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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... desirable . 11. Each section of the Commission may appoint its own advisors who may attend sessions of the Commission in their advisory capacity when the Commission so determines . Each section may meet separately with advisors from its ...
... desirable . 11. Each section of the Commission may appoint its own advisors who may attend sessions of the Commission in their advisory capacity when the Commission so determines . Each section may meet separately with advisors from its ...
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... desirable , or ( b ) refer the recommendation back to the Panel with comments for its reconsideration . 3. The Panel may , after reconsidering the recommendation returned to it by the Commission , reaffirm that recommendation , with or ...
... desirable , or ( b ) refer the recommendation back to the Panel with comments for its reconsideration . 3. The Panel may , after reconsidering the recommendation returned to it by the Commission , reaffirm that recommendation , with or ...
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... desirable that the Executive Secretary of the Commission should be a biologist . At the same time it is still more important that he should be a man with great administrative and statistical ability . It should also be understood that ...
... desirable that the Executive Secretary of the Commission should be a biologist . At the same time it is still more important that he should be a man with great administrative and statistical ability . It should also be understood that ...
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... desirable . The Commission shall make an annual report to the two Gov- ernments as to the investigations which it has made and other action which it has taken in execution of the provisions of this Article , or of other Articles of this ...
... desirable . The Commission shall make an annual report to the two Gov- ernments as to the investigations which it has made and other action which it has taken in execution of the provisions of this Article , or of other Articles of this ...
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... desirable to have on a working level as few nations represented as possible , working on the individual problems . With that in mind , we split the area into five sub - areas which , so far as we know at the present time , represent ...
... desirable to have on a working level as few nations represented as possible , working on the individual problems . With that in mind , we split the area into five sub - areas which , so far as we know at the present time , represent ...
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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.