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Article XI 



1. This Convention shall be ratified by the Contracting Parties in 

 accordance with their respective constitutional processes and the in- 

 struments of ratification shall be exchanged as soon as possible at 

 Tokyo. 



2. This Convention shall enter into force on the date of the exchange 

 of ratifications. [^] It shall continue in force for a period of ten years 

 and thereafter until one year from the day on which a Contracting 

 Party shall give notice to the other Contracting Parties of an intention 

 of terminating the Convention, whereupon it shall terminates as to all 

 Contracting Parties. 



In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries, duly au- 

 thorized, have signed the present Convention. 



Done in triplicate, in the English and Japanese languages, both 

 equally authentic, at Tokyo this ninth day of May, one thousand 

 nine hundred fifty-two. 



ANNEX 



1. With regard to the stocks of fish in the respective waters named 

 below, Japan agrees to abstain from fishing, and Canada and the 

 United States of America agree to continue to carry out necessary 

 conservation measures, in accordance with the provisions of Article 

 V, Section 2 of this Convention : 



(a) Halibut {Hi'p'poglossus stenolepis) 



The Convention area off the coasts of Canada and the 

 United States of America in which commercial fishing for 

 halibut is being or can be prosecuted. Halibut referred to 

 herein shall be those originating along the coast of North 

 America. 



(b) Herring {CVapea pallasii) 



The Convention area off the coasts of Canada and the United 

 States of America, exclusive of the Bering Sea and of the 

 waters of the North Pacific Ocean west of the meridian pass- 

 ing through the extremity of the Alaskan Peninsula, in which 

 commercial fishing for herring of North America origin is 

 being or can be prosecuted. 



(c) Salmon {Oncorhynchus gorbuscha^ Oncorhynchus keta^ 

 Oncorhynchus kisutch^ Oncorhynchus n^rka^ Oncorhyn/ihus 

 tschawytscha) 



The Convention area off the coasts of Canada and the 

 United States of America, exclusive of the Bering Sea and of 

 the waters of the North Pacific Ocean west of a provisional 

 line following the meridian passing through the western ex- 

 tremity of Atka Island ; in which commercial fishing for sal- 

 mon originating in the rivers of Canada and the United 

 States of America is being or can be prosecuted. 



2. With regard to the stocks of fish in the waters named below, 

 Canada and Japan agree to abstain from fishing, and the United 

 States of America agrees to continue to carry out necessary con- 



1 June 12, 1953. 



