(4) during both open and closed seasons, permit, limit, regulate or prohibit, the incidental catch of 

 halibut that may be taken, retained, possessed or landed from each area or portion of an area by vessels 

 fishing for other species offish; 



(5) prohibit departure of vessels from any port or place, or from any receiving vessel or station, to any 

 area for halibut fishing, after any date when in the judgment of the Commission the vessels which have 

 departed for that area prior to that date or which are known to be fishing in that area shall suffice to 

 catch the limit set for that area; 



(6) fix the size and character of halibut fishing appliances to be used in any area; 



(7) make such regulations for the licensing and departure of vessels and for the collection of statistics of 

 the catch of halibut as it shall find necessary to determine the condition and trend of the fishery and to 

 carry out the other provisions of the Convention; and 



(8) close to all taking of halibut such portion or portions of an area or areas as the Commission finds to 

 be populated by small, immature halibut and designates as nursery grounds. ^ *" 



The nationals and inhabitants and fishing vessels and boats of the United States and Canada, 

 respectively, are prohibited from fishing for haUbut in Convention waters, except as provided by the 

 Commission in its regulations.^ "^ 



3. Budget 



Each Party undertakes to pay the salaries and expenses of its own commissioners, but joint expenses 

 incuned by the Commission are shared equally by the two contracting Parties.^ " ' 



For fiscal year 1969, the United States share of the joint expenses will total $206,000.^ ' ° 



4. Enforcement 



The Parties agree to enact and enforce such legislation as may be necessary to make effective the 

 provisions of the Convention and any regulation adopted thereunder with appropriate penalties for 

 violations thereof.^ ^ * 



Furthermore, every national or inhabitant, vessel or boat of the United States or Canada engaged in 

 fishing on the high seas in violation of the Convention or any regulation adopted pursuant to it, may be 

 seized by the duly authorized officers of either of the Parties and detained by the officers making the 

 seizure and dehvered as soon as practicable to an authorized official of the country to which the 

 violating person, vessel or boat belongs, at the nearest point to the place of seizure or elsewhere as may 

 be agreed upon. The nation to which the offending person, vessel or boat belongs alone shall have 

 jurisdiction to prosecute for the violation and to impose penalties.^ ' ^ 



Finally, each Party is made responsible for the proper observance of the Convention and any 

 regulations adopted thereunder in the portion of its waters covered thereby.^ ^ ^ 



^"'/d. Art. Ill (2). 

 ^°^Id., Art. I (1). 

 ^"'W., Art. Ill (1). 



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



Department of State and the Department of the Interior. 



211( 

 212, 



^''convention, Art. IV. 



"M, Art. II (1). 

 ^'^/d. Art. 11(2). 



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