4. Enforcement 



The Parties agree to enact such legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the Convention's 

 provisions.' ^ ° 



5. Activities 



The Commission has succeeded in effecting a sharp reduction, estimated at more than 80 per cent, in 

 the adult sea lamprey population in Lake Superior.^ ^ ' Not as much progress has been made in Lake 

 Michigan or Lake Huron.^'^ 



The Commission has also coordinated an experiment in the rehabOitation of lake trout stocks in Lake 

 Superior carried out by state, provincial and federal agencies working through the Commission's Lake 

 Trout Rehabilitation Committee. 



D. Agreement Between the United States and Japan on King Crab^ ^ ^ 



Japan insists that king crabs are a high seas fishery resource, and that nationals and vessels of Japan 

 are entitled to continue fishing for king crabs in the eastern Bering Sea. The United States, however, 

 maintains that the king crab is a natural resource of the Continental Shelf over which the coastal State 

 has exclusive jurisdiction, control and rights of exploitation. Nevertheless, because of the historical fact 

 that nationals and vessels of Japan have over a long period of time exploited the king crab resource in 

 the eastern Bering Sea, the Parties agreed, without prejudice to their respective positions, that the 

 Japanese would continue catching the king crab in and near the waters which have been fished 

 historically by Japan, provided that in order to avoid possible overfishing, the Japanese ensured that the 

 annual conmiercial catch of king crabs by the nationals and vessels of Japan for 1965 and 1966 would be 

 equivalent to 185,000 cases respectively of 48 one-half pound cans. 



The two governments agreed to meet before Dec. 31, 1966 to decide upon future arrangements. 

 The International North Pacific Fisheries Commission was asked to intensify its study of the king crab 

 resource in the eastern Bering Sea in order to determine the maximum sustainable yield of the resource. 

 In the meantime, the governments agreed to take certain conservational measures, including the 

 prohibition of taking of certain king crabs and the limitation of fishing gear to pot and tangle net and, in 

 certain waters, to pot alone. 



E. Japanese— United States Fisheries Agreement^ ^^ 



In an exchange of notes signed at Tokyo May 9, 1967, the United States and Japan agreed that Japan 

 would not fish within the 12-mile exclusive fishery zone of the United States, except in certain waters. 

 The two countries also agreed to cooperate in the prevention of conflict of gear in certain areas outside 

 the twelve nule fishing zone. The arrangements are to continue until Dec. 31, 1968, and in some areas, 

 until May 31, 1969. The two governments agreed to meet before Dec. 31, 1968 to decide upon future 

 arrangements. 



^'"Convention, Ait. XI. 



251 



Statement of United States Senate Commerce Committee Staff, Treaties and other International Agreements, 

 supra note 53, at 256. 



25 3 



This Agreement was signed at Washington, Nov. 25, 1964, entered into force, Nov. 25 1964 15 U S T 2076 

 T.I.A.S. No. 5688,533U.N.T.S. 31. ' ^-^■^- ''"'°. 



^'''Exchange of notes at Tokyo, May 9, 1967; entered into force. May 9, 1967, T.I.A.S. No. 6287. 



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