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fishery enjoyed by the inhabitants of the United States, as 

 contemplated by Article III. No further action on behalf of 

 the United States is, therefore, required from this Tribunal 

 under Article IL 



As TO Article III. 



As provided in Article III, . . . 'any question regarding the 

 reasonableness of any regulation, or otherwise, which requires 

 an examination of the practical effect of any provisions surround- 

 ing the exercise of the liberty of fishery enjoyed by the inhabitants 

 of the United States, or which requires expert information about 

 the fisheries themselves, may be referred by this Tribunal to 

 a Commission of expert specialists ; one to be designated by 

 each of the parties hereto, and the third, who shall not be 

 a national of either party, to be designated by the Tribunal.' 



The Tribunal now, therefore, calls upon the parties to 

 designate within one month their national Commissioners for 

 the expert examination of the questions submitted. 



As the third non-national Commissioner this Tribunal 

 designates Dr. P. P. C. Hoek. ... 



After a reasonable time, to be agreed on by the parties, for 

 the expert Commission to arrive at a conclusion, by conference, or, 

 if necessary, by local inspection, the Tribunal shall, if convoked 

 by the President at the request of either party, thereupon, at 

 the earliest convenient date, re-convene to consider the report 

 of the Commission, and if it be on the whole unanimous shall 

 incorporate it. in the award. If not on the whole unanimous — 

 i.e. on all points which in the opinion of the Tribunal are of 

 e.ssential importance— the Tribunal shall make its award as to 

 the regulations concerned after consideration of the conclusions 

 of the expert Commissioners and after hearing argument by 

 counsel. 



But while recognizing its responsibilities to meet the obligations 

 imposed on it under Article III, . . . the Tribunal hereby 

 recommends as an alternative to having recourse to a recon- 

 vention of this Tribunal that the parties should accept the 

 unanimous opinion of the Commission or the opinion of the 

 non-national Commissioner on any points in dispute as an 

 arbitral award rendered under the provisions of Chapter IV of 

 The Hague Convention of 1907. 



As TO Article IV. 



Pursuant to the provisions of this Article, hereinbefore cited 

 this Tribunal recommends for the consideration of the Parties 

 the following rules and method of procedure under which all 

 questions which may arise in the future regarding the exercise 

 of the liberties above referred to may be determined in accor- 

 dance with the principles laid down in this award. 



