3. CONVENTION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN 

 INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION 

 WITH EXCHANGE OF NOTES OF MARCH 3, 1950, 

 MAY 31, 1949* 



Signed at Washington May 31^ 19Jf9; Ratification advised hy the Sen- 

 ate August 17^ IBlfi ; Ratified hy the President September i, Wlfi; 

 Ratified hy Costa Rica Decemher ^-5, 19Jf9 ; Ratifications exchanged 

 at Washington March S, 1950; Proclaimed hy the President 

 March 23, 1950; Entered into force March 3, 1950; Exchange of 

 Notes signed at Washington March 3, 1950. 



By the President of the United States of America 



A PROCLAMATION 



Whereas a convention between the United States of America and 

 the Republic of Costa Rica for the establishment of an inter- American 

 tropical tuna commission was signed by the duly authorized plenipo- 

 tentiaries of the two countries at Washington on May 31, 1949, the 

 original of which convention, in the English * * * languages, is word 

 for word as follows : 



CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE 

 REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTER- 

 AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION 



The United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica con- 

 sidering their mutual interest in maintaining the populations of yel- 

 lowfin and skipjack tuna and of other kinds of fish taken by tuna 

 fishing vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean which by reason of con- 

 tinued use have come to be of common concern, and desiring to cooper- 

 ate in the gathering and interpretation of factual information to 

 facilitate maintaining the populations of these fishes at a level which 

 will permit maximum sustained catches j^ear after year, have agreed 

 to conclude a Convention for these purposes and to that end have 

 named as their Plenipotentiaries : 



The President of the United States of America: 

 James E. Webb, Acting Secretary of State 

 Wilbert M. Chapman, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary 

 of State 



"Citation: 1 UST 230 ; TIAS 2044. 



States which are parties: Canada, Costa Rica, France, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, 

 United States. 



Implementing legislation: Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, as amended ; Public Law 

 81-764 [S. 263.3], 64 Stat. 777, approved September 7, 1950, as amended by Public Law 

 87-814 [S. 2568], 76 Stat. 923, approved October 15, 1962; and by Public Law 92-471 

 [H.R. 9501], 86 Stat. 784, approved October 9, 1972. 



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