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ARTICLE 13. 



It is understood that the expression " Fish and aquatic products " 

 used in the fisheries convention and the protocol annexed thereto, 

 shall include all species of fish, animals, plants, and other aquatic 

 products except fur-seals and sea-otters. 



ARTICLE 14. 



The present protocol shall be considered as being ratified upon the 

 ratification of the fisheries convention signed to-day, and shall have 

 the same duration as the said convention. 



In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed the present 

 protocol and sealed it with their seals. 



Done at St. Petersburg, in two copies, on the 15th (28th) July, 

 1907, being the 28th day of the 7th month of the 40th year of Meidji. 



ISWOLSKY. 

 GOUBASTOFF. 

 1. MOTONO. 



L. S."] 

 . S.] 



Reciprocal Declarations contained in Protocol No. 4 of the Negotia- 

 tions on the Fisheries Convention. 



1. With regard to the northern coasts of the Sea of Okhotsk, the 

 Imperial Russian Government, without awaiting the final result of 

 the detailed surveys of these coasts, which will be made without 

 delay, agrees to grant fishing tracts to Japanese subjects in all places 

 which are obviously not comprised within the definition agreed on for 

 the term " inlet." 



2. With regard to the prohibition to employ foreign workmen in 

 the fishing tracks of the Liman of the Amour, the Plenipotentiary of 

 Russia has given the following explanation to the Plenipotentiary of 

 Japan : In fishing tracts leased for a long term the employment of 

 foreign labourers is prohibited both for fishing and the preparation 

 of fish; however, the owners of these tracts may, at their request, 

 lease tracts of ground for a short term at places situated from one- 

 half to one dersk from their fishing tracks. No restrictions shall be 

 placed on the nationality of the workmen employed in these tracts 

 of ground intended for use in the preparation of the fish. 



In the fishing tracts leased for a short term the employment of for- 

 eign labourers is prohibited only in the catching of fish, it being 

 permissible to employ labourers of all nationalities without distinc- 

 tion on land in the preparation of the fish. 



It is understood as a matter of course that, in the tracts leased for 

 a long term as well as in those for a short term, the aforementioned 

 restrictions regarding nationality shall not apply to persons who are 

 not comprised within the category of labourers, such as foremen, 

 overseers, clerks. &c. 



3. It is understood that the expression " short-term leases " applies 

 only to leases whose term does not exceed one year. 



4. It is agreed that the fishing tracts situated within the regions 

 specified in article 1 of the fisheries convention, and leased for a long 



