make on these coasts the necessary repairs to their boats and nets, 

 haul the latter on land and land their fish and aquatic products, and 

 salt, dry, prepare, and store their fish and other hauls there. For 

 these purposes they shall be at liberty to construct thereon buildings, 

 stores, cabins, and drying houses, or to remove them. 



"Article IV. Japanese subjects and Russian subjects who have ac- 

 quired fishing tracts in the regions specified in Article I of the pres- 

 ent convention shall be treated on an equal footing in everything 

 regarding imposts or taxes, which are or shall be levied on the right 

 to fish and to prepare fishing products, or on the movable or immov- 

 able property necessary in this industry. 



"Article V. The Imperial Russian Government shall not collect 

 any duty on fish and aquatic products, cut or taken in the provinces 

 of the coast and of the Amour 



"Article VI. No restriction shall be established regarding the 

 nationality of persons employed by Japanese subjects in fishing or 

 in the preparation, &c. 



" Article VII. With regard to the mode of preparation of fish and 

 aquatic products, the Imperial Russian Government agrees not to 

 impose on Japanese subjects any special restrictions from which 

 Russian subjects are exempt, &c. 



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"Article IX. Japanese and Russian subjects who have acquired 

 fishing tracts in the regions specified in Article I of the present con- 

 vention shall be placed on a footing of equality with regard to the 

 laws, regulations, and ordinances at present in force or which may 

 be enacted in future concerning fish culture and the protection of fish 

 and aquatic products, the supervision of the industry connected 

 therewith, and any other matter relating to fisheries. 



" The Japanese Government shall be notified of newly enacted 

 laws and regulations at least six months before their enforcement. 



" With regard to newly enacted ordinances, notice shall be given 

 thereof to the Japanese consul at Vladivostok at least two months 

 before they go into effect. 



"Article X. With regard to matters not specially designated in the 

 present convention, but which relate to the fishing industry in the 



