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and any tanner crabs taken in excess of the agreed quotas in each of 

 the areas shall be returned immediately to the sea with a minimum of 

 injury. 



b. King crabs and tanner crabs shall not be taken by means of 

 fishing gear other than pots. 



4. Unless otherwise agreed by the two Governments, only pots may 

 be used to capture king crabs and tanner crabs for commercial pur- 

 poses and no trawling may be conducted for other species in that area 

 lying seaward of the nine-mile zone contiguous to the territorial sea 

 of the United States within the following boundaries : a line running 

 from a point on the Bering Sea coast of the Alaska peninsula due west 

 along 55° 54' Xorth Latitude to its intersection with a line connecting 

 two points 56°20' North Latitude, 163°00' West Longitude, and 55°16' 

 Xorth Latitude, 166°10' West Longitude, thence southwesterly along 

 the said line to its intersection with a line passing between Cape 

 Xavarin and Cape Sarichef at 55°16' North Latitude, 166°10' West 

 Longitude, thence southeasterly along the Cape Navarin-Sarichef 

 line to Cape Sarichef. 



5. The data referred to in paragraph 4 of the Agreement are : 



a. Biological Data. 



(1) Tag returns: tag number and/or tag; date and loca- 

 tion of capture (latitude and longitude) ; sex, length, width, 

 and weight of crab ; condition of shell. 



(2) Life history data: length, width, weight, and age of 

 crab by sex ; moult data ; breeding habits, "feeding habits, 

 migration habits. 



(3) Publications dealing with king crabs and tanner crabs 

 in the Bering Sea and North Pacific. 



b. Catch Statistics. 



Total annual and monthly catches by 1° of longitude. 



c. Effort Statistics. 



(1) Description of pots ; number of pot lifts per month by 

 1° of longitude. 



(2) Number of fleets operated by dates of operations; 

 number of pot boats. 



d. Production Statistics. 



(1) Canned crab: number of cases, number of crabs per 

 case, quantity of meat per case. 



(2) Frozen crab : description of units and number of units ; 

 number of crabs. 



