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servation measures, in accordance with the provisions of Article V, 

 Section 2 of this Convention : 



Salmon {Oncorhynchiis gorhuscha^ OncorhyTichus keta, On- 

 corhynchus kisutch^ OncorhyTichus nerka and Oncorhynchus 

 tscha/wytscha) 



The Convention area of the Bering Sea east of the line 

 starting from Cape Prince of Wales on the west coast of 

 Alaska, running westward to 168°58'22.59" West Longitude; 

 thence due south to a point 65°15'00" North Latitude; thence 

 along the great circle course which passes through 51° North 

 Latitude and 167° East Longitude, to its intersection with 

 meridian 175° West Longitude; thence south along a pro- 

 visional line which follows this meridian to the territorial 

 waters limit of Atka Island ; in which commercial fishing for 

 salmon originating in the rivers of the United States of Amer- 

 ica is being or can be prosecuted. 



PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE HIGH 

 SEAS FISHERIES OF THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 



The Governments of the United States of America, Canada and 

 Japan, through their respective Plenipotentiaries, agree upon the 

 following stipulation in regard to the International Convention for the 

 High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean, signed at Tokyo on 

 this ninth day of May, nineteen hundred fifty-two. 



The Governments of the United States of America, Canada and 

 Japan agree that the line of meridian 175° West Longitude and the 

 line following the meridian passing through the western extremity of 

 Atka Island, which have been adopted for determining the areas in 

 which the exploitation of salmon is abstained or the conservation 

 measures for salmon continue to be enforced in accordance with the 

 provisions of the Annex to this Convention, shall be considered as 

 provisional lines which shall continue in effect subject to confirmation 

 or readjustment in accordance with the procedure mentioned below. 



The Commission to be established under the Convention shall, as 

 expeditiously as practicable, investigate the waters of the Convention 

 area to determine if there are areas in which salmon originating in the 

 rivers of Canada and of the United States of America intermingle with 

 salmon originating in the rivers of Asia. If such areas are found the 

 Commission shall conduct suitable studies to determine a line or lines 

 which best divide salmon of Asiatic orgin and salmon of Canadian 

 and United States of America origin, from which certain Contracting 

 Parties have agreed to abstain in accordance with the provisions of 

 Article V, Section 2, and whether it can be shown beyond a reasonable 

 doubt that this line or lines more equitably divide such salmon than 

 the provisional lines specified in sections 1(c) and 2 of the Annex. 

 In accordance with these determinations the Commission shall recom- 

 mend that such provisional lines be confirmed or that they be changed 

 in accordance with these results, giving due consideration to adjust- 

 ments required to simplify administration. 



In the event, however, the Commission fails within a reasonable 

 period of time to recommend unanimously such line or lines, it is 

 agreed that the matter shall be referred to a special committee of 



