F. Agreement Between United States and Soviet Union on Fishing Operations in the Northeastern 

 Pacific Ocean^ ' ^ 



1. Objectives 



By an Agreement of December 14, 1964, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed that fishing 

 operations in the northeast Pacific should be conducted with due consideration to the interest of both 

 Parties; that measures should be taken to prevent damage to the fishing gear used by the fishermen of 

 both countries; and that provision should be made for appropriate contacts between the representatives 

 of both countries on questions related to the conduct of the fisheries.^ ^ * 



2. Substantive Provisions 



In order to reduce incidents of damage to fixed fishing gear, the two countries agreed to: 



a. encourage the use by its officials, fishing industry organizations and fishermen of devices, detectable 

 both day and night, to mark the location of fixed fishing gear. 



b. inform each other of the devices and the manner in which they are used. 



c. promote the exercise of necessary caution on the part of persons responsible for the operation of 

 vessels and gear so as to aid to the maximum extent practicable in timely detection of the vessels and 

 gear of the other Party and prevention of damage thereto.^ ^ ^ 



d. not engage in fishing operations with mobile fishing gear in six described areas adjacent to the Island 

 ofKodiak during the period July to October, inclusive of each year. ^ ^ * 



G. Agreement Between the United States and the Soviet Union on King Crab Fishing on the United 

 States Continental Shelf in the Eastern Bering Sea^^' 



The two goverrmients here agreed: 



1. The king crab is a natural resource of the Continental Shelf over which the coastal State has 

 sovereign rights for the purposes of exploitation and exploration in accordance with the provisions of 

 Article 2 of the Convention on the Continental Shelf. 



2. Nationals and vessels of the Soviet Union may carry out commercial fishing for king crab on the 

 Continental Shelf of the United States for a period of two years in certain areas of the Bering Sea 

 described in an Appendix to the Agreement, provided that the annual commercial catch by the Soviet 

 nationals and vessels in such areas shall not exceed 118,600 cases of 48 one-half pound cans each in 

 1965 and 1966. When the agreement was extended for two years, the Soviet Union's quota was reduced 

 to 100,000 cases. 



3. Each government will apply certain conservation measures to its own nationals and vessels engaged 

 in the king crab fishery in the Eastern Bering Sea. Either goverrmient shall, if requested by the other, 

 provide opportunity for observation of the conduct of the enforcement of the provisions of the 



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This Agreement was signed at Washington, Dec. 14, 1964, entered into force Dec. 14, 1964, 15 U.S.T. 2179, 

 T.I.A.S. No. 5703, 531 U.N.T.S. 213. 



Agreement, Preamble. 



^"/c?., Alt. I. 



Id., Art. IIA, B. Small shrimp craft are authorized to conduct trawling operations in these areas in such a way that 

 they do not interfere with fixed gear in the areas. Art. IIC. 



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This Agreement was signed at Washington, Feb. 5, 1965, entered into force, Feb. 5, 1965, 16 U.S.T. 24, T.I.A.S. 

 No. 5752, 541 U.N.T.S. 97. The Agreement was extended for two years on Feb. 13, 1967, 18 U.S.T. 183, T.I.A.S. No. 

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