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and shall limit fishing operations to 'mid-water trawling, using mid- 

 water trawl doors incapable of being fished on the bottom, in an area 

 bounded by straight lines connecting the following coordinates: 



North Latitude West Longitude 

 4:0°20' 69°00' 



41°00' 67°00' 



41°30' 67°00' 



41°10' 68°00' 



4:1°00' 69°00' 



Akticle 11 



Both Governments consider it useful to arrange for visits of fisheries 

 specialists of the two countries to each other's fishing vessels operating 

 in the area covered by this Agreement. Such visits may be arranged 

 as mutually agreed in each particular case by the Regional Director 

 of the United States National Marine Fisheries Service in Gloucester, 

 Massachusetts and the Director of the fishing fleet as well as the 

 Director of the Marine Fishing Enterprise, Navrom Tulcea. 



Article 12 



Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as prejudicing the 

 views of either Government with regard to the freedom of fishing on 

 the high seas. 



Article 13 



1. The present Agreement shall enter into force on the date of 

 signature. 



2. The present Agreement shall remain in force for a period of one 

 year and shall remain in force for one additional year unless either 

 of the parties denounces it. 



3. At the request of the competent authorities of either Government, 

 representatives of the competent authorities of the two parties will 

 meet at a mutually convenient time with a view to modifying the pres- 

 ent Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, at any time either Govern- 

 ment may communicate to the other Government its intention to 

 denounce' the present Agreement, in which case the Agreement shall 

 terminate one month from the date on the communication. As soon as 

 possible after receipt of such communication, representatives of the 

 competent authorities of the two parties will meet to discuss possible 

 future arrangements. 



In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized for 

 this purpose have signed this Agreement. 



Done in Washington, December 4, 1973, in duplicate, in English and 

 Romanian, both texts being equally authentic. 



For the Government of the United States of America : 



(Signed) Henry A. Kissinger. 

 For the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania : 



(Signed) George Macovesgu. 



