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The first fish-traps used in British Columbia were located on 
Boundary Bay, inside of Point Roberts, and on the southern 
shore of Vancouver Island, between Victoria and Otter Point, 
in 1905, and are being successfully operated, a large per- 
centage of the catch being Spring salmon, which is mild salted 
for the German market. The Canadian fish-traps are subject to 
regulations which are strictly observed by the owners, in marked 
contrast with those on Puget Sound, which are worked in season 
and out of season without regard to consequences affecting the 
future of the salmon industry. 
FISHERIES TREATY. 
After negotiations spreading over many years between the 
Governments of Canada and the United States, a Treaty relating 
to the protection, preservation and propagation of the food fishes 
in the waters contiguous to Canada and the United States was 
signed at Washington on April 11th, 1908. Under this Treaty an 
International Fisheries Commission is created, consisting of one 
person named by each Government, with power to “fix and 
determine by uniform and common International regulations, 
restrictions and provisions,” the times, seasons and methods of fish- 
ing in the waters contiguous to Canada and the United States and 
the nets, engines, gear, apparatus and appliances which may he 
used; the protection and preservation of food fishes; an arrange- 
ment for concurrent measures for the propagation of fish; to put 
into operation and enforce the regulations by legislative and 
executive action and provide for appropriate penalties for all 
breaches thereof, with power by either Government to exercise 
jurisdiction “as well over citizens or subjects of either party 
apprehended for violations of the regulations in any of its own 
waters to which said regulations apply, as over its own citizens or 
subjects found within its own jurisdiction who shall have violated 
said regulations within the waters of the other party.” 
The Treaty covers, among other waters specified, “the Strait 
of Juan de Fuca, those parts of Washington Sound, the Gulf of 
Georgia and Puget Sound, lying between the parallels of 48 deg. 
ro min. and 49 deg. 20 min.” The regulations are to remain in force 
for four years after their promulgation, and thereafter for one year 
from the date when either Government shall give notice to the 
other of a desire for their revision, and if such revision be made. 
the revised regulations shall remain in force for another four years, 
and so on in case of further revisions and modifications. 
