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of territorial waters or the extent of jurisdiction over fisheries under 

 international law. 



Article III 



1. The Contracting Parties hereby agree to establish and maintain 

 a Commission to be known as the International Commission for the 

 Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, hereinafter referred to as "the Com- 

 mission", which shall carry out the objectives set forth in this 

 Convention. 



2. Each of the Contracting Parties shall be represented on the 

 Commission by not more than three Delegates. Such Delegates may 

 be assisted by experts and advisors. 



3. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Convention, deci- 

 sions of the Commission shall be taken by a majority of the Contract- 

 ing Parties, each Contracting Party having one vote. Two-thirds of the 

 Contracting Parties shall constitute a quorum. 



4. The Commission shall hold a regular meeting once every two 

 years. A special meeting may be called at any time at the request of a 

 majority of the Contracting Parties or by decision of the Council as 

 constituted in Article V. 



5. At its first meeting, and thereafter at each regular meeting, the 

 Commission shall elect from among its Members a Chairman, a first 

 Vice-Chairman and a second Vice-Chairman who shall not be re- 

 elected for more than one term. 



6. The meetings of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies shall 

 be public unless the Commission otherwise decides. 



7. The official languages of the Comission shall be English, French 

 and Spanish. 



8. The Commission shall have authority to adopt such rules of pro- 

 cedure and financial regulations as are necessary to carry out its func- 

 tions. 



9. The Commission shall submit a report to the Contracting Parties 

 every two years on its work and findings and shall also inform any 

 Contracting Partv, whenever requested, on any matter relating to the 

 objectives of the Convention. 



Article IV 



1. In order to carry out the objectives of this Convention the Com- 

 mission shall be responsible for the study of the populations of tuna 

 and tuna-like fishes (the Scombrif ormes with the exception of the fam- 

 ilies Trichiuridae and Gempylidae and the genus Scomber) and such 

 other species of fishes exploited in tuna fishing in the Convention area 

 as are not under investigation by another international fishery organi- 

 zation. Such study shall include research on the abundance, biometry 

 and ecology of the fishes ; the oceanography of their environment ; and 

 the effects of natural and human factors upon their abundance. The 

 Commission, in carrying out these responsibilities shall, insofar as fea- 

 sible, utilise the technical and scientific services of, and information 

 from, official agencies of the Contracting Parties and their political 

 sub-divisions and may, when desirable, utilise the available services 

 and information of any public or private institution, organization or 

 individual, and may undertake within the limits of its budget inde- 



