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visa. Notification of entry under subparagraph a of this para- 

 graph shall specify whether shore leave is requested under such 

 a multiple entry visa. 



c. Entry of all vessels into the ports referred to in subparagraph 

 a of this paragraph vp^ill be to replenish ship stores or fresh water, 

 obtain bunkers, provide rest for or make changes in personnel of 

 such vessels, and obtain minor repairs and other services normally 

 provided in such ports, all in accordance with applicable rules 

 and regulations. 



d. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, it is understood 

 that the entry of Soviet vessels into any United States port is sub- 

 ject to the applicable laws and regulations of the United States. 



e. Each of the above provisions of this paragraph may be modi- 

 fied by mutual consent at any time. 



9. Each Government will take appropriate measures with regard 

 to areas of heavy concentration of fishing operations of both countrie$ 

 directed at prevention of damage to fishing gear, including : 



a. Measures leading to improvement of the means for marking 

 fixed fishing gear and for reciprocal notification of areas in which 

 fixed gear is concentrated ; 



b. Measures to ensure that fixed gear is set with due regard for 

 the operation of mobile gear ; 



c. Measures to ensure that vessels operating with mobile gear 

 will pass clearly marked fixed gear at a distance of not less than 

 400 meters from the nearest marker. 



10. Both Governments will take appropriate measures to ensure 

 that except in cases of force majeure no vessel shall dump in the sea 

 any article or substance which may interfere with fishing or obstruct 

 or cause damage to fish, fishing gear, fishing vessels, or marine mam- 

 mals. United States fishery authorities and Soviet fishing fleet com- 

 manders will inform each other of the location of items of fishing gear 

 or other materials lost overboard which constitute a danger to fishing 

 operations on common fishing grounds. 



11. Both Governments consider it useful to arrange : 



a. That representatives of the fishing fleets of the United States 

 and the Soviet Union meet at least twice each fishing session in tlie 

 Alaska area and at least twice each fishing season in the Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, and Washington area. At least one meeting in 

 each area will be at a site to be selected by the appropriate 

 Regional Director of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Serv- 

 ice and at least one meeting in each area at a site to be selected 

 by the Soviet Fleet Commander. 



b. That each side will inform the other side, at least one month 

 before the visit, of subjects it wishes to discuss. Those partic- 

 ipating shall prepare a brief report of each visit and submit it to 

 the appropriate authorities of the two Governments. These visits 

 will be to exchange information and discuss actual or potential 

 problems concerning the fishing grounds, questions relating to the 

 operations of fishing fleets, and questions arising out of the ap- 

 plication of the provisions of this Agreement. 



c. In addition, mutual visits of representatives of fishermen's 

 organizations of the two countries on vessels operating in the 



