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NOT TO BE CITED WlTl\O\IT ntoa REPEUHCE TO THE COMKtSstOll*
International Commission for II the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Serial No. 5017 (B.w. )
ICNAF eom..Doc. 77/Vt/11
ANNUAL HEETING - JUNE 1977
Report of the International Preparatory Confer~nce on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Ottawa, Canada. 14-25 March 1971
CONTENTS
(NOTE: The page numbers referred to are those given at the bottom of the pages)
-Report of the International Preparatory Conference on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries...................................................................... 3
ANNEX 1.
ANNEX 111.
ANNEX IV.
ANNEX V.
ANlIl!X VI.
ANlIl!X VII.
ANNEX VIII.
ANNEX IX.
ANNEX X.
ANNEX XI.
ANNEX XU.
ANNEX XIII.
ANNEX XIV.
List of Participants ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Notes for a Speech by the Secretary of State for External Af£~8 at the opening of the International Conference on the future of NorthWest Atlantic fisheries. on March 14. 1977 ................................................................. ..
Agenda ....................................................................... .
First Draft Convention by Canada ............................................................. .
Statement by the EEC Delegation to the International Preparatory Conference on the future of ICNAl. Ottawa, March l4-2!? .............................................. ..
Synopsis of the Canadian Draft Convention on international cooperation in Northwest Atlantic fisheries ................................................................ .
Opening statement by Mr S. Ohkuchi, Head of Japanese Delegation, before the Preparatory Meeting regarding a Draft Convention on future fiaheries cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic, Ottawa, Canada, March 15, 1977 ••••••••.•••••••
Opening statement by Larry L. Snead, Head of US Delegation, before the Preparatory Meeting regarding a Draft Convention on future fisheries cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic, Ottawa, Canada, Harch 15.1977 ••••••••••••.•••••••••••
Statement by Head of USSR Delegation to the Preparatory Meeting regarding the future of ICND. Harch 15, 1977 .................................................................. .
Statement by the Norwegian Delegate to the Preparatory Meeting regarding the future of leNAF J March 15, 1977 ...................................................... .
~claration du Repr'sentant roumain A la r'union sur I t avenir de l'ICHAF, 1e 15 mars, 1977 .................................................................... .
Statement by the Delegate of the German Democratic Republic to the Preparatory Meeting regarding a Draft Convention on future fisheries cooperation in the Northw"est Atlantic. March 21, 1977 ••••••••••••••••••••• ~'" ••••••••••••••••••••
Statement by the Spanish Delegation to the Preparatory Meeting regarding the future of ICHAF, March 22. 1977 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Statement by the Bulgarian Delegate to the Preparatory Meetins resardiDa the future of leNAP, March 22, 1977 ...................................................... .
* Executive Secretary, ICNAP, P.O. Box 638, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Canada B2Y 3Y9
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ANNEX XV.
ANNEX XVI.
ANNEX XVII.
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Pale Second Revised Draft Convention, March 23, 1977 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~... 35 Report of the Working Group on Transitional Provisions, March 21, 1977........ SS Report of the Working Group on Financial Arrangements, March 22. 1977......... 57
RE
POR
T
OF
TH
E
IdT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L
PRE
PAR
AT
OR
Y
CO
NFE
RE
lIC
E
ON
FU
TU
RE
M
UL
TIL
AT
ER
AL
C
OO
PE
RA
TIO
N
IN
TH
E
NO
RT
HW
EST
A
TL
AN
TIC
FISHERIE~
Ott
awa,
C
anad
a
-1
-1
4
to
25
M
arc
h
19
77
-
2 -
TE
RM
S O
F R
EFE
RE
NC
E
1.
Th
e
Inte
rnati
on
al
Co
mm
issi
on
fo
r th
e
No
rth
west
A
tlan
tic
Fis
heri
es
(IC
NA
F)
at
its
Nin
th S
pecia
l M
eeti
ng
in
D
ecem
ber
1976
ad
op
ted
th
e
foll
ow
ing
re
solu
tio
n:
The
C
om
mis
sio
n
No
tin
g re
cen
t an
d
imp
en
din
g d
ev
elo
pm
en
ts aff
ecti
ng
in
ter
nat~onal
fis
herie
s
in th
e
No
rth
west
A
tlan
tic;
Hav
ing
C
on
sid
ere
d
the
Rep
ort
o
f th
e
Gro
up
o
f E
xp
ert
s
on
th
e F
utu
re o
f th
e In
tern
ati
on
al
Co
mm
issi
on
fo
r th
e
No
rth
west
A
tlan
tic F
ish
eri
es:
Hav
in¥
A
do
pte
d
am
en
dm
en
ts
of
an
in
teri
m n
atu
re to
A
rtic
es
I an
d
VI
of
the
Co
nv
en
tio
n to
p
rov
ide
for
the co
nti
nu
ed
fu
ncti
on
ing
o
f th
e
Co
mm
issi
on
p
en
din
g
furt
her
co
nsid
era
tio
n o
f fu
ture
m
ult
ilate
ral
co
op
era
tio
n
wit
h re
gard
to
th
e fi
sh
ery
re
so
urc
es
of
the
No
rth
west
A
tlan
tic;
Rec
om
men
ds
that
acti
on
b
e
tak
en
as
soo
n as
po
ssib
le
in
the fir
st
half
o
f 1
97
7
to
pu
rsu
e
the
dev
elo
pm
en
t o
f a
fram
ew
ork
fo
r su
ch
fu
ture
co
op
era
tio
n,
inclu
din
g
ap
pro
pri
ate
in
sti
tuti
on
al
arr
an
gem
en
ts.
PA
RT
ICIP
AT
ION
2.
In
pu
rsu
an
ce o
f th
e re
so
luti
on
, th
e
Go
vern
men
t o
f C
an
ad
a
issu
ed
in
vit
ati
on
s to
att
en
d
a p
rep
ara
tory
co
nfe
ren
ce in
O
ttaw
a,
Can
ad
a,
fro
m
14
to
2
5
Marc
h
19
77
. T
he
Co
nfe
ren
ce
was
att
en
ded
b
v d
ele
gate
s
fro
m
all
IC
NA
F
mem
ber
co
un
trie
s,
fro
m
the-E
uro
pean
R
co
no
mic
C
om
mu
nit
y an
d
fro
m
the
USA
as w
ell
as re
pre
sen
tati
ves
of
the
ICN
AF
S
ecreta
ria
t.
A list o
f p
arti
cip
an
ts is
at
An
nex
1
.
at
10
:00
hour~
14
M
arch
1
97
7,
in
the
Co
nfe
ren
ce
Roo
m,
Dep
art
men
t o
f E
xte
rnal
Aff
air
s,
Ott
aw
a.
Th
e te
xt
of
the S
ecre
tary
's ad
dre
ss is
at
An
nex
II.
CO
NFE
RE
NC
E
OF
FIC
ER
S
4.
Th
e C
on
fere
nce ele
cte
d
Dr.
A
.W.H
. N
eed
ler
(Can
ad
a)
Ch
air
man
, w
ith
D
r.
O.
Bo
oss
(F
ed
era
l R
ep
ub
lic
of
Ger
man
y)
an
d
Mr.
A
. V
olk
ov
(U
.S.S
.R.)
as V
ice-C
hair
men
. M
r.
L.R
. D
av
(reN
AF
) w
as
ap
po
inte
d
Rap
po
rteu
r.
-
AG
END
A
5.
Th
e
Co
nfe
ren
ce
ap
pro
ved
th
e
ag
en
da as at
An
nex
III.
CA
NA
DIA
N
DR
AFT
C
ON
VE
NT
ION
6.
Th
e C
hair
man
d
rew
att
en
tio
n to
a
draft
Co
nv
en
tio
n
wh
ich
h
ad
b
een
p
rep
are
d
by
C
an
ad
a
in
an
effo
rt
to
su
gg
est
a fi
rm b
asis
in
tr
eaty
la
w fo
r th
e co
nti
nu
ati
on
o
f m
ult
ilate
ral
co
op
era
tio
n in
N
ort
hw
est
A
tlan
tic fis
herie
s
wit
hin
a
fram
ew
ork
ta
ilo
red
to
th
e
new
re
gim
e o
f ex
ten
ded
co
asta
l sta
te ju
ris
dic
tio
n.
Th
e d
raft
had
b
een
p
rep
are
d
as
a b
asis
fo
r d
iscu
ssio
n
an
d all
d
ele
gate
s
were
in
vit
ed
to
p
arti
cip
ate
fu
lly
in
an
y d
iscu
ssio
ns
on
an
in
form
al
basis
. T
he te
xt
of
the d
raft
Co
nv
en
tio
n
pro
po
sed
b
y
Can
ad
a is
at
An
nex
IV
.
OP
EN
ING
ST
AT
EM
EN
TS
7.
Fo
llo
win
g
a h
alf
-day
ad
jou
rnm
en
t so
th
at
dele
gate
s
mig
ht
stu
dy
th
e
Can
ad
ian
d
raft
Co
nv
en
tio
n,
op
en
ing
sta
tem
en
ts
were
m
ade
by
th
e d
ele
gate
o
f th
e
E.E
.C.
(An
nex
V
) an
d
WEL
CO
ME
by
th
e
Can
ad
ian
d
ele
gate
(A
nn
ex V
I),
wh
o
intr
od
uced
an
d
sum
mari
zed
th
e d
raft
Co
nv
en
tio
n.
In ad
dit
ion
, sta
tem
en
ts
were
m
ade
by
th
e
Jap
an
ese d
ele
gate
(A
nn
ex V
II),
th
e
U.S
. d
ele
gate
(A
nn
ex V
III)
, th
e
U.S
.S.R
. d
ele
gate
(A
nn
ex
IX),
th
e
No
rweg
ian
d
ele
gate
(A
nn
ex
X),
th
e
Ro
man
ian
d
ele
gate
(A
nn
ex
XI)
, an
d th
e d
ele
gate
fr
om
th
e
Ger
man
D
em
ocra
tic
'" 3.
Th
e
Co
nfe
ren
ce
was
form
all
y
op
en
ed
an
d
the re
pre
sen
tati
ves
welc
om
ed
b
y
the S
ecre
tary
o
f S
tate
fo
r E
xte
rnal
Aff
air
s
.. -
3 -
Rep
ub
lic
(An
nex
X
II).
S
tate
men
ts
wh
ere
als
o
mad
e b
y
the
dele
gate
s o
f S
pain
(A
nn
ex
XII
I)
an
d
Bu
lgari
a
(An
nex
X
IV)
foll
ow
ing
th
e
intr
od
ucti
on
of
the
rev
ised
dra
ft.
DE
VE
LO
PME
NT
O
F D
RA
FT
CO
NV
EN
TIO
N
8.
Fo
llo
win
g
a d
eta
iled
d
iscu
ssio
n o
f th
e d
raft
Co
nv
enti
on
p
rop
ose
d
by
Can
ada,
th
e
Can
adia
n d
ele
gati
on
pre
pare
d
two
rev
ised
dra
fts,
tak
ing
in
to a
cco
un
t v
iew
s ex
pre
ssed
by
v
ari
ou
s d
ele
gati
on
s.
(Th
e se
co
nd
re
vis
ion
ap
pears
at
An
nex
X
V).
It
was
ag
reed
th
at
this
d
raft
wo
uld
p
rov
ide
a u
sefu
l b
asis
fo
r fu
rth
er
dis
cu
ssio
n.
It
was
u
nd
ers
too
d,
ho
wev
er,
that
this
p
roced
ure
d
oes
n
ot
inv
olv
e
any
co
mm
itm
ent
by
any
d
ele
gati
on
in
re
spect
to
the
rev
ised
d
raft
or
an
y o
f it
s
su
gg
este
d p
rov
isio
ns.
9.
