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Article I 



1. The term "pelagic sealing" is hereby defined for the purposes 

 of this Convention as meaning the killing, taking, or hunting in 

 any manner whatsoever of fur seals at sea. 



2. The words "each year", "annual" and "annually" as used here- 

 inafter refer to Convention year, that is, the year beginning on the 

 date of entry into force of the Convention. 



3. Nothing in this Convention shall be deemed to affect in any way 

 the position of the Parties in regard to the limits of territorial waters 

 or to the jurisdiction over fisheries. 



Article II 



1. In order to realize the objectives of this Convention, the Parties 

 agree to coordinate necessary scientific research programs and to co- 

 operate in investigating the fur seal resources of the North Pacific 

 Ocean to determine : 



(a) what measures may be necessary to make possible the maxi- 

 mum sustainable productivity of the fur seal resources so that the 

 fur seal populations can be brought to and maintained at the 

 levels which will provide the greatest harvest year after year; 

 and 



(b) what the relationship is between fur seals and other living 

 marine resources and whether fur seals have detrimental effects 

 on other living marine resources substantially exploited by any of 

 the Parties and, if so, to what extent. 



2. The research referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include 

 studies of the following subjects : 



(a) size of each fur seal herd and its age and sex composition ; 



(b) natural mortality of the different age groups and recruit- 

 ment of young to each age or size class at present and subsequent 

 population levels ; 



(c) with regard to each of the herds, the effect upon the magni- 

 tude of recruitment of variations in the size and the age and 

 sex composition of the annual kill ; 



^d) migration routes of fur seals and their wintering areas; 



(e) numbers of seals from each herd found on the migration 

 routes and in wintering areas and their ages and sexes ; 



(f ) extent to which the food habits of fur seals affect com- 

 mercial fish catches and the damag*^ fur seals inflict on fishing 

 gear ; and 



(g) other subjects involved in achieving the objectives of the 

 Convention, as determined by the Commission established under 

 Article V, paragraph 1. 



3. In furtherance of the research referred to in this Article, each 

 of the Parties agrees to carry out, each year after the entry into 

 force of the Convention, the programs set forth in the Schedule an- 

 nexed to the Convention with any modifications thereof made pur- 

 suant to Article V, paragraph 3. The said Schedule, together with 



