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rangements and decide on future arrangements, bearing in mind 

 paragraphs 1 and 2, and the introductory part of this paragraph. 

 I have further the honor to propose that this note and Your Excel- 

 lency's reply confirming the above understandings on behalf of your 

 Government shall be regarded as constituting an agreement between 

 the two Governments. 



I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the 

 assurance of my highest consideration. 



KlICHT MlYAZAWA 



Minister for Foreign A fairs of Ja/pan 

 His Excellency 



James D. Hodgson, 



Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 

 United States of America in Japan 



Appendix 



A. Female and soft-shelled king and tanner crabs, and small king 

 crabs less than 15.8 cms. in maximum carapace width shall not be 

 retained and used. Any such crabs which might be taken incidentally, 

 any king crabs taken in excess of the agreed quotas, and any tanner 

 crabs taken in excess of the agreed quotas shall be returned immedi- 

 ately to the sea with a minimum of injury. 



B. King crabs and tanner crabs shall not be taken in 1975 and 1976 

 by means of fishing gear other than pots. 



EMBASSY OF THE 

 [seal] united STATES OF AMERICA 



TOYKO 



Ko. 941 December 24, 1974 



Excellency, 



I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your Excellency's note 



of today's date, which reads as follows : 



"I have the honor to refer to the consultation between the repre- 

 sentatives of the Government of Japan and the Government of 

 the United States of America in regard to the king and tanner crab 

 fisheries in the eastern Bering Sea, held in Tokyo from Novem- 

 ber 25 to December 13, 1974, and to confirm, on behalf of the Gov- 

 ernment of Japan, the following understandings which shall replace 

 the previous agreement between the two Governments on the king 

 and tanner crab fisheries in the eastern Bering Sea contained in the 

 exchange of notes on December 20, 1972 : 



1. The Government of Japan holds the view that king crabs and 

 tanner crabs are high seas fishery resources, and that nationals and 

 vessels of Japan are entitled to continue fishing for king crabs and 

 tanner crabs in the eastern Bering Sea. 



2. The Government of the United States of America is of the view 

 that king crabs and tanner crabs are natural resources of the con- 

 tinental shelf over which the coastal state (in this case the United 



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