The Fisheries Conventions: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on the Ratification by the United States Government of the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Signed at Washington February 8, 1949 (Executive N) Convention with Mexico for the Establishment of an International Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Tuna, Signed at Mexico City, January 25, 1949 (Executive K) Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tuna Commission, Signed at Washington, May 31, 1949 (Executive P) July 14, 1949 |
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... Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea___ Report of the delegation of the United States to the International Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Conference , held at Washington , D. C. , January 26 through February 8 , 1949 . 9. Prepared statement of ...
... Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea___ Report of the delegation of the United States to the International Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Conference , held at Washington , D. C. , January 26 through February 8 , 1949 . 9. Prepared statement of ...
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... Pacific coast commercial tuna landings- Table 2. Total Pacific coast commercial tuna landings show- ing origin of catch_ 121 122 Table 3. Estimated amounts of live bait used in the skipjack- yellowfin bait fishery , showing origin of ...
... Pacific coast commercial tuna landings- Table 2. Total Pacific coast commercial tuna landings show- ing origin of catch_ 121 122 Table 3. Estimated amounts of live bait used in the skipjack- yellowfin bait fishery , showing origin of ...
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... Pacific . The three conventions , the messages transmitting them to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification , and the final act of the International Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Conference , held in Washington from January 26 ...
... Pacific . The three conventions , the messages transmitting them to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification , and the final act of the International Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Conference , held in Washington from January 26 ...
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... Pacific Ocean , as well as those fishes which are used for bait in the tuna fisheries . The scientific information based upon studies made in the past is not sufficiently extensive to indicate whether or not tuna stocks are now in ...
... Pacific Ocean , as well as those fishes which are used for bait in the tuna fisheries . The scientific information based upon studies made in the past is not sufficiently extensive to indicate whether or not tuna stocks are now in ...
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... Pacific Ocean off the coasts of both countries and elsewhere as may be required , and of the kinds of fishes commonly used as bait in tuna fishing ; and ( b ) concerning the effects of natural factors and human activities on the ...
... Pacific Ocean off the coasts of both countries and elsewhere as may be required , and of the kinds of fishes commonly used as bait in tuna fishing ; and ( b ) concerning the effects of natural factors and human activities on the ...
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Page 34 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof.
Page 69 - In view of the pressing need for conservation and protection of fishery resources, the Government of the United States regards it as prtoper to establish conservation zones in those areas of the high seas contiguous to the coasts of the United States wherein fishing activities have been or in the future may be developed and maintained on a substantial scale.
Page 32 - Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937". SEC. 2. When used in thisAct— (a) Convention: The word "Convention" means the Convention between the United States and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea...
Page 22 - Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I The Contracting Powers, other than China, agree: (1) To respect the sovereignty, the independence, and...
Page 69 - S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the following policy of the United States of America with respect to the natural resources of the subsoil and sea bed of the continental shelf.
Page 5 - In case neither of the high contracting parties should have notified twelve months before the expiration of the said ten years the intention of terminating it, it shall remain binding until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the high contracting parties shall have denounced it. But if when the date fixed for its expiration arrives either ally is actually engaged in war the alliance shall ipso facto continue until peace is concluded.
Page 3 - Commission shall be made only by a unanimous vote. 9. The Commission shall be entitled to adopt and to amend subsequently, as occasion may require, by-laws or rules for the conduct of its meetings. 10. The Commission shall be entitled to employ necessary personnel for the performance of its functions and duties.
Page 33 - ... and to impose penalties for such violations ; and the witnesses and proofs necessary for such prosecutions, so far as such witnesses or proofs are under the control of the other high contracting party, shall be furnished with all reasonable promptitude to the authorities having jurisdiction to conduct the prosecutions. ARTICLE III The high contracting parties agree to continue under this convention the commission as at present constituted and known as the International Fisheries Commission...
Page 12 - XI 1. Each Contracting Government shall pay the expenses of the Commissioners, experts and advisers appointed by it. 2. The Commission shall prepare an annual administrative budget of the proposed necessary administrative expenditures of the Commission and an annual special projects budget of proposed expenditures on special studies and investigations to be undertaken by or on behalf of the Commission pursuant to Article VI or by or on behalf of any Panel pursuant to Article VII. 3. The Commission...
Page 12 - Secretary-General and will take such action as may be necessary to make effective the provisions of such convention.