3. CONVENTION ON FISHING AND CONSERVATION OF 

 THE LIVING RESOURCES OF THE HIGH SEAS, 

 APRIL 29, 1958* 



Done at Geneva April 29^ 1958; Ratification advised hy the Senate^ 

 subject to an understanding^ May 26^ 1960; Ratified hy the Presi- 

 dent^ subject to the said understanding^ March 2Jf^ 1961 ; Ratification 

 deposited loith the Secretary -General of the United Nations, with 

 the said understanding, April 12, 1961 ; Proclaimed hy the President 

 March 31, 1966; Entered into force March 20, 1966. 



By the President of the United States of America 

 A PROCLAMATION 



Whereas the Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Liv- 

 ing Resources of the High Seas, adopted by the United Nations 

 Conference on the Law of the Sea, Geneva, February 24 to April 

 27, 1958, was open for signature from April 29 to October 31, 1958, 

 and during that period was signed in behalf of the United States 

 of America and thirty-six other States ; 



Whereas a certified copy of the text of the said Convention, in 

 the English, * * * languages, is word for word as follows : 



ANNEX III [^] 



CONVENTION ON FISHING AND CONSERVATION OF THE LIVING 

 RESOURCES OF THE HIGH SEAS 



The States Parties to this Convention. 



Con.sidering that the development of modern techniques for the 

 exploitation of the living resources of the sea, increasing man's ability 

 to meet the need of the world's expanding population for food, has 

 exposed some of these resouices to the danger of being overexploited. 



Considering also that the nature of the problems involved in the 

 conservation of the living resoui'ces of the high seas is such that there 

 is a clear necessity that they be solved, whenever possible on the basis 



*Gitation: 17 UST 138 ; TIAS 5969. 



States which are parties: Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark (with reservation), 

 Dominican Rep., Fiji, Finland, France, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kilmer Rep., Lesotho, Mada- 

 gascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Sierra Leone, 

 South Africa, Spain (with a statement), Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and 

 Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom (with a statement), United States (with an understand- 

 ing). Upper Volta, Venezuela, Yugoslavia. 



^ The text of the convention printed herein constituted Annex III to the Final Act of the 

 United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, which was certified by the Legal Counsel, 

 for the Secretary-General of the United Nations. [Footnote added by Department of State.] 



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