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land to 78°10'' north latitude; thence southward to a point in 75°00' 

 north latitude and 73°30' west longitude; thence along a rhumb line 

 to a point in 69°00' north latitude and 59°00' west longitude; thence 

 due south to 61°00' north latitude; thence due west to 64°30' west 

 longitude; thence due south to the coast of Labrador; thence in a 

 southerly direction along the coast of Labrador to the southern termi- 

 nus of its boundary with Quebec ; thence in a westerly direction along 

 the coast of Quebec, and in an easterly and southerly direction along 

 the coasts of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton Island 

 to Cabot Strait; thence along the coasts of Cape Breton Island, Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and 

 Rhode Island to the point of beginning. 



2. Nothing in this Convention shall be deemed to affect adversely 

 (prejudice) the claims of any Contracting Government in regard to 

 the limits of territorial waters or to the jurisdiction of a coastal state 

 over fisheries. 



3. The Convention area shall be divided into five sub-areas, the 

 boundaries of which shall be those defined in the Annex to this Con- 

 vention, subject to such alterations as may be made in accordance with 

 the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article VI. 



Article II 



1. The Contracting Governments shall establish and maintain a 

 Commission for the purposes of this Convention. The Commission 

 shall be known as the International Commission for the Northwest 

 Atlantic Fisheries, hereinafter refered to as "the Commission". 



2. Each of the Contracting Governments may appoint not more than 

 three Commissioners and one or more experts or advisers to assist its 

 Commissioner or Commissioners. 



3. The Commission shall elect from its members a Chairman and a 

 Vice Chairman, each of whom shall serve for a term of two years and 

 shall be eligible for re-election but not to a succeeding term. The 

 Chairman and Vice Chairman must be Commissioners from different 

 Contracting Governments. 



4. The seat of the Commission shall be in North America at a place 

 to be chosen by the Commission. 



5. The Commission shall hold a regular annual meeting at its 

 seat or at such place in North America as may be agreed upon by the 

 Commission. 



6. Any other meeting of the Commission may be called by the Chair- 

 man at such time and place as he may determme, upon the request of 

 the Commissioner of a Contracting Government and subject to the 

 concurrence of the Commissioners of two other Contracting Govern- 

 ments, including the Commissioner of a Government in North America. 



7. Each Contracting Gx)vemment shall have one vote which may be 

 cast b;^ any Commissioner from that Government. Decisions of the 

 Commission shall be taken by a two-thirds majority of the votes of all 

 the Contracting Governments. 



8. The Commission shall adopt, and amend as occasion may require, 

 financial regulations and rules and by-laws for the conduct of its 

 meetings and for the exercise of its functions and duties. 