Majo
r q
uesti
on
s
req
uir
ing
fu
rth
er
stu
dy
an
d d
iscu
ssio
n
inclu
de,
inte
r ali
a:
-th
e d
raft
pro
vis
ion
s
resp
ecti
ng
th
e
fun
cti
on
s,
co
mp
ete
nce
an
d resp
on
sib
ilit
ies o
f th
e
pro
po
sed
F
ish
eri
es
Co
mm
issi
on
(A
rtic
le
IX,
seco
nd
re
vis
ed
d
raft)
;
the d
raft
prO
V1
Slo
ns
resp
ecti
ng
th
e
fin
an
cin
g
of
the
pro
po
sed
n
ew O
rgan
izati
on
(A
nn
ex X
VII
an
d A
rtic
le X
III)
;
-arr
an
gem
en
ts
for
a sm
oo
th tr
an
sit
ion
fr
om
th
e
ICN
AF
reg
ime
t9
the
pro
po
sed
n
ew m
ult
ilate
ral
arr
an
gem
en
ts
(An
ne
x
IIV
I):
-sp
ecie
s
to
be
ex
clu
ded
fr
om
th
e
oro
po
sed
n
ew C
on
ven
tio
n.
FUR
TH
ER
M
EE
TIN
G
10
. T
he
Co
nfe
ren
ce ag
reed
th
at
there
sh
ou
ld
be
a se
co
nd
p
rep
ara
tory
meeti
ng
to
ta
ke p
lace
fro
m
6 to
8
Jun
e
19
77
in
co
nju
ncti
on
w
ith
th
e
27
th A
nn
ual
Ueeti
ng
o
f IC
NA
F
in
Ott
aw
a,
Can
ad
a.
11
. T
he
Co
nfe
ren
ce
ag
reed
to
re
com
men
d th
at
a d
iplo
mati
c
co
nfe
ren
ce
be
co
nv
en
ed
in
O
cto
ber
19
77
to
co
nsid
er
the
ad
op
tio
n o
f a
new
C
on
ven
tio
n
on
fu
ture
m
ult
ilate
ral
co
op
era
tio
n
in th
e
No
rth
west
A
tlan
tic F
ish
eri
es.
Th
e C
on
fere
nce
receiv
ed
w
ith
fa
vo
ur
the
inv
itati
on
o
f th
e
Go
vern
men
t o
f C
an
ad
a
to h
ost
the
Dip
lom
ati
c
Co
nfe
ren
ce
at
Ott
aw
a,
Can
ad
a,
fro
m
11
to
2
1
Octo
ber
19
77
.
-4
-
12
. F
oll
ow
ing
a
su
gg
esti
on
b
y th
e
Ch
air
man
o
f th
e
Inte
rnati
on
al
Co
mm
issi
on
fo
r th
e
No
rth
west
A
tlan
tic F
ish
eri
es,
it
was
ag
reed
th
at
a sp
eC
ial
meeti
ng
o
f th
e Co~ission
mig
ht
be
co
nv
en
ed
, if re
qu
ired
, o
n
21
Octo
ber
19
77
in
co
nju
ncti
on
w
ith
th
e
Dip
lom
ati
c C
on
fere
nce,
for
the
pu
rpo
se o
f en
su
rin
g
a sm
oo
th tr
an
sit
ion
to
th
e p
rop
ose
d
new
m
ult
ila
teral
arr
an
gem
en
ts.
-1
-
LIS
T O
F PA
RT
ICIP
AN
TS
Pre
para
tory
Co
nfe
ren
ce
on
th
e F
utu
re o
f IC
NA
F
Mar
ch
14
-
25
, 1
97
7
(Hea
d o
f D
ele
gati
on
U
nd
erl
ined
)
BU
LGA
RIA
Ko
laro
v,
Pete
r:
Insti
tute
of
Fis
heri
es,
Var
na.
Ned
ele
v,
Ivan
: C
ou
nse
llo
r,
Bu
lgari
an
Em
bas
sy,
325
Ste
wart
S
t.,
Ott
aw
a.
CAN
AD
A
Ap
ple
bau
m,
B.
I.
M.:
S
r.
Po
licy
Ad
vis
er,
In
tern
ati
on
al
Dir
ecto
rate
, D
epar
tmen
t o
f F
ish
eri
es
and
th
e
En
vir
on
men
t.
Bo
lliv
ar,
O
. R
.;
Co
ord
inato
r,
Inte
rnati
on
al
Ag
reem
ents
, F
ish
eri
es
and
Mar
ine
Serv
ice.
Ev
ans,
W
. G
.;
Fis
heri
es O
ffic
er,
S
t.
Jo
hn
's,
New
fou
nd
lan
d.
Leg
au
lt,
L.
Ho;
D
irecto
r-G
en
era
l,
Inte
rnati
on
al
Dir
ecto
rate
, F
Ish
eri
es
and
Mar
ine
Serv
ice.
~ger,
G.
A.;
L
egal
O
pera
tio
ns
Div
isio
n,
Dep
artm
ent
of
Ex
tern
al
Aff
air
s,
Ott
awa.
May
, D
r.
A.
W.:
D
irecto
r-G
en
era
l,
Res
ou
rce
Serv
ices,
F
ish
eri
es
and
M
arin
e S
erv
ice.
Mu
ir,
Barr
y S
.;
Dir
ecto
r,
Res
ou
rce
Bra
nch
, F
ish
eri
es M
anag
emen
t M
ari
tim
es,
H
ali
fax
.
Need
ler,
D
r.
A.
W.
H.;
A
dv
iser,
S
t.
An
dre
ws,
N
ew
Bru
nsw
ick
.
Pars
on
s,
L.
Sco
tt;
Ass
ocia
te D
irecto
r,
Res
ou
rce
Ass
ess
men
t,
Fis
heri
es
and
Mar
ine
Serv
ice.
Ph
illi
ps,
M.
B.;
L
egal
O
pera
tio
ns
Div
isio
n,
Dep
artm
ent
of
Ex
tern
al
Aff
air
s,
Ott
awa.
Ro
bert
s,
R.
R.;
In
tern
ati
on
al
Dir
ecto
rate
, D
epar
tmen
t o
f F
ish
eri
es
and
th
e
En
vir
on
men
t.
Wil
lis,
L.
A.;
L
egal
A
dv
iser,
In
tern
ati
on
al
Dir
ecto
rate
, D
ep
art
m
ent
of
Fis
heri
es
and
th
e
En
vir
on
men
t.
In
-2
-A
'l>1I
'X
I
CU
BA
Alv
are
z,
Feli
pe
R.;
F
irst
Secre
tary
, E
mb
assy
of
Cu
ba,
O
ttaw
a.
Mart
inez
Sam
alea
, M
arth
a J.;
D
irecto
ra Ju
rid
ica,
Min
iste
rio
de
la P
esc
a,
c/o
C
uban
E
mb
assy
, O
ttaw
a.
Mir
and
a,
Olg
a;
Hea
d o
f th
e
Leg
al
Dep
art
men
t,
Min
istr
y o
f F
ore
ign
A
ffair
s,
cub
an
Em
bas
sy,
Ott
aw
a.
Olt
usk
i,
Osa
ki
En
riq
ue;
vic
e M
inis
tro
, M
inis
try
of
Fis
heri
es.
Riv
as,
R
ob
ert
o;
Co
un
sell
or,
E
mb
assy
o
f C
ub
a,
Ott
aw
a.
DEN
MA
RK
**
Lem
che,
E
.;
Ad
vis
er,
M
inis
try
fo
r G
reen
lan
d.
Lo
kk
egaa
rd,
Knu
d;
Hea
d o
f D
ep
art
men
t,
Min
istr
y o
f F
ish
eri
es.
Sv
en
nin
gse
n,
Eri
k W
.;
Co
un
sell
or,
D
anis
h
Em
bas
sy,
Ott
awa.
EUR
OPE
AN
EC
ON
OM
IC
COM
MU
NIT
Y
Bru
ck
ner,
P
ete
r;
Leg
al
Ad
vis
er,
G
en
era
l S
ecre
tari
at
of
the
Co
un
cil
o
f th
e
Eu
rop
ean
C
om
nu
nit
ies,
B
russ
els
.
Fis
ch
er,
R
ob
ert
C.;
L
egal
A
dv
iser,
C
om
mis
sio
n o
f th
e
Eu
rop
ean
C
om
mu
nit
ies,
B
russ
els
.
Ham
ilto
n,
Ch
risti
ne;
Assis
tan
t C
hie
f,
Eco
no
mic
s S
ecti
on
, D
ele
ga
tio
n o
f th
e
Co
mm
issi
on
o
f th
e
Eu
rop
ean
Co
mm
un
itie
s,
Ott
aw
a.
Ko
ers,
A
. W
.;
Leg
al
Ex
pert
, F
ish
eri
es D
ivis
ion
, C
om
mis
sio
n o
f th
e
Eu
rop
ean
C
om
mu
nit
ies,
B
russ
els
.
Ste
in,
Eri
k H
.;
Pri
ncip
al Administrator~
Gen
era
l S
ecre
tari
at
of
the
Co
un
cil
o
f th
e
Eu
rop
ean
C
om
mu
nit
ies,
B
russ
els
.
FRA
NC
E
Her
y,
Dan
iel;
D
irecte
ur
Ad
join
t d
es
Pech
es
Mari
tim
es,
P
ari
s.
Let
aco
nn
ou
x,
Ro
bert
J.
Ho
i D
irecte
ur
Ad
join
t,
Insti
tut
des
Pec
hes
M
ari
tim
es.
GER
MA
N
DEM
OC
RA
TIC
R
EPU
BL
IC
Ran
ke,
W
alt
er;
H
ead
of
Dep
artm
ent
for
Inte
rnati
on
al
Aff
air
s in
F
ish
eri
es,
Ger
man
D
emo
crat
ic
Rep
ub
lic.
-3
-
'" G
ERM
AN
Y,
FED
ERA
L R
EPU
BL
IC
OF
BoO
BS,
D
.;
Bu
nd
esm
inis
teri
um
fu
r E
rnah
run
g,
Lan
dw
irts
ch
aft
u
nd
--
---F
ors
ten
, B
onn.
von
Rom
, D
r.
A.;
F
irst
Secre
tary
, E
mba
ssy
of
the F
ed
era
l R
epu
bli
c o
f G
erm
any
, O
ttaw
a.
ICEL
AN
D
Jon
ass
on
, J.
B.;
H
ead
of
Div
isio
n,
Min
istr
y o
f F
ish
eri
es,
Icela
nd
.
ITA
LY
B!e
fari
S
ch
neid
er,
A
nn
a;
Fir
st
Secre
tary
, E
mb
assy
of
Italy
, O
ttaw
a.
Mo
nac
o-S
org
e,
Gio
rgio
; F
irst
Secre
tary
, C
on
sula
te G
en
era
l o
f It
aly
, M
on
treal.
JAP
AN
lin
o,
Ken
ro;
Sec
on
d S
ecre
tary
, E
mb
assy
of
Jap
an
, O
ttaw
a.
Miz
og
uch
i,
Mic
hio
; D
ep
uty
-Dir
ecto
r G
en
era
l,
Eco
no
mic
A
ffair
s
Bu
reau
, M
inis
try
of
Fo
reig
n A
ffair
s.
Oh
ku
chi,
S
hu
nic
hi;
V
ice
Pre
sid
en
t,
Nip
po
n
Su
isan
Co.
L
td.,
T
ok
yo
.
Sh
ima,
K
azuo
i D
ep
uty
-Dir
ecto
r,
Inte
rnati
on
al
Aff
air
s D
ivis
ion
, F
ish
ery
A
gen
cy,
To
ky
o.
Tak
ah
ash
i,
Fu
mia
ki:
O
ffic
ial
of
Min
istr
y fo
r F
ore
ign
Aff
air
s,
To
ky
o.
NORW
AY
Berg
ese
n,
Fin
n;
Fis
heri
es A
ttach~,
Em
bas
sy o
f N
orw
ay,
Was
hin
gto
n,
D.C
.
Bo
lset,
N
ils;
B
ead
of
Div
isio
n,
Min
istr
y o
f F
ore
ign
Aff
air
s,
Osl
o.
Ras
mu
ssen
, H
all
ste
in;
Dir
ecto
rate
of
Fis
heri
es,
No
rway
.
-4
-
POLA
ND
An
tczak
, E
dw
ard
: R
ep
rese
nta
tiv
e o
f P
oli
sh F
ish
eri
es
in C
anad
a,
Hali
fax
.
Ou
ch,
Z.;
C
on
sul
and
Dep
uty
Tra
de
Co
mm
issi
on
er,
Mo
ntr
eal.
