(d) migration routes of fur seals and their wintering areas; 



(e) numbers of seals from each herd found on the migration routes and in wintering areas and their ages 

 and sexes; 



(f) extent to which the food habits of fur seals affect commercial fish catches and the damage fur seals 

 inflict on fishing gear; 



(g) effectiveness of each method of sealing from the viewpoint of management and rational utilization 

 of fur seal resources for conservation purposes; 



(hj quality of sealskins by sex, age and time and method of sealing; and 



(i) other subjects which the Commission determines will help achieve the Convention 's objectives}^ 



Each Party agrees to continue to mark an adequate number of pups; to devote to pelagic research an 

 effort similar in extent to that expended in recent years, provided that not more than 2,500 seals are 

 taken in the Eastern and not more than 2,200 seals in the Western Pacific Ocean, unless the commission 

 decides otherwise; and to carry out the Commission's determinations.*' 



Only government-owned or government-chartered vessels operating under strict control of their 

 respective authorities may be used in pelagic research.' ° 



Each Party also agrees to provide the Commission annually with information on the number of black 

 pups tagged for each breeding area; the number of fur seals, by sex and estimated age, taken at sea and in 

 each breeding area; and tagged seals recovered on land and at sea.' ' 



The Commission is given the following duties in connection with these programs of research: 



(a) formulate and coordinate research programs designed to achieve the objectives of the Convention; 

 (bj recommend coordinated research programs to the Parties for implementation; 



(c) study the data obtained from the coordinated research programs; 



(d) recommend appropriate measures to the Parties on the basis of the findings obtained from the 

 coordinated research programs, including measures regarding the size and sex and age of the seasonal 

 commercial kill from a herd; 



(ej study whether or not pelagic sealing in conjunction with land sealing could be permitted in certain 

 circumstances without adversely affecting achievement of the objectives of the Convention, and make 

 recommendations in this regard to the Parties when they must once again determine whether the 

 Convention should be continued; 



(f) determine from time to time the number of seals to be marked on the rookery islands, and the total 

 number of seals which shall be taken at sea for research purposes, the times at which they shall be taken, 

 and the areas in which they shall be taken, as well as the number to be taken by each party. ^"^ 



The prohibition of pelagic sealing, in effect, meant that Canada and Japan agreed to engage in no 

 sealing; the United States agreed to manage the seal herds on the Pribilof Islands and the Soviet Union 



*^/d, Alt. II (2). 

 ®'/d, Art. II (3). 

 '°/d.. Art. II (6). 

 '^/d, Art. 11(4). 

 '^/d.. Art. V (2) and (3). 



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