a. Amendment of Paragraphs 1(a) and (b) of the Annex, 

 November 17, 1962* 



RecorMnendations relating to halibut and to herring adopted at the 

 Ninth Annual Meeting of the International North Pacific Fisheries 

 Comniisslon^ at Seattle^ November l'}\ J962^ and amended^ loith re- 

 spect to herring^ January 25^ 1963; Notifications of acceptance re- 

 ceived by the Commission from Japan on February 26, 1963, from 

 the United States of America on March 23, 1963, and from, Canada 

 on May <5, 1963; Entered into force May 8, 1963. 



SECRETARIAT : 



ROY I. JACKSON 



Executive Director 



HIROSHI KA SAHARA 



Assistant Director 



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"NORTHCOM" 



International North Pacific Fisheries Commission 



Established by Convention Between Canada, Japan and the United 



States for the Conservation of the Fisheries Kesources of the North 



Pacific Ocean 



June 24, 1963. 

 The Honourable Dean Rusk, 



Secretary of State, 

 Washington 25, TJ.C. 



Dear Sir : 



On November 17, 1962, at its Ninth Annual Meeting, at Seattle, the 

 International North Pacific Fisheries Commission determined that the 

 herring stocks off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands and 

 that the halibut stock of the eastern Bering Sea no longer meet the 

 conditions of Article IV of the Convention [^] and adopted recom- 

 mendations for the removal of such stocks of herring and halibut 

 from the Annex to the International Convention for the High Seas 

 Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean. [^] It was subsequently noted 

 that some ambiguity might arise from the language of the recommen- 

 dation with respect to herring. Therefore, the Commission on Janu- 

 ary 25, 1963 formally amended that recommendation. 



^Citation: 14 UST 953 ; TIAS 5385. 



States which are parties: Canada, Japan, United States. 



1 TIAS 27S6 ; 4 UST 385, 391. 



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