~,
W.;
F
ish
eri
es C
en
tral
Bo
ard
, P
ola
nd
.
Sta
nek
, E
.;
Fis
heri
es
Res
earc
h In
sti
tute
, P
ola
nd
.
POR
TUG
AL
Car
do
so E
stev
es,
Jo
aq
uin
C
arl
os:
D
irecto
r-G
en
era
l o
f F
ish
eri
es
Ad
min
istr
ati
on
, P
ort
ug
al.
ROM
AN
IA
An
ast
ase
scu
, I.
S
.;
Th
ird
Secre
tary
to
th
e
Rom
ania
n E
mb
assy
, O
ttaw
a.
Po
pes
cu,
B.;
R
om
ania
n A
mb
assa
do
r to
Can
ada,
O
ttaw
a.
Sau
lesc
u,
G.;
M
inis
tre-C
on
seil
ler
du
Minist~re
des
Aff
air
es
Etrang~res,
Ott
awa.
~
Lo
pez-J
aco
iste
, Ju
lio
; C
ou
nse
llo
r o
f th
e
Em
bas
sy o
f S
pain
, O
ttaw
a.
Mes
egu
er,
Pesc
a
/ /
Jos~
Lu
is;
Ase
sor
Ju
rid
ico
d
e 1
a D
ireccio
n G
ener
al
de
Mari
tim
a,
Mad
rid
.
UN
ION
O
F SO
VIE
T
SO
CIA
LIS
T
RE
PUB
LIC
S
Ko
val
enk
o,
Ivan
F
.;
Co
un
sell
or
of
the
USS
R
Em
bas
sy,
Ott
awa.
Ku
znet
sov
, A
lex
an
der;
M
inis
try
of
Fis
heri
es,
Mos
cow
.
Ria
zan
tsev
, Y
uri
: V
NIR
O,
Mos
cow
.
Vo
lko
v,
Ale
xei;
S
ov
iet
Fis
heri
es
Rep
rese
nta
tiv
e
in C
anad
a,
Hali
fax
.
UN
ITED
K
ING
DO
M
Bu
rne,
D
r.
A.R
.;
U.K
. C
om
mis
sio
ner
, M
inis
try
o
f A
gri
cu
ltu
re,
Fis
heri
es
and
F
oo
d,
Lo
nd
on
.
" .. ~>
-.I
-5
-
UN
ITE
D
STA
TE
S O
F A
MER
ICA
Dy
kstr
a,
J.J
.;
Po
int
Ju
dit
h
Fis
herm
en
's A
sso
cia
tio
n,
Narr
ag
an
sett
, R
hode
Is
lan
d.
Ed
war
ds,
R
ob
ert
; D
irecto
r,
No
rth
east
F
ish
eri
es C
en
tre.
Woo
ds
Ho
le,
Mas
s.
Hen
nem
uth
, R
ich
ard
; A
ssis
tan
t D
irecto
r,
NE
FC,
Noo
ds
Ho
le,
Mas
s.
Ho
ink
es,
M
ary
E.;
L
egal
A
dv
iser,
D
epar
tmen
t o
f S
tate
.
Po
sZ,
Gar
y S
.; F
irst
Secre
tary
, U
.S.
Em
bas
sy,
Ott
aw
a.
Ry
an,
Ala
n F
.;
Fo
reig
n A
ffair
s O
ffic
er,
O
ffic
e o
f In
tern
ati
on
al
Fis
heri
es,
Nati
on
al
Mar
ine
Fis
heri
es S
erv
ice,
Deo
artm
ent
of
com
mer
ce,
Wash
ing
ton
, D
.C.
-
Sn
ead
, L
arr
y L
.i
Fis
heri
es O
ffic
e,
Dep
artm
ent
of
Sta
te,
----
-Wash
ing
ton
, D
.C.
Su
lliv
an
Wil
liam
L
.;
Dir
ecto
r,
Off
ice o
f M
arin
e S
cie
nce
and
T
ech
no
log
y A
ffair
s,
Dep
artm
ent
of
Sta
te,
Was
hin
gto
n.
ICN
AF
Day
, L
ewis
R
.;
Ex
ecu
tiv
e S
ecre
tary
.
Ho
dd
er,
V.M
.i
Assis
tan
t E
xecu
tiv
e S
ecre
tary
.
CO
NFE
REN
CE
SEC
RE
TA
RIA
T
Balc
om
,Patt
ie
; In
tern
ati
on
al
Dir
ecto
rate
, F
ish
eri
es
and
M
arin
e S
erv
ice,
Ott
aw
a,
On
tari
o.
Bro
wn,
P
at;
L
eg
al
Op
era
tio
ns
Div
isio
n,
Dep
artm
ent
of
F.x
tern
al
Aff
air
s,
Ott
aw
a,
On
tari
o.
Ch
ish
olm
, D
ale
; L
eg
al
Op
era
tio
ns
Div
isio
n,
Dep
artm
ent
of
Ex
tern
al
Aff
air
s,
Ott
aw
a,
On
tari
o.
Peth
ick
, D
ian
a;
Ex
ecu
tiv
e A
ssis
tan
t to
th
e
Dir
ecto
r-G
en
era
l,
Inte
rnati
on
al
Dir
ecto
rate
, F
ish
eri
es
and
M
arin
e S
ervic
e,
Ott
aw
a,
On
tari
o.
-6
-
** A
dd
itio
nal
Dan
ish
D
ele
qate
s
Dju
rhu
us,
Jo
han
: D
irecto
r,
Faro
e
Isla
nd
S,
Den
mar
k.
Rein
ert
, P
ete
r;
Faro
e Is
lan
ds,
Den
mar
k.
Mar
ch
21
, 1
97
7
'" -
1-
NOTE
S FO
R A
SPE
ECH
BY
THE
SECR
ETAR
Y OF
STA
TE
FOR
EXTE
RNAL
A
FFA
IRS
AT T
HE
OPE
NIN
G
OF
THE
INTE
RNA
TIO
NA
L CO
NFER
ENCE
ON
TH
E FU
TURE
OF
NO
RTHW
EST
ATL
AN
TIC
FISH
ER
IES,
ON
M
ARCH
14,
197
7
Dur
ing
thes
e p
ast
cold
win
ter
mon
ths,
I
have
be
en
read
ing
rep
ort
s ab
ou
t fi
sheri
es
neg
oti
ati
on
s h
eld
in
su
ch
sunn
y sp
ots
as
th
e C
anar
y
Isla
nd
s an
d L
os
An
gel
es.
Bea
rin
g
that
in m
ind,
I
am
a li
ttle
co
nce
rned
ab
ou
t an
y p
rom
ises
m
ade
to en
tice
you
to O
ttaw
a w
hil
e th
e
snow
is
sti
ll m
elt
ing
. Y
ou
are
ver
y w
elco
me
in a
ny c
ase
, an
d I
hope
yo
u w
ill
enjo
y
yo
ur
vis
it. B
oth
as
Secre
tary
of
Sta
te
for
Ex
tern
al A
ffair
s an
d as
a
Min
iste
r fr
om
New
foun
dlan
d re
spo
nsi
ble
to
fi
sher
men
, I
con
sid
er
the
wor
k yo
u are
beg
inn
ing
to
day
to
be
of
the
utm
ost
im
po
rtan
ce.
A n
ew
cou
rse
is
to b
e ch
art
ed
h
ere
whi
ch w
ill
have
fa
r-re
ach
ing
eff
ects
in
fu
ture
mu
ltil
ate
ral
coo
per
atio
n
in
the
field
o
f fi
sheri
es.
O
ver
the p
ast
y
ear,
ag
reem
ents
ha
ve
emer
ged
wh
ich
, to
a
sig
nif
ican
t d
egre
e,
mak
e cle
ar
the
patt
ern
fo
r fu
ture
b
ilate
ral
fish
ery
re
lati
on
s,
bas
ed
on
the
20D
-mil
e zo
ne
con
cep
t w
hich
has
d
evel
op
ed w
ith
in
the
Law
o
f th
e S
ea
Co
nfe
ren
ce.
Wha
t is
le
ss cle
ar,
h
ow
ever
, is
w
hat
new
fo
rms
mu
ltil
ate
ral
fish
eri
es
coo
per
atio
n w
ill
tak
e no
w
that
the
200-
mil
e zo
ne
has
b
een
ad
op
ted
wid
ely
.
The
D
ecem
ber
mee
tin
g o
f th
e
Inte
rnat
ion
al
Com
rni s
s io
n
for
the
No
rth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
Fis
heri
es
(rC
NA
F)
too
k
an h
isto
ric
step
whe
n it
v
ote
d
to
acce
pt
an
amen
dmen
t to
th
e C
on
ven
tio
n
that
restr
icts
th
e C
om
mis
sio
n's
m
anag
emen
t au
tho
rity
to
th
e ar
ea
beyo
nd
nati
on
al
fish
eri
es
lim
its.
A
sec
on
d a
men
dmen
t als
o
pro
vid
ed
for
the C
omm
issi
on
to o
ffer
scie
nti
fic
adv
ice
to co
ast
al
state
s up
on th
eir
re
qu
est
. T
hese
in
teri
m m
easu
res
wer
e,
in
the C
anad
ian
vie
w,
ess
en
tial
firs
t st
ep
s.
The
ta
sk
bef
ore
yo
u no
w
is
to
con
du
ct
a m
ore
com
pre
hen
siv
e ex
amin
atio
n
of
futu
re m
ult
ilate
ral
coo
per
atio
n w
ith
re
gar
d
to
the N
ort
hw
est
Atl
an
tic
fish
eri
es,
b
uil
din
g n
ot
on
ly o
n th
e ne
w
juri
sdic
tio
nal
reali
ties
bu
t on
ne
w
app
roac
hes
an
d ne
w
rela
tio
nsh
ips
that
tak
e in
to
acco
un
t: th
e fa
ct
that
in
the N
ort
hw
est
Atl
an
tic
there
are
fi
sh
sto
cks
outsid~
200
mil
es,
be
yond
co
ast
al
sta
te
juri
sdic
tio
n b
ut
lin
ked
in
co
nse
rvati
on
te
rms
and
in
fish
in
g t
erm
s w
ith
th
e in
tere
sts
of
the
co
ast
al
sta
te;
the
fact
that
mu
ltil
ate
ral
fish
eri
es
arr
an
ge
men
ts
in
the N
ort
hw
est
Atl
an
tic w
ill
he
base
ll
-2
-A
NN
EX II
no
t on
an
org
an
izati
on
mad
e up
p
rim
ari
ly o
f co
ast
al
state
s w
ith
in
terl
ink
ed
m
anag
emen
t p
rob
lem
s w
ith
in th
eir
zo
nes
, b
ut
rath
er
on
an
org
an
izati
on
whi
ch
seek
s to
d
evel
op
use
ful
coo
per
atio
n b
etw
een
th
e
few
co
ast
al
sta
te
man
ager
s an
d th
e m
any
nati
on
s w
ith
tr
ad
itio
nal
fish
ing
p
racti
ces
bo
th w
ith
in
and
beyo
nd
200
mil
es;
the
fact
that
eff
ecti
ve c
oo
pera
tio
n
in
the
No
rth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
fish
eri
es
wil
l in
ev
itab
ly
req
uir
e b
oth
mu
ltil
ate
ral
coo
per
atio
n
and
bil
ate
ral
co
op
era
tio
n,
and
that
the
two
are
in
terl
ink
ed
.
Th
is
con
fere
nce
is
b
ein
g h
eld
o
uts
ide
the
form
al
fram
ewor
k o
f IC
NA
F,
bu
t it
has
co
me
abo
ut
mai
nly
bec
ause
o
f th
e sp
irit
o
f co
op
erat
ion
whi
ch h
as
bee
n d
isp
lay
ed
w
ith
in
the
Com
mis
sion
. IC
NA
F,
wit
h a
ll it
s w
eak
nes
ses,
w
as
pro
bab
ly m
ore
success
ful
than
an
y o
ther
mu
ltil
ate
ral
fish
eri
es
com
mis
sio
n.
and
the
less
on
s it
h
as
tau
gh
t u
s m
ust
n
ot
be
forg
ott
en
. A
mon
g it
s a
chie
vem
ents
, IC
NA
F p
erfo
rmed
a
vit
al
serv
ice
in
scie
nti
fic
rese
arc
h,
and
it
wou
ld b
e w
ise
to
ensu
re th
at
the
hig
h le
vel
of
coo
per
atio
n
in
scie
nce w
ith
in
ICN
AF
is
no
t lo
st.
