2. Administrative Organization and Powers 



The Parties agree to establish and maintain the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, 

 consisting of six members, three appointed by the United States and three by Canada.^ ^^ Decisions of 

 the Commission are made by an affirmative vote of at least two of the Commissioners of each Party.^^" 



In the 1937 Protocol of Exchange, the Parties agreed that the Commission shall establish an Advisory 

 Committee composed of five persons from each country who shall be representatives of various branches 

 of the industry. 



The Advisory Committee would be invited to all non-executive meetings of the Commission and given 

 full opportunity to examine and to be heard on all proposed orders, regulations or recommendations. 

 The Protocol was later amended to provide that the Advisory Committee will be composed of six 

 persons from each country. 



The Commission is established with the following functions: 



a. to make a thorough investigation into the natural history of the Fraser River salmon, into hatchery 

 methods, spawning ground conditions and other related matters. ^ ^ ^ 



b. to conduct salmon fish cultural operations in described waters and to that end to improve spawning 

 grounds; construct and maintain hatcheries, rearing ponds and other such facilities as it may determine 

 to be necessary for the propagation of salmon in any of the waters covered by such methods as it may 

 determine to be most advisable. ^ ^ * 



c. to recommend removing or otherwise overcoming obstructions to the ascent of salmon that may now 

 exist or that may from time to time occur, if investigation shows that removal of, or other action to 

 overcome, obstructions is desirable. 



d. to make an annual report on the investigations which it has made and other actions which it has 

 taken to discharge its functions. ^ ^ ' 



e. to limit or prohibit taking salmon in all or any of the Convention waters, which are described, 

 provided that (1) no order limiting or prohibiting taking salmon adopted by the Commission shall be 

 construed to suspend or otherwise affect the requirements of the laws of the State of Washington or of 

 the Dominion of Canada as to the procuring of a license to fish in the waters on their respective sides of 

 the boundary, or in their respective, specified territorial waters, and (3) any order adopted by the 

 Commission limiting or prohibiting taking salmon on certain described high seas shall apply only to 

 nationals and inhabitants and vessels and boats of the United States and Canada. ^ ^ * 



/ to prescribe the size of meshes in all fishing gear and appliances that may be operated during the 

 spring or chinook salmon fishing season in the waters of the United States and/or the Canadian waters 

 covered by the Convention, in order to secure a proper escapement of salmon ^luring that season. ^ ^ ^ 



^^^Convention, Art. II. 



^^"/d, Art. VI. 



^^^/d.. Art. III. 



Ibid. Each party agrees to acquire and place at the disposition of the Commission any land in its territory 

 required for the construction and maintenance of hatcheries, rearing ponds and other facilities. Id., Art. VIII. 



^^^Id, Art. IV. 

 ^^^Id, Art. V. 



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