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that in so far as concerns the High Seas, requirements prescribed by 

 the Commission under the autholnty of this paragraph shall apply 

 only to nationals and inhabitants and vessels and boats of the United 

 States of America and the Dominion of Canada. 



Whenever, at any other time than the spring or chinook salmon 

 fishing season, the taking of sockeye salmon in waters of the United 

 States' of America or in Canadian waters is not prohibited under an 

 order adopted by the Commission, any fishing gear or appliance 

 authorized by the State of Washington may be used in waters of the 

 United States of America by any person thereunto authorized by the 

 State of Washington, and any fishing gear or appliance authorized by 

 the laws of the Dominion of Canada may be used in Canadian waters 

 by any person thereunto duly authorized. Whenever the taking of 

 sockeye salmon on the High Seas embraced in paragraph numbered 

 1 of Article I of this Convention is not prohibited, under an order 

 adopted by the Commission, to the nationals or inhabitants or 

 vessels or boats of the United States of America or the Dominion of 

 Canada, only such salmon fishing gear and appliances as may have 

 been approved by the Commission may be used on such High Seas 

 by said nationals, inhabitants, vessels or boats. 



Article VI 



No action taken by the Commission und.er the authority of this 

 Convention shall be etfective unless it is affirmatively voted for by at 

 least two of the Commissioners of each High Contracting Party. 



Article VII 



Inasmuch as the purpose of this Convention is to establish for the 

 High Contracting Parties, by their joint effort and expense, a fishery 

 that is now largely nonexistent, it is agreed by the High Contracting 

 Parties that they should share equally in the fishery. The Commis- 

 sion shall, consequently, regulate the fishery with a view to allowing, 

 as nearly as may be practicable, an equal portion of the fish that may 

 be caught each year to be taken by the fishermen of each High Con- 

 tracting Party. 



Article VIII 



Each High Contracting Party shall be responsible for the enforce- 

 ment of the orders and regulations adopted by the Commission under 

 the authority of this Convention, in the portion of its waters covered 

 by the Convention. 



Except as hereinafter provided in Article IX of this Convention, 

 each High Contracting Party shall be responsible, in respect of its 

 own nationals and inhabitants and vessels and boats, for the enforce- 

 ment of the ordfers and regulations adopted by the Commission, under 

 the authority of this Convention, on the High Seas embraced in para- 

 graph numbered 1 of Article I of the Convention. 



Each High Contracting Party shall acquire and place at the dis- 

 position of the Commission any land within its territory required for 

 the construction and maintenance of hatcheries, rearing ponds, and 

 other such facilities as set forth in Article III. 



