APPENDIX (I). 



Russian- Japanese Convention concerning Fisheries. 

 (Signed July 15 (28), 1907.) 



(Translation.) 



HIS Majesty the Emperor of All the Kussians and His Majesty 

 the Emperor of Japan have, for the purpose of concluding a fisheries 

 convention in accordance with the provisions of article 11 of the 

 Treaty of Peace concluded at Portsmouth on the 23rd August (5th 

 September), 1905 (being the 5th day of the 9th month of the 38th 

 year of Meidji), appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: 



His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russians: Alexander Iswol- 

 skv, Master of his Court and Minister for Foreign Affairs, and his 

 Privy Councillor Constantine Goubastoff, Assistant Minister for 



Foreign Affairs ; and 



1404 His Majesty the Emperor of Japan: Itchirp Motono, Doc- 

 tor of Laws, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- 

 tentiary near His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russians ; 



Who, after having communicated to each other their respective 

 full powers, found in due and good order, have concluded the fol- 

 lowing articles : 



AETICLE 1. 



The Imperial Government of Russia grants to Japanese subjects, 

 in accordance with the provisions of the present convention, the right 

 to fish, catch, and prepare all kinds of fish and aquatic products, ex- 

 cept fur seals and sea otters, along the Russian coasts of the seas of 

 Japan, Okhotsk, and Behring 3 with the exception of the rivers and 

 inlets. The inlets which constitute the objects of the above exception 

 are enumerated in article 1 of the protocol hereto annexed. 



AJRTICLE 2. 



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 sea and on the coasts, 

 and which shall be leased at public auction without any discrimina- 

 tion 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 1 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. 

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