The
ne
w
arra
ng
emen
ts
you
neg
oti
ate
may
o
f n
ecess
ity
lo
ok
so
mew
hat
dif
fere
nt
from
th
ose
now
in
pla
ce.
It
seem
s n
ecess
ary
th
at
new
m
echa
nism
s b
e est
ab
lish
ed
to
p
rov
ide
for
scie
nti
fic
coo
per
atio
n b
oth-
wit
hin
20
0 m
iles,
an
d fo
r th
e m
anag
emen
t o
f fi
sh
sto
cks
beyo
nd
the
20
0-m
ile
lim
it.
For
C
anad
a,
it is
als
o v
ital
to
ensu
re
that
the
new
ar
ran
gem
ents
ta
ke
into
acc
ou
nt
the sp
ecia
l in
tere
st o
f th
e
co
ast
al
sta
te
in are
as
ou
tsid
e
bu
t ad
jacen
t to
it
s
zon
e,
and
in p
art
icu
lar
to
ensu
re
that
man
agem
ent
mea
sure
s fo
r st
ock
s o
uts
ide
200
mil
es
are
co
nsi
sten
t w
ith
th
ose
ta
ken
by
the co
ast
al
sta
te
wit
hin
20
0 m
iles.
.
In
co
nclu
sio
n,
I do
n
ot
beli
ev
e th
at
nati
on
al
man
age
men
t is
in
com
pat
ible
wit
h
inte
rnati
on
al
co
op
era
tio
n.
Co
asta
l st
ate
s no
w
hav
e th
e o
pp
ort
un
ity
to
man
age
the
liv
ing
re
sou
rces
of
their
ne
w
zon
es,
bu
t if
th
is
man
agem
ent
is
to b
e eff
ecti
ve,
it w
ill
be
ess
en
tial
to m
ain
tain
v
ario
us
form
s o
f in
tern
ati
on
al
coo
per
atio
n
and
to
dev
elo
p n
ew
on
es.
I w
ish
you
ev
ery
su
cces
s in
th
e c
omin
g w
eek
s.
-30
-
'"
PRE
PAR
AT
OR
Y
ME
ET
ING
O
N
TH
E
FU
TU
RE
O
F
ICN
AF
OT
TA
WA
, M
AR
CH
1
4-2
5,
19
77
PR
OP
OS
ED
A
GE
ND
A.
1.
Fo
rmal
op
en
ing
by
the S
ecre
tary
o
f S
tate
fo
r E
xte
rnal
Aff
air
s
on
Mon
day,
M
arch
14
at
10
:00
a.
m.
in
the
Co
nfe
ren
ce
Roo
m,
Dep
artm
ent
of
Ex
tern
al
Aff
air
s,
Lest
er
B.
Pears
on
Bu
ild
ing
,
Su
ssex
Dri
ve.
2.
Ele
cti
on
o
f C
hai
rman
an
d
Vic
e
Ch
air
man
J.
Ap
pro
val
of
Ag
end
a
4.
Pro
ced
ure
s an
d
arr
an
gem
en
ts
5.
Qu
est
ion
o
f p
art
icip
ati
on
in
th
e
mee
tin
g
6.
Op
enin
g
state
men
ts
7.
Dev
elo
pm
en
t o
f a
dra
ft C
on
ven
tio
n
for
mu
ltil
ate
ral
co
op
era
tio
n w
ith
re
gard
to
N
ort
hw
est
Atl
an
tic F
ish
eri
es
8.
Arr
ang
emen
ts
for
Dip
lom
ati
c
Co
nfe
ren
ce to
ad
op
t ne
w
co
nv
en
tio
n
9.
Ad
jou
rnm
ent
No
te:
The
fo
rmal
o
pen
ing
of
the M
eeti
ng
w
ill
be
op
en
to
the
pre
ss
and
p
ub
lic.
All
o
ther
sess
ion
s w
ill
be
held
in
pri
vate
.
AN
NE
X III
,
.... o Fir
st D
raft
Con
vent
ion
by C
anad
a
-1
-
The
Gov
ernm
ents
who
se d
uly
auth
oriz
ed r
epre
sent
ativ
es h
ave
subs
crib
ed h
eret
o.
NOTI
NG t
hat
the
coas
tal
stat
es o
f th
e N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
have
exte
nded
the
ir j
uris
dict
ion
over
the
liv
ing
reso
urce
s of
th
eir
adja
cent
wat
ers
purs
uant
to
and
in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith
re
leva
nt
pri
nci
ple
s o
f in
tern
atio
nal
law
. an
d ex
erci
se i
n th
ose
wat
ers
sove
reig
n ri
ghts
fo
r th
e pu
rpos
e of
exp
lo-
ring
and
exp
loit
ing,
con
serv
ing
and
man
agin
g th
ese
reso
urce
s;
DESI
RING
to
prom
ote
the
cons
erva
tion
and
optim
um u
tili
zati
on o
f
the
livi
ng m
arin
e re
sour
ces
of t
he N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
area
wit
hin
a
fram
ewor
k ap
prop
riat
e to
the
reg
ime
of e
xten
ded
coas
tal
stat
e ju
risd
icti
on
.
Hav
e ag
reed
as
foll
ows:
Art
icle
1.
Exce
pt w
here
oth
erw
ise
prov
ided
. th
e ar
ea t
o w
hich
th
is
Con
vent
ion
ap
pli
es,
her
ein
afte
r re
ferr
ed t
o as
th
e "C
onve
ntio
n A
rea
u,
'hal
l be
the
wat
ers
of t
he N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
Oce
an n
orth
of
350 0
0'
nort
h
lati
tude
and
wes
t of
420
00'
wes
t lo
ngit
ude.
and
th
e w
ater
s of
the
G
ulf
of
St.
Law
renc
e.
Dav
is S
trai
t an
d B
affi
n Ba
y.
2.
The
Con
vent
ion
Are
a sh
all
be d
ivid
ed i
nto
Suba
reas
and
Div
isio
ns o
f Su
bare
as.
the
boun
dari
es o
f w
hich
sha
ll
be t
hose
def
ined
in A
nnex
I
to t
his
Con
vent
ion.
3.
In
this
Con
ven
tion
,
II c
oast
al
stat
el!
mea
ns
a C
ontr
acti
ng
Par
ty e
xerc
isin
g
fish
erie
s ju
risd
icti
on i
n w
ater
s fo
rmin
g pa
rt o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n A
rea;
-2
-A
NN
EX
IV
Res
tric
ted
to u
se o
f pa
rtic
ipan
ts a
t P
repa
rato
ry C
onfe
renc
e. O
ttaw
a.
14-2
5 M
arch
NO
T FO
R PU
BLIC
ATIO
N
"fi
sher
y" o
r II
fish
erie
sll
does
n
ot i
ncl
ud
e an
y fi
sher
y fo
r
sede
ntar
y sp
ecie
s. t
hat
is t
o sa
y. o
rgan
ism
s w
hich
. at
the
har
vest
able
stag
e, e
ith
er a
re
imm
obile
on
or u
nder
the
sea
bed
or a
re
unab
le
to m
ove
exce
pt i
n co
nsta
nt p
hysi
cal
cont
act
with
the
sea
bed
or t
he s
ubso
il;
and
"Reg
ulat
ory
Are
all
m
eans
th
at
par
t o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n A
rea
whi
ch
lies
bey
ond
nati
onal
fi
sher
y li
mit
s.
4.
Not
hing
in
this
Con
vent
ion
shal
l be
dee
med
to
affe
ct o
r
prej
udic
e th
e po
Sitio
ns o
r cl
aim
s of
any
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty i
n re
gard
to
inte
rnal
w
ater
s,
the
terr
itor
ial
sea,
or
the
lim
its
or e
xten
t o
f m
ariti
me
juri
sdic
tion
.
Art
icle
II
1.
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
sha
ll e
stab
lish
and
mai
ntai
n an
Org
aniz
atio
n w
hose
ob
ject
sh
all
be
to
cont
ribu
te t
hrou
gh
inte
rnat
iona
l
con
sult
atio
n a
nd c
oope
rati
on t
o th
e op
timum
uti
liza
tion
and
ra
tion
al
man
agem
ent
and
cons
erva
tion
of
the
livi
ng
reso
urce
s of
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a.
Thi
s O
rgan
izat
ion
shal
l be
kno
wn a
s th
e N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
Fis
heri
es
Con
sult
ativ
e O
rgan
izat
ion,
her
ein
afte
r re
ferr
ed t
o as
th
e "O
rgan
izat
ionl
l t
and
shal
l ca
rry
out
the
func
tions
set
for
th
in t
his
Con
vent
ion.
2.
The
Org
aniz
atio
n sh
all
cons
ist
of:
(a)
a S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il.
(b)
a F
ish
erie
s C
onse
rvat
ion
Com
miss
ion,
(c)
a G
ener
al
Cou
ncil.
and
(d)
a S
ecre
tari
at.
-3
-
3.
The
Org
aniz
atio
n sh
all
enjo
y in
the
ter
rito
ries
of
the
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
suc
h le
gal
pers
onal
ity
and
capa
city
as
may
be
agre
ed
betw
een
the
Org
aniz
atio
n an
d th
e C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
con
cern
ed.
Art
icle
III
1.
The
func
tion
s of
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l be
:
(a)
to p
rovi
de m
achi
nery
for
coo
pera
tion
and
con
sult
atio
n
amon
g th
e C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es w
ith
resp
ect
to t
he s
tudy
.
appr
aisa
l an
d ex
chan
ge o
f sc
ien
tifi
c in
form
atio
n an
d
opin
ion
rela
tin
g t
o th
e fi
sher
ies
of t
he C
onve
ntio
n A
rea;
(b)
to p
rovi
de s
cien
tifi
c ad
vice
to
coas
tal
stat
es.
whe
re
requ
este
d to
do
so
purs
uant
to
Art
icle
IV
. w
ith
resp
ect
to t
he m
anag
emen
t o
f fi
sher
ies
unde
r th
eir
juri
sdic
tio
n
wit
hin
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a; a
nd
(c)
to p
rovi
de s
cien
tifi
c ad
vice
to
the
Fis
heri
es C
onse
rvat
ion
Com
miss
ion
with
re
spec
t to
the
man
agem
ent
of f
ishe
ries
wit
hin
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a.
2.
In o
rder
to
carr
y ou
t th
e fu
ncti
ons
desc
ribe
d in
pa
ragr
aph
1.
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l
(a)
com
pile
and
mai
ntai
n st
atis
tics
and
re
cord
s pe
rtai
ning
to
the
fish
erie
s o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n A
rea;
an
d
(b)
enco
urag
e an
d pr
omot
e co
oper
atio
n am
ong
the
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
in
scie
nti
fic
rese
arch
des
igne
d to
fil
l ga
ps
in
know
ledg
e pe
rtai
ning
to
the
fish
erie
s of
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a.
-4
-
4.
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
sha
ll
furn
ish
to t
he S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il
any
avai
labl
e st
atis
tica
l an
d sc
ien
tifi
c in
form
atio
n pe
rtai
ning
to
the
Reg
ulat
e
Are
a re
ques
ted
by t
he C
ounc
il fo
r th
e pu
rpos
es o
f th
is A
rtic
le.
5.
Each
co
asta
l st
ate
shal
l fu
rnis
h to
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
any
avai
labl
e st
atis
tica
l an
d sc
ien
tifi
c in
form
atio
n pe
rtai
ning
to
wat
ers
unde
r
its
fish
erie
s ju
risd
icti
on
wit
hin
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a re
ques
ted
by t
he C
ounc
il
for
the
purp
oses
of
this
Art
icle
.
6.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
may
pub
lish
or
diss
emin
ate
repo
rts.
info
rmat
ion
and
mat
eria
ls p
erta
inin
g to
the
fis
heri
es o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n A
rea.
7.
