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sustainable yield of the resources. The data to be furnished by each 

 Government may be prepared in accordance with its own methodology 

 and shall include, but not be limited to, the categories of data described 

 in the Appendix to this Agreement. The two Governments will also 

 provide for the exchange of scientific personnel engaged in the study 

 of the king crab and tanner crab resources. 



5. This Agreement shall replace the Agreement of February 5, 1965 

 between the two Governments relating to fishing for king crab, as 

 amended and extended by the Agreements of February 13, 1967 ; Jan- 

 uary 31, 1969 : and February 12. 1971 ; and extended by an exchange of 

 notes dated December 31, 1972. [-] It shall enter in force upon signature 

 and shall remain in force for two years. At the request of either Gov- 

 ermnent, representatives of the two Governments will meet at a mu- 

 tually convenient time with a view to modifying the present Agree- 

 ment. In any event, representatives of the two Governments will meet 

 at a mutually convenient time prior to the expiration of the period of 

 validity of this Agreement to review the operation of the Agreement 

 and to decide on future arrangements. 



Iisr w^PTNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized for 

 this purpose, have signed this Agreement. 



Done at Moscow, February 21, 1973, in duplicate, in the English and 

 Russian languages, both texts being equally authentic. 



For the Government of the United States of America : 



( Signed ) Donald L. McKernan'. 



For the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : 



(Signed) V. M. Kamentsev. 



Appendix 



1. The area referred to in paragraph 2 of the Agreement is that 

 portion of the southeastern Bering Sea lying seaward of the nine-mile 

 zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States west of 

 160° West Longitude. 



2. The annual commercial catch of king crab and tanner crab by 

 Soviet nationals and vessels referred to in paragraph 2 of the Agree- 

 ment shall not exceed : 



a. 100,000 king crabs and 1.8 million tanner crabs in the area 

 Iving within the following designated boundaries: a line run- 

 ning from Cape Newenham on the Bering Sea coast of western 

 Alaska, southwest to position 57°00' North Latitude, 168°00' West 

 Longitude, thence due south to position 54:°36' North Latitude, 

 168°00' West Longitude, and thence east to Cape Sarichef on 

 the west coast of L^nimak Island, Alaska. 



b. 160,000 king crabs and 2.4 million tanner crabs in the area ad- 

 jacent to the coast of the United States north and west of the 

 area designated in subparagraph a. 



_ 3. a. Female king and tanner crabs, king crabs less than 15.8 cms. 

 in maximum carapace width, and soft-shelled king and tanner crabs 

 shall not be retained and used. Any such crabs taken incidentally, any 

 king crabs taken in excess of the agreed quotas in each of the areas, 



, ?TIAS 5752, 6217, 6635, 7044, 7541; 16 UST 24; 18 UST 183; 20 UST 334; 22 UST 

 119 ; 23 UST. 



