2. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE CONSERVA- 

 TION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS, MAY 14, 1966* 



Done at Rio de Janeiro May 7^, 1966; Ratification advised hy the Sen- 

 ate March 1, 1967; Ratified hy the President April 2\, 1967; Ratifi- 

 cation deposited loith the Director-General of the Food and 

 Agriculture Organization^ Rome^ May 18, 1967 ; Proclaimed hy the 

 President Octoher i, 1969; Entered into force March 21, 1969. 



By the President of the United States of America 

 A PROCLAMATION 



Whereas the International Convention for the Conservation of 

 Atlantic Tunas was opened for signature at Rio de Janeiro on May 14, 

 1966 and was signed in behalf of the Government of the United States 

 of America on that same date ; 



Whereas the text of the Convention, in the English, * * * languages, 

 as certified for the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Or- 

 ganization of the United Nations, is word for word as follows : 



International Convention for the Conservation of 

 Atlantic Titnas 



Preamble 



The Governments whose duly authorized representatives have sub- 

 scribed hereto, considering their mutual interest in the populations 

 of tuna and tuna-like fishes found in the Atlantic Ocean, and desiring 

 to co-operate in maintaining the populations of these fishes at levels 

 which will permit the maximum sustainable catch for food and other 

 purposes, resolve to conclude a Convention for the conservation of the 

 resources of tuna and tuna-like fishes of the Atlantic Ocean, and to 

 that end agree as follows : 



Article I 



The area to which this Convention shall apply, hereinafter referred 

 to as the "Convention area", shall be all waters of the Atlantic Ocean, 

 including the adjacent Seas. 



Article II 



Nothing in this Convention shall be considered as affecting the 

 rights, claims or views of any Contracting Party in regard to the limits 



*Citation: 20 UST 2887 ; TIAS 6767. 



States which are parties: Brazil, Canada, France, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, 

 Morocco, Portugal, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, United States. 



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