The
func
tion
' de
scri
bed
in t
his
Art
icle
may
. w
here
appr
opri
ate.
be
carr
ied
out
1n c
oope
rati
on w
ith o
ther
pub
lic o
r pr
ivat
e
orga
niza
tion
s ha
ving
rel
ated
obj
ecti
ves.
B.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
may
est
abli
sh s
uch
Com
mitt
ees
and
Sub-
Com
mitt
ees
as it
con
side
rs d
esir
able
for
the
exe
rcis
e of
its
dut
ies
and
func
tion
s.
Art
icle
IV
1.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
may
con
side
r. a
t th
e re
ques
t of
a co
asta
l st
ate.
any
que
stio
n pe
rtai
ning
to
the
scie
nti
fic
basi
s fo
r
the
man
agem
ent.
cons
erva
tion
or
uti
liZ
ltio
n o
f fi
sher
ies
in w
ater
s un
der
the
fish
erie
s ju
risd
icti
on
of
that
coa
stal
st
ate
wit
hin
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a.
2.
The
appr
opri
ate
coas
tal
stat
e sh
all.
in
cons
ulta
tion
with
th
e
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
.sp
ecif
y te
rms
of r
efer
ence
for
the
con
side
rati
on
of
any
ques
tion
ref
erre
d to
the
CO
unci
l pu
rsua
nt t
o pa
ragr
aph
1.
The
se t
erm
s o
f re
fere
nce
shal
l in
clud
e. a
long
with
any
oth
er m
atte
rs
3.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty s
hall
be
a m
embe
r of
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil.
de
emed
app
ropr
iate
. su
ch o
f th
e fo
llow
ing
as a
re a
ppli
cabl
e:
... ...
.... '"
-5
-
(a)
a st
atem
ent
of t
he q
uest
ion
refe
rred
, in
clud
ing
a de
scri
ptio
n of
the
fis
heri
es a
nd a
reas
to
be
cons
ider
ed.
(b)
whe
re s
cien
tifi
c es
tim
ates
or
pred
icti
ons
are
soug
ht.
I d
escr
ipti
on o
f an
y re
leva
nt
fact
ors
or a
ssum
ptio
ns t
o be
tak
en
into
acc
ount
, an
d
(c)
whe
re
reco
mm
enda
tions
on
man
agem
ent
pol
icie
s or
regu
lati
ons
are
soug
ht,
a de
scri
ptio
n of
any
appl
icab
le o
bjec
tive
s th
e co
asta
l st
ate
is s
eeki
ng
to a
ttai
n a
nd a
n in
dica
tion
of
whe
ther
spe
cifi
c
reco
mm
enda
tions
or
a ra
nge
of o
ptio
ns s
houl
d be
pr
ovid
ed.
Art
icle
V
1.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Part
y sh
all
have
one
vot
e in
all
proc
eedi
ngs
of t
he S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il, e
xcep
t th
at n
o vo
te s
hall
be
take
n w
ith r
espe
ct t
o an
y ad
vice
to
be p
rovi
ded
to a
coa
stal
st
ate
purs
uant
to
Art
icle
IV
.
2.
Dec
isio
ns o
f th
e S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il sh
all
be
take
n by
a
maj
ority
of
the
vote
s of
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
pre
sent
and
vot
ing.
3.
The
dele
gate
s of
eac
h C
ontr
actin
g Pa
rty
to a
ny m
eetin
g
of t
he S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il m
ay b
e ac
com
pani
ed b
y al
tern
ates
, ex
pert
s an
d
advi
sers
.
4.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l se
lect
a C
hairm
an a
nd a
Vic
e-C
hairm
an,
each
of
whom
sha
ll
serv
e fo
r a
term
of
thre
e ye
ars
and
shal
l be
eli
g;b
le f
or r
e-el
ecti
on b
ut n
ot t
o a
succ
eed;
ng t
erm
. Th
e
Cha
irman
an
d V
ice-
Cha
irman
mus
t be
rep
rese
ntat
ives
of
diff
eren
t Co
n
trac
t;ng
Par
ties
.
-6
-
5 •. An
y m
eetin
g o
f th
e S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il, o
ther
tha
n th
e
annu
al
mee
ting
conv
ened
pur
suan
t to
Art
icle
VII
, m
oy
be c
alle
d by
the
Cha
irman
at
such
tim
e an
d pl
ace
as h
e m
oy d
eter
min
e, u
pon
the
requ
est
of a
coa
stal
sta
te o
r of
any
oth
er C
ontr
actin
g P
arty
with
th
e co
ncur
renc
e
of
a co
asta
l st
ate.
6.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l pr
epar
e fo
r th
e C
ontr
actin
g
Par
ties
an
annu
al
repo
rt o
f it
s ac
tiv
itie
s.
7.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l ad
opt,
and
amen
d as
occ
asio
n
may
req
uire
, by
-law
s fo
r th
e co
nduc
t of
its
mee
tings
and
for
the
exe
rcis
e
of i
ts f
unct
ions
. It
moy
als
o ad
opt
and
amen
d su
ch b
y-la
ws
for
any
Com
mitt
ee
or S
ub-C
omm
ittee
est
abli
shed
und
er p
arag
raph
7 o
f A
rtic
le I
II o
r au
thor
ize
any
such
Com
mitt
ee o
r Su
b-C
omm
ittee
to
adop
t an
d am
end
its
own
by-l
aws.
Art
icle
VI
1.
The
Fis
her
ies
Con
serv
atio
n C
omm
issi
on,
(her
ein
afte
r
refe
rred
to
as
the
"Con
miss
1on
ll).
shal
l be
re
spon
sib
le f
or t
he c
onse
rvat
ion
and
man
agem
ent
of
the
fish
erie
s o
f th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
the
prov
isio
ns o
f th
is A
rtic
le.
2.
The
mem
bers
hip
of t
he C
omm
issio
n sh
all
cons
ist
of
(a)
each
C
ontr
actin
g Pa
rty
who
se
vess
els
part
icip
ate
in
the
fish
erie
s of
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a,
and
(b)
each
coa
stal
st
ate
exer
cisi
ng f
ishe
ries
jur
isdi
ctio
n
in a
n ar
ea a
djoi
ning
any
por
tion
of
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a in
whi
ch
fish
erie
s ar
e co
nduc
ted,
whe
re
that
stat
e ha
s el
ecte
d to
bec
ome
a m
embe
r of
the
Com
miss
ion.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
annu
ally
rev
iew
and
det
erm
;ne
the
mem
bers
hip
of
-7
-
the
Com
miss
ion
on t
he b
asis
of
this
par
agra
ph.
Any
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty t
hat
is n
ot a
Com
mris
sion
mem
ber
may
att
end
mee
tings
of
the
Com
miss
ion
as
an
obse
rver
.
3.
The
prov
isio
ns o
f A
rtic
le V
appl
y w
ith
resp
ect
to t
he
Com
miss
ion,
with
suc
h m
odif
icat
ions
as
the
circ
umst
ance
s m
ay r
equi
re,
exce
pt t
hat
each
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
shal
l be
rep
rese
nted
by
up t
o th
ree
Com
mis
sion
ers,
who
moy
be
acco
mpa
nied
by
expe
rts
and
advi
sers
. Th
e vo
te
of e
ach
Con
trac
ting
Part
y m
ay b
e ca
st b
y an
yone
of
its
Com
mis
sion
ers.
4.
The
Com
miss
ion
moy
adop
t pr
opos
als
for
join
t ac
tion
by
the
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
de
sign
ed t
o ac
hiev
e th
e op
timum
uti
liza
tion
of
the
fish
erie
s o
f th
e Regulato~ A
rea.
In
con
side
ring
suc
h pr
opos
als,
th
e
Com
miss
ion
shaT
l ta
ke i
nto
acco
unt
any
rele
vant
adv
ice
prov
ided
to
it b
y
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil.
5.
Any
prop
osal
th
at a
ppli
es t
o a
stoc
k or
gro
up o
f st
ocks
whi
ch o
ccur
s bo
th w
ithi
n th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea
and
with
in a
n ar
ea
unde
r th
e
fish
erie
s ju
risd
icti
on o
f a
coas
tal
stat
e, a
nd a
ny p
ropo
sal
that
wou
ld,
beca
use
of
spec
ies
inte
rrel
atio
nsh
ips,
hav
e an
eff
ect
on a
ny s
tock
or
grou
p
of
stoc
ks w
hich
occ
urs
in w
hole
or
in p
art
wit
hin
an
area
und
er t
he
fish
erie
s
juri
sdic
tion
of
a co
asta
l st
ate,
sha
ll
be c
onsi
sten
t w
ith a
ny
rela
ted
mea
sure
s
take
n or
pro
pose
d by
tha
t co
asta
l st
ate
wit
hin
the
area
und
er i
ts f
ishe
ries
juri
sdic
tion
. Ea
ch c
oast
al s
tate
sha
ll
keep
the
Com
miss
ion
info
rmed
of
any
such
mea
sure
s or
pro
pose
d m
easu
res.
6.
Prop
osal
s ad
opte
d by
the
Com
miss
ion
for
the
allo
cati
on o
f
catc
hes
in t
he R
egul
ator
y A
rea
shal
l ta
ke i
nto
acco
unt
the
spec
ial
inte
rest
of t
he c
oast
al
stat
e ex
erci
sing
fis
heri
es
juri
sdic
tion
in
the
area
adj
acen
t
to t
he p
orti
on o
f th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea
to w
hich
the
pro
posa
l ap
plie
s, a
nd
the
need
s of
its
coa
stal
co
mm
uniti
es.
"' w
-8
-
7.
The
Com
miss
ion
moy
also
ado
pt p
ropo
sals
for
the
am
endm
ent
of t
he s
chem
e of
jo
int
inte
rnat
iona
l en
forc
emen
t an
d ot
her
regu
lato
ry
mea
sure
s se
t ou
t in
Ann
ex I
I to
thi
s C
onve
ntio
n.
8.
Each
pro
posa
l ad
opte
d by
the
Com
miss
ion
shal
l be
tra
ns
mit
ted
to t
he D
epos
itary
Gov
ernm
ent.
The
Dep
osita
ry G
over
nmen
t sh
all
tran
smit
the
pro
posa
l to
the
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
for
thei
r co
nsid
erat
ion
and
moy
mak
e su
ch s
ugge
stio
ns a
s w
ill
faci
lita
te a
ccep
tanc
e of
the
prop
osal
.
9.
(a)
Each
pro
posa
l ad
opte
d by
the
Com
miss
ion
unde
r th
is
Art
icle
sha
ll b
ecom
e ef
fect
ive
for
all
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
from
a d
ate
to b
e de
tern
rined
by
the
Com
mis
sion
, w
hich
sha
ll
not
be b
efor
e th
e tim
e
for
pres
enti
ng o
bjec
tion
s un
der
this
Art
icle
has
ela
psed
.
(b)
If a
ny C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r pr
esen
ts t
o th
e D
epos
itary
Gov
ernm
ent
an o
bjec
tion
to
a pr
opos
al
wit
hin
sixt
y da
ys o
f th
e da
te o
n
the
noti
fica
tion
of
the
prop
osal
by
the
Dep
osita
ry G
over
nmen
t, th
e pr
opos
al
shal
l no
t be
com
e ef
fect
ive
for
any
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
unti
l th
e ex
pira
tion
of f
orty
day
s fo
llow
ing
the
date
oJ
the
tran
smit
tal
to t
he C
omm
issio
n
mem
bers
of a
not
ice
of t
hat
obje
ctio
n.
Ther
eupo
n an
y ot
her
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
may
sim
ilar
ly o
bjec
t pr
ior
to t
he e
xpir
atio
n of
the
add
itio
nal
fort
y
day
peri
od,
or w
ithin
th
irty
day
s af
ter
the
date
of
the
tran
smit
tal
to
the
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
of a
not
ice
of a
ny o
bjec
tion
pre
sent
ed w
ithin
tha
t
addi
tion
al
fort
y da
y pe
riod
, w
hich
ever
sha
ll b
e th
e la
ter.
Th
e pr
opos
al
shal
l th
en b
ecom
e ef
fect
ive
for
.11
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
, ex
cept
tho
se w
hich
have
pre
sent
ed o
bjec
tion
s, a
t th
e en
d of
the
ext
ende
d pe
riod
or
peri
ods
for
obje
ctin
g.
