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The Commission, having transmitted the recommendations to the 

 Contracting Parties for their consideration, has now received notifi- 

 cations of acceptance of the recommendation relating to halibut and 

 the recommendations, as amended, relating to herring, as follows: 

 from Japan on February 26, 19G3, from the United States of America 

 on March 23, 1963, and from Canada on May 8, 1963. 



In accordance with the provisions of Article VII, paragraph 1, of 

 the Convention, sections (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of the Annex 

 are considered amended from May 8, 1963 to read in the English lan- 

 guage as follows : 



"(a) Halibut {Hippoglossiis stenolepis) 



The Convention area off the coast of Canada and the United 

 States of America, exclusive of the Bering Sea, 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 {Clupea pallasii) 



The Convention area off the coast of Canada in which com- 

 mercial fishing for herring of Canadian origin is being,. or 

 can be prosecuted, exclusively of the waters of the high seas 

 north of 51°56' North Latitude and west of the Queen Char- 

 lotte Islands and w^est of a line drawn between Langara 

 Point on Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Cape 

 Muzon on Dall Island in Southeast Alaska." 

 Copies are attached to this letter of the amended section (a) in 

 the Japanese language, which I transmitted with my letter of Decem- 

 ber 6, 1962,[^] and of the amended section (b) in the Japanese lan- 

 guage, which I transmitted with my letter of January 25, 1963.^ 

 With assurances of our highest esteem. 

 Yours very truly, 



INTERNATIONAL NORTH PACIFIC 

 FISHERIES COMMISSION, 



KoT I. Jackson, Executive Director. 



2 Not printed. 



