e. the coordination of the work of the Commission with that of organizations and individuals whose 

 cooperation has been arranged for; 



f. the drafting of administrative, scientific and other reports for the Commission; and 



g. the performance of such other duties as the Commission may require. 



In the performance of its duties and functions, the Commission may request the technical and 

 scientific services of, and information from, official agencies of the States Parties, and any international, 

 public, or private institution or organization, or any private individual.' ' ' 



The Commission is to perform the following functions and duties: 



(1) investigate the abundance, biology, biometry and ecology of yellowfin and skipjack tuna in the 

 waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean fished by the nationals of the States Parties, and the kinds of fish 

 commonly used as bait in the tuna fisheries, especially the anchovetta, and of other kinds offish taken 

 by tuna fishing vessels; and the effects of natural factors and human activities on the abundance of the 

 populations of fishes supporting all these fisheries. 



(2) collect and analyze information relating to current and past conditions and trends of the 

 populations of the fish covered by the Convention. 



(3) study and appraise information concerning methods and procedures for maintaining and increasing 

 the populations offish covered by the Convention. 



(4) conduct such fishing and other activities as may be necessary to attain the Convention 's objectives. 



(5) recommend from time to time, on the basis of scientific investigations, proposals for joint action by 

 the States Parties designed to keep the populations of fishes covered by the Convention at those levels of 

 abundance which will permit the maximum sustained catch. 



(6) collect statistics and all kinds of reports concerning catches and the operations of fishing boats, and 

 other information concerning the fishing for fishes covered by the Convention, from vessels or persons 

 engaged in these fisheries. 



(7) publish or otherwise distribute reports regarding the results of its findings and such other reports as 

 fall within the scope of the Convention, as well as scientific, statistical, and other data regarding the 

 fisheries maintained by the nationals of the States Parties for the fishes covered by the Convention. * ' * 



3. Budget 



Each State Party undertakes to bear the expenses incurred by its national section and to share the 

 Commission's joint expenses in such manner as the Commission recoimnends and they approve, but 

 related to the proportion of the total catch from the fisheries covered by the Convention utilized by 

 each.'i' 



In fiscal year 1969, the United States will contribute $416,000 to pay the Commission's joint 

 expenses, which wiU amount to 96 percent of its estimated total expenditures of approximately 

 $435,000."* 



"'M, Art. I (13). 

 "*/d.. Art. II. 

 "'/d, Art. 1(3), (4). 



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The data in the text were supplied by National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development. 



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