If,
how
ever
, ob
ject
ions
hav
e be
en
pres
ente
d by
a m
ajor
ity
of C
omm
issio
n m
embe
rs.
the
prop
osal
sh
all
not
beco
me
effe
ctiv
e un
less
any
or a
ll o
f th
e C
omm
issio
n m
embe
rs n
ever
thel
ess
agre
e as
am
ong
them
selv
es
to
give
eff
ect
to i
t on
an
agre
ed d
ate.
.... ~ -
9 -
(c)
Any
Com
ortss
ion
mem
ber
whi
ch
has
obje
cted
to
a pr
opos
al
may
at
any
time
with
draw
th
at o
bjec
tion
and
th
e pr
opos
al
shal
l be
com
e ef
fec
tiv
e w
ith
resp
ect
to s
uch
mem
ber,
imm
edia
tely
if
the
pro
posa
l is
alr
eady
in e
ffec
t. o
r at
any
suc
h tim
e as
it
bec
omes
eff
ecti
ve u
nder
the
ter
ms
of
this
Art
icle
.
10.
At
any
time
afte
r th
e ex
pira
tion
of
one
year
fro
m t
he d
ate
on w
hich
a p
ropo
sal
beco
mes
eff
ecti
ve,
any
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
may
giv
e to
the
Dep
osita
ry G
over
noen
t no
tice
of
the
tern
rina
tion
of
its
acce
ptan
ce o
f
the
prop
osal
an
d, if
th
at n
otic
e is
not
with
draw
n. t
he p
ropo
sal
shal
l ce
ase
to b
e ef
fect
ive
for
that
mem
ber
at t
he e
nd o
f on
e ye
ar f
rom
the
dat
e of
rece
ipt
of
the
noti
ce b
y th
e D
epoS
itary
Gov
ernm
ent.
At
any
time
afte
r a
prop
osal
ha
s ce
ased
to
be e
ffec
tive
for
a C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r un
der
this
para
grap
h, t
he p
ropo
sal
shal
l ce
ase
to b
e ef
fect
ive
for
any
othe
r C
omm
issio
n
mem
ber
upon
th
e da
te a
not
ice
of
with
draw
al
by s
uch
mem
ber
Is
rece
ived
by
the
Dep
OSi
tary
Gov
emm
ent.
11.
The
Dep
osita
ry G
ovem
men
t sh
all
Imm
edia
tely
not
ify
each
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
of
(a)
the
rece
ipt
of e
ach
obje
ctio
n an
d w
ithdr
awal
of
obje
ctio
n un
der
para
grap
h 9
,.
(b)
the
entr
y In
to f
orce
of
any
prop
osal
, an
d
(c)
the
rece
ipt
of
each
not
ice
unde
r pa
ragr
aph
10.
12.
The
Com
miss
ion
may
re
com
men
d to
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
stud
ies
and
inve
stig
atio
ns w
ithi
n th
e sc
ope
of
this
Con
vent
ion
whi
ch
are
deem
ed n
eces
sary
in
the
deve
lopm
ent
of
Info
rmat
ion
rela
tin
g t
o th
e
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a.
-10
-
Art
icle
VII
1.
The
func
tion
of
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
be t
o su
perv
ise
the
adm
inis
trat
ive
and
fina
ncia
l af
fair
s o
f th
e O
rgan
izat
ion
and
to e
xer
cise
the
aut
hori
ty s
et o
ut I
n A
rtic
les
XIII
and
XV
of t
his
Con
vent
ion ..
2.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty s
hall
be
a m
embe
r of
the
Gen
eral
Cou
ncl1
.
3.
The
proV
isio
ns o
f A
rtic
le V
shal
l ap
ply
with
re
spec
t to
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il. w
ith s
uch
mod
if1c
atio
ns a
s th
e ci
rcum
stan
ces
may
req
uir
e.
4.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
conv
ene
a re
gula
r an
nual
m
eetin
g
of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n at
its
hea
dqua
rter
s or
at
such
oth
er p
lace
in
Nor
th
Am
eric
a as
may
be
deci
ded
upon
by
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il.
Art
icle
VII
I
1.
The
Sec
reta
riat
sha
ll
prov
ide
serv
ices
to
the
Org
aniz
atio
n
in
the
exer
cise
of
its
du
ties
and
fu
ncti
ons.
, .
2.
The
chie
f o
ffic
er o
f th
e S
ecre
tari
at s
hall
be
the
Exe
cutiv
e
Secr
etar
y, w
ho s
hal
l be
app
oint
ed b
y th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
acco
rdin
g to
su
ch
proc
edur
es
and
on s
uch
term
s as
it
may
det
erm
ine.
"
~.
3.
The
staf
f of
the
Sec
reta
riat
sha
ll
be a
ppO
inte
d oy
the
:-
Exe
cutiv
e S
ecre
tary
in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith s
uch
rule
s an
d pr
oced
ures
as
may
be
det
erm
ined
by
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il.
4.
The
Exe
cutiv
e S
ecre
tary
sh
all,
sub
ject
to
the
gene
ral'
supe
rvis
ion
of t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil.
hav
e fu
ll
pow
er a
nd a
utho
rity
ove
r',
the
Sec
reta
riat
sta
ff a
nd s
hall
pe
rfor
m s
uch
othe
r fu
nctio
ns a
s th
e Gener~l
Cou
ncil
shal
l pr
escr
ibe.
-1
1-
Art
icle
IX
1.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty s
hall
pa
y th
e ex
pens
es o
f it
s ow
n
dele
gati
on t
o al
l m
eetin
gs h
eld
purs
uant
to
this
Con
vent
ion.
2.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
prep
are
an
annu
al
budg
et o
f th
e
prop
osed
exp
endi
ture
s of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n.
3.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
esta
blis
h th
e pa
ymen
ts
due
from
each
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty u
nder
the
ann
ual
budg
et o
n th
e fo
llow
ing
basi
s:
(aJ
fift
y p
erce
nt o
f th
e bu
dget
sha
ll
be a
ppor
tione
d
amon
g th
e C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es a
ccor
ding
to
a s
yste
m
of
shar
esi
for
this
pur
pose
eac
h C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r
shal
l ha
ve
two
shar
es a
nd e
ach
othe
r C
ontr
actin
g
Part
y sh
all
have
one
sha
re;
and
(bJ
the
rem
aini
ng
fift
y p
erce
nt o
f th
e bu
dget
sha
ll
be
appo
rtio
ned
amon
g th
e C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es i
n th
e
prop
orti
on t
hat
the
nom
inal
ca
tch
of e
ach
Con
trac
ting
Part
y in
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a be
ars
to t
he a
ggre
gate
nom
inal
ca
tch
of a
ll C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es i
n th
at A
rea,
on t
he b
asis
of
the
aver
age
figu
res
for
the
last
tw
o
com
plet
e ye
ars
prec
edin
g th
e ye
ar o
f ca
lcul
atio
n fo
r
whi
ch c
atch
sta
tist
ics
are
avai
labl
e.
4.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
noti
fy e
ach
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty o
f
the
sum
due
fro
m t
hat
Par
ty a
s ca
lcul
ated
und
er p
arag
raph
3 o
f th
is A
rtic
le
and
as s
oon
as
poss
ible
the
reaf
ter
each
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty s
hall
pa
y to
the
Org
aniz
atio
n th
e su
m s
o n
oti
fied
.
5.
Con
trib
utio
ns s
hall
be
paya
ble
in t
he c
urre
ncy
of t
he c
ount
ry
in w
hich
th
e he
adqu
arte
rs o
f th
e O
rgan
izat
ion
is l
ocat
ed.
exce
pt t
hat
the
Org
aniz
atio
n m
ay ac
cept
pay
men
t in
the
cur
renc
ies
in w
hich
it
is
anti
cipa
ted
-u
-
that
exp
endi
ture
s of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n w
ill
be m
ade
from
tim
e to
tim
e,
up t
o
an a
mou
nt e
stab
lish
ed e
ach
year
by
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il in
co
nnec
tion
with
the
prep
arat
ion
of t
he a
nnua
l bu
dget
s.
6.
At
its
firs
t m
eetin
g th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
shal
l ap
prov
e a
budg
et f
or t
he b
alan
ce o
f th
e fi
rst
fina
ncia
l ye
ar i
n w
hich
the
Org
aniz
at10
n
func
tion
s an
d sh
all
tran
smit
to
the
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
cop
ies
of t
hat
budg
et t
oget
her
with
not
ices
of
thei
r re
spec
tive
all
ocat
ions
.
7.
In s
ubse
quen
t fi
nanc
ial
year
s, t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
shal
l
subm
it to
eac
h C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
dra
fts
of t
he a
nnua
l bu
dget
s to
geth
er
wit
h a
sche
dule
of
allo
cati
ons,
not
Tes
s th
an s
ix w
eeks
be
fore
the
ann
ual
mee
ting
of t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
at w
hich
the
bud
gets
ar
e to
be
cons
ider
ed.
8.
A C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
adh
erin
g to
th
is C
onve
ntio
n du
ring
the
cour
se o
f a
fin
anci
al y
ear
shal
l co
ntri
bute
in
resp
ect
of t
hat
year
an a
mou
nt e
qual
to
the
sum
cal
cula
ted
in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith
the
prov
isio
ns
of t
his
Art
icle
mul
tipl
ied
by a
fra
ctio
n w
hose
num
erat
or
is t
he n
umbe
r
of c
ompl
ete
mon
ths
rem
aini
ng
in t
he y
ear
and
who
se d
enom
inat
or
is t
wel
ve.
g.
A C
ontr
actin
g Pa
rty.
whi
ch h
as n
ot p
aid
its
cont
ribu
tion
s
for
two
cons
ecut
ive
year
s sh
all
not
enjo
y an
y ri
ghts
und
er t
his
Con
vent
ion
unti
l it
has
fu
lfil
led
its
obl
igat
ions
.
10.
The
fina
ncia
l af
fair
s of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n sh
all
be a
udit
ed
annu
ally
by
exte
rnal
aud
itor
s to
be
sele
cted
by
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il.
Art
icle
X
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
agr
ee t
o ta
ke s
uch
acti
on a
s ma
y be
nece
ssar
y to
mak
e ef
fect
ive
the
prov
isio
ns o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n an
d to
im
ple
men
t w
ithi
n th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea
any
prop
osal
s w
hich
bec
ome
effe
ctiv
e un
der
para
grap
h 9
of A
rtic
le V
I. Le
gal
pena
ltie
s im
pose
d in
res
pect
of
viol
atio
ns
of l
ows
impl
emen
ting
such
pro
posa
ls s
hall
be
adeq
uate
in
seve
rity
to
dis-
-13
-
~
cour
age
such
vio
lati
ons,
and
eac
h C
ontr
actin
g Pa
rty
shal
l ex
erci
se d
ilig
ence
in t
he c
ontr
ol
of i
ts n
atio
nals
and
ves
sels
in
orde
r to
pre
vent
suc
h vi
o
lati
ons.
Ea
ch C
ontr
actin
g Pa
rty
shal
l tr
ansm
it t
o th
e Co
mm
issio
n a
stat
emen
t
of t
he a
ctio
n ta
ken
by i
t fo
r th
ese
purp
oses
.
Art
icle
XI
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
agr
ee t
o im
plem
ent
with
in t
he
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a th
e sc
hem
e of
jo
int
inte
rnat
iona
l en
forc
emen
t an
d ot
her
regu
lato
ry m
easu
res
set
out
in A
nnex
II
, as
mod
ified
fro
m
time
to t
ime.
Art
icle
XII
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
agr
ee t
o in
vite
the
att
enti
on o
f
any
Gov
ernm
ent
not
a pa
rty
to t
his
Con
vent
ion
to a
ny m
atte
r re
lati
ng t
o
the
fish
ing
acti
vit
ies
in t
he R
egul
ator
y A
rea
of t
he n
atio
nals
or
vess
els
of t
hat
Gov
ernm
ent
whi
ch a
ppea
r to
aff
ect
adve
rsel
y th
e op
erat
ions
of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n or
the
car
ryin
g ou
t of
the
obj
ecti
ves
of t
his
Con
vent
ion.
