2330 NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ARBITRATION. 



26. Vanine Bay, as far as a straight line drawn from Cape "Vessely 

 to Cape Bourny. 



27. Imperial Harbor, as far as a straight line drawn from Cape 

 Milioutine to Cape Poutiatine. 



28. Terne'i Bay, as far as meridian of Cape Strachny. 



29. Saint Vladimir Bay, as far as a straight line drawn from 

 Cape Balusek to Cape Vatovsky. 



30. Small inlet situated in the north-east portion of Preobrajenie 

 Bay, as far as the meridian of Cape Matvei'ev. 



It is understood that the exception in question shall extend only as 

 far as the boundaries of the Russian territorial waters. 



With regard to the northern coasts of the Okhotsk Sea, from the 

 mouth of the Podkaguerny River to Port Ayan, with exception of 

 Penjinsky Gulf (see No. 17 above), the inlets to be comprised within 

 the aforementioned exception shall be determined according to the 

 following definition: Bays which cut into the continent a distance 

 three times as great as the width of their entrance. 



Fishing shall, moreover, be prohibited to Japanese subjects as well 

 as other foreigners, for strategical reasons, within the limits of the 

 territorial waters of the following bays : 



1. De Castries Bay, together with Frederickse Bay, as far as a 

 straight line drawn from De Castries Bay to Cape Kloster-Kamp 

 and to a line drawn from Cape Kloster-Kamp to Cape Ostry. 



2. St. Olga Bay, as far as a straight line drawn from Cape Me- 

 nevsky to Cape Schtott. 



3. Peter the Great Bay, from Cape Povorotony to Cape Gamov, 

 including the islands within this bay. 



4. Possiet Bay, from Cape Jamov to Cape Boutakov. 



ARTICLE 2. 



As far as the limits of the river with regard to the sea are con- 

 cerned, the two High Contracting Parties will conform to the prin- 

 ciples and usages or international law. 



ARTICLE 3. 



The right of fishing granted to Japanese subjects within the Liman 

 of the Amour, by virtue of the fisheries convention, is subject to the 

 following special conditions : 



1. Japanese subjects may acquire fishing tracts within this region 

 at public auction on the same footing as Russian subjects. 



2. Japanese subjects who have acquired fishing tracts shall be sub- 

 ject, in all respects with regard to the fishing industry, to the same 

 laws, regulations, and ordinances, already enacted or to be enacted 

 for river fishing in the basin of the Amour, as Russian subjects who 

 have been awarded fishing tracts themselves, and especially to the 

 provisions which prohibit persons who have been granted fishing 

 tracts in this region from employing foreign laborers. 



ARTICLE 4. 



Japanese subjects may, at their request, acquire fishing tracts at 

 public auction anywhere within the regions specified in article 1 of 



