D. CUBA 

 1. FISHERIES 



a. Convention for the Conservation of Shrimp, August 15, 1958* 



Signed, at Rohana August 15^ 19-58; Ratification advised hy the 

 Senate June 4, 1959; Ratified hy the President June 12^ 1959; 

 Ratified hy Cuha July 29, 1959; Ratifications exchanged at Hahana 

 September ^, 1959; Rroclaimed ly the President September 16^ 1959; 

 Entered into force September 4, 1959. 



By the Presidext of the Uxited States or America 

 A PEOCLAIk^rATION 



Whereas a conventioii between the United States of America and 

 Cuba for the conservation of shrimp was signed at Habana on Au- 

 gust 15, 1958, the original of which convention, in the English * * * 

 languages, is word for word as follows : 



CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 

 CUBA FOR THE CONSERVATION OF SHRIMP 



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

 ment of Cuba, considering their common interest in maintaining the 

 maximum sustainable productivity of stocks of shrimp of common 

 concern in waters of the Gulf of Mexico off the cost of Cuba and the 

 Florida coast of the United States, and in promoting the scientific 

 studies necessar}^ to ascertain the conservation measures required for 

 this purpose, and desiring to establish procedures for coordinating 

 such studies and for placing in effect such conservation measures as 

 may be necessary, agree as follows : 



Article I 



The area to which this Convention applies, hereinafter referred to 

 as "the Convention area"', shall be the waters of the Gulf of Mexico 

 off the coast of Cuba and the Florida coast of the United States, in- 

 cluding territorial waters, in which are found stocks of shrimp of 

 common concern. 



Article II 



1. The Contracting Parties agree to establish and operate a com- 

 mission, to be known as the Commission for the Conservation of 

 Shrimp in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, hereinafter referred to as "the 



^Citation: 10 UST 1703 ; TIAS 4321. 



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