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
agr
ee,
mor
eove
r.
to c
onfe
r wh
en a
ppro
pria
te u
pon
the
step
s to
be
take
n to
war
ds o
bvia
ting
suc
h ad
vers
e ef
fect
s.
Art
i cle
XII
I
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il ma
y su
bdiv
ide
any
Div
isio
n de
scri
bed
in A
nnex
I,
pro
vide
d th
at a
ny c
oast
al s
tate
exe
rcis
ing
fish
erie
s ju
ris
dict
ion
in a
ny p
art
of
that
Div
isio
n co
ncur
s in
suc
h ac
tion
. Su
ch a
ctio
n
shal
l fo
rthw
ith b
e re
port
ed t
o th
e D
epos
itary
Gov
ernm
ent
whi
ch s
hall
info
rm t
he C
ontr
actin
g P
arti
es t
here
of.
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-
Art
icle
XIV
The
Ann
exes
, as
atta
ched
to
this
Con
vent
ion
and
mod
ified
from
tim
e to
tim
e, f
orm
an
inte
gral
par
t of
thi
s C
onve
ntio
n.
Art
icle
XV
1.
Any
Con
trac
ting
Part
y ma
y pr
opos
e am
endm
ents
to t
his
Con
vent
ion
to b
e co
nsid
ered
and
act
ed u
pon
by a
reg
ular
or
spec
ial
mee
ting
of t
he
Gen
eral
Cou
ncil,
exc
ept
that
am
endm
ents
to A
nnex
II
to t
he C
onve
ntio
n
shal
l be
con
side
red
and
adop
ted
purs
uant
to
the
prov
isio
ns o
f A
rtic
le V
I.
Any
such
pro
pose
d am
endm
ent
shal
l be
sen
t to
the
Exe
cutiv
e Se
cret
ary
at
leas
t ni
nety
day
s pr
ior
to t
he m
eetin
g at
whi
ch it
is
prop
osed
to
be
acte
d up
on,
and
he s
hall
im
med
iate
ly t
rans
mit
the
pro
posa
l to
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
.
2.
A p
ropo
sed
amen
dmen
t to
the
Con
vent
ion
shal
l be
ado
pted
by t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
by a
thr
ee-f
ourt
hs m
ajor
ity o
f th
e vo
tes
of a
ll
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
, w
hich
maj
ori.t
y sh
all
Incl
ude
the
vote
of
at l
east
one
coas
tal
stat
e.
The
text
of
any
prop
osed
am
endm
ents
so a
dopt
ed s
hall
be t
rans
mit
ted
by t
he D
epos
itary
Gov
ernm
ent
to a
ll C
ontr
actin
g P
arti
es.
3.
An a
men
dmen
t sh
all
take
eff
ect
for
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
one-
hund
red
and
twen
ty d
ays
follO
Win
g th
e da
te o
n th
e no
tifi
cati
on b
y
the
Dep
osita
ry G
over
nmen
t of
rec
eipt
of
wri
tten
not
ific
atio
n of
app
rova
l
by t
hree
-fou
rths
of
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
, In
clud
ing
at l
east
one
coa
stal
stat
e, u
nles
s an
y ot
her
Con
trac
ting
Part
y no
tifi
es t
he D
epO
Sita
ry G
over
nmen
t
that
it
obje
cts
to t
he a
men
dmen
t w
ithin
nin
ety
days
of
the
date
on
the
noti
fica
tion
by
the
Dep
osita
ry G
over
nmen
t of
suc
h re
ceip
t, i
n w
hich
ca
se
the
amen
dmen
t sh
all
not
take
eff
ect
for
any
Con
trac
ting
Part
y.
Any
-15
-
Con
trac
ting
Part
y w
hich
has
obj
ecte
d to
an
amen
dmen
t ma
y at
any
tim
e
with
draw
tha
t ob
ject
ion.
If
all
obj
ecti
ons
to a
n am
endm
ent
are
with
draw
n,
the
amen
dmen
t sh
all
take
eff
ect
for
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
one
-hun
dred
and
twen
ty d
ays
follo
win
g th
e da
te o
n th
e no
tifi
cati
on b
y th
e D
epos
itary
Gov
ernm
ent
of r
ecei
pt o
f th
e la
st w
ithdr
awal
.
4.
Any
Par
ty w
hich
bec
omes
a
part
y to
the
Con
vent
ion
afte
r an
amen
dmen
t ha
s be
en a
dopt
ed i
n ac
cord
ance
with
pa
ragr
aph
2 of
thi
s A
rtic
le
shal
l be
dee
med
to
have
app
rove
d of
the
sai
d am
endm
ent.
S.
The
Dep
osita
ry G
over
nmen
t sh
all
prom
ptly
not
ify
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
of
the
rece
ipt
of n
otif
icat
ions
of
appr
oval
of
amen
dmen
ts, t
he
rece
ipt
of n
otif
icat
ion
of o
bjec
tion
or
with
draw
al
of
obje
ctio
ns,
and
the
entr
y in
to f
orce
of
amen
dmen
ts.
Art
icle
XVI
1.
Thi
s C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
be r
atif
ied
by
the
sign
ator
y
Gov
ernm
ents
and
the
inst
rum
ents
of
rati
fica
tio
n s
hall
be
depo
Site
d
with
the
Gov
ernm
ent
of
t re
ferr
ed t
o in
this
Con
vent
ion
as
the
"Dep
osita
ry G
over
nmen
t".
2.
Thi
s C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
ente
r in
to f
orce
upo
n th
e de
posi
t
of i
nstr
umen
ts o
f ra
tifi
cati
on
by
four
sig
nato
ry G
over
nmen
ts,
at l
east
one
of w
hich
sha
ll b
e th
e G
over
nmen
t of
a s
tate
exe
rcis
ing
fish
erie
s
juri
sdic
tion
with
in t
he C
onve
ntio
n A
rea,
an
d sh
all
ente
r in
to f
orce
with
resp
ect
to e
ach
Gov
ernm
ent
whi
ch s
ubse
quen
tly r
atif
ies
on
the
date
of
the
depo
s1t
of i
ts i
nstr
umen
t of
rat
ific
atio
n.
3.
Any
Gov
ernm
ent
whi
ch h
as n
ot s
igne
d th
is C
onve
ntio
n m
ay
adhe
re t
here
to b
y a
noti
fica
tion
in
wri
ting
to
the
Dep
osita
ry G
over
nmen
t.
Adh
eren
ces
rece
ived
by
the
Dep
osita
ry G
over
nmen
t pr
ior
to t
he d
ate
of
... ....
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-
entr
y in
to f
orce
of
this
Con
vent
ion
shal
l be
com
e ef
fect
ive
on t
he d
ate
this
Con
vent
ion
ente
rs i
nto
for
ce.
Adh
eren
ces
rece
ived
the
th
e D
epos
itary
Gov
ernm
ent
afte
r th
e da
te o
f en
try
into
for
ce o
f th
is C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
beco
me
effe
ctiv
e on
the
dat
e of
rec
eipt
by
the
Dep
OSi
tary
Gov
ernm
ent.
4.
The
Dep
OSi
tary
Gov
ernm
ent
shal
l in
form
all
sig
nato
ry
Gov
ernm
ents
and
all
adhe
ring
Gov
ernm
ents
of a
ll
rati
fica
tion
s de
poSi
ted
and
adhe
renc
es r
ecei
ved.
S.
The
Dep
oSita
ry G
over
nmen
t sh
all
conv
ene
an
init
ial
mee
ting
of t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
as s
oon
as p
ract
icab
le a
fter
the
com
ing
into
for
ce o
f
the
Con
vent
ion.
and
sh
all
com
mun
icat
e th
e pr
ovis
iona
l ag
enda
to
each
Con
trac
ting
Part
y no
t le
ss t
han
one
mon
th b
efor
e th
e da
te o
f th
e m
eetin
g.
Art
icle
XVI
I
1.
Any
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty m
ay w
ithdr
aw f
rom
the
Con
vent
ion
on
Dec
embe
r 31
of
any
yea
r by
giv
ing
not
ice
on·o
r be
fore
the
pre
cedi
ng
June
30
to
the
Dep
osit
ary
Gov
ernm
ent
whi
ch
shal
l co
mm
unic
ate
copi
es
of
such
n
otic
e to
oth
er C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es.
2.
Any
othe
r C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
may
th
ereu
pon
with
draw
fr
om
this
Con
vent
ion
on
the
sam
e D
ecem
ber
31
by g
ivin
g n
otic
e to
the
Dep
osi
tary
Gov
ernm
ent
wit
hin
one
mon
th o
f th
e re
ceip
t of
a c
opy
of
a no
tice
of w
ithdr
awal
gi
ven
purs
uant
to
para
grap
h 1
of t
his
Art
icle
.
Art
icle
XV
III
1.
The
orig
inal
of
this
Con
vent
ion
shal
l be
dep
osite
d w
ith
the
Gov
ernm
ent
of
, w
hich
Gov
ern-
men
t sh
all
com
mun
icat
e ce
rtif
ied
cop
ies
ther
eof
to a
ll
the
sign
ator
y
Gov
ernn
ents
an
d a
ll
the
d:":
herin
g G
over
rmen
ts.
2.
The
Dep
osit
ary
Gov
ernm
ent
shal
l re
gist
er t
his
Con
vent
ion
with
th
e S
ecre
tari
at o
f th
e U
nite
d N
atio
ns .
.... a>
-1
7 -
Add
ition
al
Art
icle
Pos
sibl
e pr
ovis
ion
for
term
inat
ing
ICNA
F C
onve
ntio
n an
d
succ
essi
on o
f th
e ne
w O
rgan
izat
ion
to I
CNAF
.
1.
-1
-
Stat
emen
t by
the
EEC
Del
egat
ion
to t
he
Inte
rnat
iona
l P
repa
rato
ry C
onfe
renc
e on
th
e Fu
ture
of
ICNA
F, O
ttaw
a,
Mar
ch
14-2
5
The
EEC
dele
gati
on w
ishe
s to
joi
n th
e ot
her
dele
gati
ons
in
than
king
th
e C
anad
ian
gove
rnm
ent
for
its
init
iati
ve
to c
onve
ne t
his
pr
epar
ator
y co
nfer
ence
on
the
futu
re o
f IC
NAF.
W
e -
and
I am
als
o sp
.aki
ng h
ere
on b
ehal
f of
tho
se M
embe
r S
tate
s of
the
EEC
who
hav
e ac
cept
ed t
he
invi
tati
on t
o th
is c
onfe
renc
e as
mem
bers
o
f th
e pr
esen
t IC
NAF
-w
ould
li
ke t
o th
ank
the
Can
adia
n go
vern
men
t fo
r it
s h
osp
ital
ity
in
org
aniz
ing
this
mee
ting
here
in
Otta
wa.
2.
At
the
gth
spec
ial
mee
ting
of t
he I
CNAF
Com
mis
sion
, las
t D
ecem
ber
in T
ener
ife,
it
was
re
cogn
ized
tha
t re
cent
dev
elop
men
ts
affe
ctin
g in
tern
atio
nal
fish
erie
s in
th
e N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
requ
ired
fu
rthe
r co
nsid
erat
ion
of
futu
re m
ult
ilat
eral
co
oper
atio
n in
th
is f
ield
. C
onse
quen
tly,
the
ICNA
F C
omm
issio
n re
com
men
ded,
at
the
end
of
that
mee
ting,
th
at a
ctio
n be
tak
en a
s so
on a
s po
ssib
le i
n th
e fi
rst
half
of
197
7 to
pur
sue
the
deve
lopm
ent
of a
fra
mew
ork
for
such
fu
ture
co
oper
atio
n,
incl
udin
g ap
prop
riat
e in
stit
uti
onal
arr
ange
men
ts.
You
wil
l al
so r
emem
ber.
that
at
that
sam
e m
eetin
g th
e EE
C ex
pres
sed
its
inte
rest
in
mul
tila
tera
l co
oper
atio
n w
ith
rega
rd
to
thes
e fi
sher
y re
sour
ces
and
its
inte
nti
on t
o p
arti
cip
ate
and
play
an
acti
ve
role
in
that
coo
pera
tion
. In
acc
orda
nce
with
th
at p
olic
y th
e EE
C ha
s ac
cept
ed t
he
invi
ta
tion
to
this
pre
para
tory
con
fere
nce
and
inte
nds
to c
ontr
ibut
e to
it
s su
cces
s.
