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Stewart Bates, Chairman of the Delegation of Canada to 

 the Great Lakes Fisheries Conference, 

 who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, 

 found in good and due form, have agreed as follows : 



Article I 



This Convention shall apply to Lake Ontario (including the St. 

 Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to the forty-fifth parallel of 

 latitude). Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake 

 Michigan, Lake Superior and their connecting waters, hereinafter 

 referred to as ""the Convention xA.rea". This Convention shall also apply 

 to the tributaries of each of the above waters to the extent neces- 

 sary to investigate any stock of fish of common concern, the taking 

 or habitat of which is confined predominantly to the Convention Area, 

 and to eradicate or minimize the populations of the sea lamprey {Pet- 

 roinyzon inarinus) in the Convention Area. 



Article II 



1. The Contracting Parties agree to establish and maintain a joint 

 commission, to be known as the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, 

 hereinafter referred to as "the Commission", and to be composed of 

 two national sections, a Canadian Section and a United States Section. 

 Each Section shall be composed of not more than three members ap- 

 pointed by the respective Contracting Parties. 



2. Each Section shall have one vote. A decision or recommenda- 

 tion of the Commission shall be made only with the approval of both 

 Sections. 



3. Each Contracting Party may establish for its Section an advisory 

 committee for each of the Great Lakes. The members of each advisory 

 committee so established shall have the right to attend all sessions of 

 the Commission except those which the Commission decides to hold 

 in camera. 



Article III 



1. At the first meeting of the Commission and at every second sub- 

 sequent annual meeting thereafter the members shall select from 

 among themselves a Chairman and a Vice Chairman, each of whom 

 shall hold office from the close of the annual meeting at which he has 

 been selected until the close of the second annual meeting thereafter. 

 The Chairman shall be selected from one Section and the Vice- 

 Chairman from the other Section. The offices of Chairman and Vice- 

 Chairman shall alternate biennally between the Sections. 



2. The seat of the Commission shall be at such place in the Great 

 Lakes area as the Commission may designate. 



3. The Commission shall hold a regular annual meeting at such 

 place as it may decide. It may hold such other meetings as may be 

 agreed upon by the Chairman and Vice-Chairman and at such time 

 and place as they may designate. 



4. The Commission shall authorize the disbursement of funds for 

 the joint expenses of the Commission and may employ jTersonnel and 

 acquire facilities necessary for the performance of its duties. 



