h. Agreement on Reciprocal Fishing Privileges in Certain Areas 

 Off the Coasts of the United States and Canada, June 15, 1973* 



Signed at Ottawa June 15, 1973; Entered into force June 16, 1973. 



The Government of the United States of America and the Govern- 

 ment of Canada, 



CONSIDERING that both Governments have established exclusive^ 

 fishery zones; 



EECOGNIZING that fishermen of the two countries have tradi- 

 tionally fished for the same species in certain areas now encompassed 

 within the exclusive fishery zones ; 



DEEMING it desirable to establish the terms and conditions under 

 which nationals and vessels of each of the two countries may conduct, 

 on a reciprocal basis, commercial fishing operations within certain 

 areas off their coasts ; and 



HAVING in mind the mutuality of interest on the part of the two 

 countries in the conservation and rational exploitation of certain liv- 

 ing marine resources off their coasts ; 



Have agreed as follows : 



(1) For the purposes of this Agreement, 



(a) the reciprocal fishing area of the United States of America 

 shall be the fishing zone established in 1966 south of 63° north 

 latitude ; 



(b) the reciprocal fishing area of Canada shall be as follows : 

 (i) in those "Areas" listed in Order-in-Council P.C. 1967- 



2025 and Order-in-Council P.C. 1969-1109, issued by the Gov- 

 ernment of Canada on November 8, 1967, and June 11, 1969, 

 respectively, those waters extending 9 miles seaward of the 

 territorial sea of Canada as it existed in 1966 ; 



(ii) in those areas not listed in the Orders-in-Council cited 

 above, those waters south of 63° north latitude which are con- 

 tiguous to and extend from three to twelve miles from the 

 coast of Canada, with the exception of bays where they cease 

 to exceed 24 miles in breadth. 



Nothing in this Agreement shall affect waters other than those re- 

 ferred to in this paragraph. 



(2) Nationals and vessels of each country may continue to fish within 

 the reciprocal fishing area of the other country, except that there shall 

 be no such fishing ,f or the following : 



(a) any species of clam, scallop, crab, shrimp, lobster or 

 herring ; 



(b) any salmon other than salmon taken by trolling off the 

 Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada west of a line 



*Oitation: TIAS 7676. 

 Termination Date: April 24, 1975. 



(691) 



