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240° and 225°. drawn from the Ponta do Ceii radio-beacon, lies on 

 the high seas and is thus open to fishing by all nations. 



Both the United States and the Brazilian Delegations agreed that, 

 based on the available information, the expression "of the same type"', 

 included in item a of Annex II in relation to United States vessels 

 that have in the past fished in the area of the Agreement, means vessels 

 having a length up to approximately eighty-five feet. 



With respect to item a of Annex II, both Delegations agreed that 

 an excess of up to 15 vessels in the area of agreement over the figure of 

 160 shall constitute, during the first fishing season of the Agreement, 

 a situation requiring consultations between the Parties within the 

 scope of Article X with a view toward arriving at as promptly as 

 possible the agreed figure. In view of the special nature of the arrange- 

 ments contained in item a of Annex II, both Delegations understand 

 that consultations referred to in paragraph 2, Article II will be held as 

 soon after the close of the current fishing season as possible, to examine 

 the operation of this provision with a view toward revising, if neces- 

 sarj, the measures outlined in item a of Annex II or revising the pro- 

 cedures necessary to achieve better compliance with them. 



Done in duplicate, this ninth day of May, 1972, in the English and 

 Portuguese languages, both texts being ecjually authoritative, 



for the united states for the federative repuslic 



of america : of brazil : 



William M. Rountkee JSIario Gibson Barboza 



The American Ambassador to the Brazilian Minister of Foreign 



Affairs 



Embassy of the 

 United States of America 

 ^■o- 150 Brasilia, May 9, 1972 



Excellency : 



I have the honor to refer to the Agreement on Shrimp signed today 

 by the Govermnents of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the 

 United States of America and to confirm, on behalf of my Government 

 the following : 



a) The Government of the United States of America shall after the 

 appropriation of funds by Congress, compensate the Government of 

 Brazil in an annual amount of U.S. $200,000 (tvfo hundred thousand 

 dollars) pursuant to the terms of Article VI; 



b) The Governm.ent of the United States of America shall, after the 

 appropriation of funds by Congress, further compensate the Govern- 

 ment of Brazil in the amount of U.S. $100.00 (one hundred dollars) 

 for each day a United States flag shrimp fishing vessel is under the 

 control of Brazilian enforcement authorities pursuant to the terms of 

 paragi'aph 2 of Article V. 



I have the honor to propose that this Note and Your Excellency's 

 reply confirming the above points of understanding on behalf of your 

 Government shall be regarded as constituting satisfaction of the terms 

 of Article VI of the aforementioned Agreement between the two 

 Govermnents. 