3.
The
inte
rest
s of
the
EEC
in
the
Nor
thw
est
Atl
anti
c fi
sher
ies
are
twof
old.
F
irst
ly:
The
Com
mun
ity h
as
com
pete
nce
to a
pply
cer
tain
m
easu
res
for
the
cons
erva
tion
and
man
agem
ent
of f
ish
erie
s re
sour
ces
wit
hin
the
200
naut
ical
mile
s fi
sher
y zo
nes
off
the
coas
ts o
f G
reen
land
and
th
e S
t P
ierr
e an
d M
ique
10n
Isla
nds.
-2
-A
NN
EX
V
Seco
ndly
. th
e C
omm
unity
has
im
port
ant
fish
ery
inte
rest
s in
th
e N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic,
in
clud
ing
area
s w
ithi
n th
e fi
sher
y zo
nes
of
the
two
othe
r co
asta
l st
ates
: C
anad
a an
d th
e US
A.
Acc
ordi
ngly
, th
e Co
mm
unity
has
de
cide
d th
at t
he p
robl
ems
rela
ting
to
the
fish
erie
s in
the
Nor
thw
est
Atl
anti
c sh
ould
be
deal
t w
ith
wit
hin
an a
ppro
pria
te f
ram
ewor
k of
mu
ltil
ater
al
coop
erat
ion
as w
ell
as
on
the
baSi
s of
bil
ater
al
agre
emen
ts.
Mor
eove
r,
the
Com
mun
ity c
onsi
ders
th
at s
uch
mul
tila
tera
l an
d b
ilat
eral
arr
ange
men
ts s
houl
d re
flec
t th
e ne
w si
tuat
ion
ari
sin
g ou
t o
f th
e ex
tens
ion
of
fish
ery
zone
s in
th
is a
rea.
4.
As y
ou k
now
, th
e Co
mm
unity
has
al
read
y Si
gned
a b
ilat
eral
agr
ee-
men
t w
ith
the
USA
conc
erni
ng f
ishe
ries
off
the
coa
st o
f th
at c
ount
ry a
nd
has
star
ted
neg
otia
tion
s w
ith
Can
ada.
It
mig
ht b
e of
in
tere
st t
o m
entio
n th
at u
nder
the
sam
e po
licy
, th
e Co
mm
unity
has
al
so o
pene
d b
ilat
eral
ne
goti
atio
ns o
n fi
sher
ies
wit
hin
the
Nor
thea
st A
tlan
tic.
Th
e ne
goti
atio
ns w
ith
the
FarO
er
Isla
nds
and
Swed
en
wer
e co
nclu
ded
rece
ntly
and
the
agr
eem
ents
ar
e no
w su
bmitt
ed t
o th
e ra
tifi
cati
on p
roce
dure
s o
f ea
ch
part
y.
Neg
otia
tion
s ha
ve a
lso
been
ope
ned
betw
een
the
Com
mun
ity a
nd N
orw
ay,
Spai
n,
the
Sov
iet
Uni
on,
Pola
nd a
nd
the
Ger
man
Dem
ocra
tic R
epub
lic,
but
have
no
t ye
t be
en c
oncl
uded
. W
ith
rega
rds
to
the
mu
ltil
ater
al
coop
erat
ion
wit
hin
the
Nor
thea
st
Atl
anti
c,
the
Com
mun
ity h
as
show
n it
s in
tere
st 1
n a
cont
inue
d co
oper
atio
n un
der
cond
itio
ns w
hich
tak
e in
to a
ccou
nt t
he
new
situ
atio
n i
n th
at a
rea
and
it w
ill
par
tici
pat
e in
th
e m
eetin
g w
hich
ha
s be
en c
onve
ned
in l
ondo
n fo
r Ma
rch
29.
5.
Bea
ring
in
min
d th
ese
inte
rrel
atio
ns
betw
een
the
mu
ltil
ater
al a
nd
the
bil
ater
al
coop
erat
ion,
in
bot
h pa
rts
of t
he A
tlan
tic,
an
d al
so t
he
impa
ct o
f th
e UN
LOS¢
whi
ch w
ill
resu
me
its
wor
k in
May
, th
e Co
mm
unity
in
tend
s to
coo
pera
te c
onst
ruct
ivel
y in
th
is C
onfe
renc
e.
Otta
wa,
M
arch
15
, 19
77.
N o
-1
-
SYNO
PSIS
OF
THE
CAN~
.OIA
N DR
AFT
CONV
ENTI
ON
ON IN
TEp.
NATI
ml~.
L CO
OPER
ATIO
N H
I NO
RTH~
IEST
AT
LANT
IC F
ISH
ERIE
S
1.
Intr
oduc
tion
The
purp
ose
of
the
prop
osed
Con
vent
ion
is t
o es
tab
lish
a f
irm
bas
is i
n tr
eaty
law
for
the
con
tinu
atio
n of
mu
ltil
ater
al
coop
erat
ion
in
Nor
thw
est
Atl
anti
c fi
sher
ies
with
in a
fra
mew
ork
that
is
spec
ific
ally
tail
ored
to
the
new
reg
ime
of e
xten
ded
coas
tal
stat
e ju
risd
icti
on
.
Und
er t
he n
ew r
egim
e,
it i
s cl
ear
that
em
phas
is in
in
tern
atio
nal
coop
erat
ion
wil
l sh
ift
from
man
agem
ent
to f
ishe
ries
sci
ence
.
How
eyer
. be
caus
e so
me
fish
sto
cks
are
foun
d be
yond
th
e 20
0 m
ile
lim
it i
n th
e N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic.
the
new
Con
yent
ion
wil
l ha
ye t
o m
ake
proY
isio
n fo
r in
tern
atio
nal
regu
lati
on a
nd c
ontr
ol
of f
ish
erie
s in
are
as
beyo
nd t
he 2
00-m
ile f
ishe
ries
lim
it.
Our
app
roac
h th
eref
ore
invo
lves
a du
al
regi
me
in o
rder
to
· re
flec
t th
e fu
ndam
enta
l ju
risd
icti
onal
dist
inct
ions
bet
wee
n th
e ar
ea w
ithi
n 20
0 m
iles
and
the
area
bey
ond.
2.
Cov
erag
e The
Con
vent
ion
Are
a w
ould
co
mpr
ise
the
ICNA
F C
onve
ntio
n A
rea.
as w
ell
as S
tati
stic
al A
reas
0 a
nd 6
and
B
affi
n B
ay.
Ter
rito
rial
and
inte
rnal
w
ater
s w
ould
not
, ho
wev
er,
be e
xclu
ded.
Th
e ar
ea
beyo
nd
nati
onal
fi
sher
y li
mit
s w
ould
, fo
r co
nven
ienc
e in
dra
ftin
g,
be r
efer
red
to a
s th
e "R
egul
ator
y A
rea I
I •
We
wou
ld
Dre
pose
to
re
tain
th
e p
rese
nt
ICNA
F "g
rid"
of
Su
bar
eas,
D
ivis
ion
s an
d S
ub
div
isio
ns
so
tha
t th
e
sta
tist
ica
l ba
se
pre
sen
tly
in u
se c
an
be
reta
ined
in
the
in
tere
st o
f
con
tin
uit
y.
In f
act
, we
hav
e de
part
ed
from
the
pr
esen
t C
onve
ntio
n fo
r th
is
reas
on b
y no
t pr
ovid
ing
for
alte
rati
ons
in t
he
boun
dari
es o
f Su
bare
as
and
-2
-
AN
NEX
V
I
Div
isio
ns.
O
ur d
raft
wou
ld.
how
ever
, au
thor
ize
the
par
titi
onin
g of
Div
isio
ns
wit
h th
e C
oncu
rren
ce o
f th
e co
asta
l st
ate
exer
cisi
n9
juri
sdic
tion
in t
he a
rea
conc
erne
d (A
rtic
le X
III)
. ,
Sede
ntar
y sp
ecie
s w
ould
be
exc
lude
d fro
m
the
ambi
t of
the
Con
vent
ion.
3.
Org
aniz
atio
nal
Stru
ctur
e
A lo
osel
y st
ruct
ured
org
aniz
atio
n. t
he "
Nor
th'le
st A
tlan
tic
Fis
heri
es C
onsu
ltat
ive
Org
aniz
atio
n"
(HA
FCO
). ,,,
,uld
ser
ve a
s an
inst
itu
tion
al f
ram
ewor
k li
nk
ing
cert
ain
rel
ativ
ely
auto
nom
ous
orga
ns,
nam
ely
a S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il,a
Fis
heri
es C
onse
rvat
ion
Com
miS
Sion
, an
d a
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il. a
ll
sery
ed b
y a
sing
le S
ecre
tari
at.
The
"S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il"
wou
ld
prov
ide
a fo
rum
for
sci
enti
fic
coop
erat
ion,
and
th
e "F
ishe
ries
Con
serv
atio
n CO
l'i'.r.
1issio
nu w
ould
re
gula
te
fish
erie
s be
yorl
',~
n;.t
;,:.n
il1
fish
ery
1 im
its.
W
e be
l iev
e it
wou
ld
be
usef
ul
to p
lace
the
se t
,ro b
odie
s. u
nder
the
aeg
is o
f a
sinq
le i
nst
itu
tio
n
in o
rder
to
faci
lita
te t
he c
oord
inat
ion
of t
hei
r ac
tiv
itie
s an
d to
avoi
d du
plic
atio
n by
cre
atin
g a
sing
le a
dmin
istr
ativ
e sy
stem
. T
hus.
both
the
Cou
ncil
and
the
Com
miss
ion
wou
ld
have
sh
ared
fac
ilit
ies.
a
cam
mon
bud
get,
and
a si
ngl
e S
ecre
tari
at.
The
adm
inis
trat
ive
and
fin
anci
al
affa
irs
of t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
as a
who
le.
incl
udin
g th
e su
perv
isio
n of
the
Sec
reta
riat
, w
ould
be
plac
ed u
nder
the
con
trol
of
a "
Gen
era
1 C
ounc
il" w
hose
I'le
mbe
rshi
p \'
Iaul
d
cons
ist
of a
ll C
ontr
actin
g P
arti
es.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il w
ould
al
so d
eal
with
am
endm
ents
to
the
Con
vent
ion.
a
mat
ter
that
cou
ld
not
prop
erly
be
assi
gned
to
eith
er t
he
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
nci
lor
the
Com
niss
ion.
-3
-
4.
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
Each
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty w
ould
be
a m
embe
r of
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil.
As
sta
ted
In A
rtic
le I
II,
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
wou
ld
have
thre
e fu
nct
ion
s.
Fir
st,
it w
ould
ser
ve a
s a
gene
ral
con
sult
ativ
e fo
rum
for
the
exch
ange
of
scie
nti
fic
info
rmat
ion
and
view
s on
fis
her
ies
scie
nce
rela
ted
to t
he C
onve
ntio
n A
rea
as a
who
le.
Seco
ndly
, it
wou
ld
prov
ide
scie
nti
fic
advi
ce t
o th
e F
ish
erie
s C
onse
rvat
ion
Com
miss
ion
wit
h re
spec
t
to f
ishe
ries
man
agem
ent
in t
he a
rea
beyo
nd
200
mil
es.
Fin
ally
, w
here
requ
este
d to
do
so b
y •
coas
tal
stat
e, it
cou
ld p
rovi
de s
cien
tifi
c ad
vice
to t
hat
coa
stal
st
ate
with
res
pect
to
fish
erie
s m
anag
emen
t in
the
wat
ers
unde
r It
s ju
risd
icti
on
wit
hin
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a.
It I
s no
t en
visa
ged
that
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
wou
ld c
ondu
ct
Its
own
rese
arch
. Th
e C
onve
ntio
n w
ould
pro
vide
tha
t al
l C
ontr
actin
g
Par
ties
wou
ld
furn
ish
requ
este
d in
form
atio
n to
the
Cou
ncil
wit
h re
spec
t
to t
he a
rea
be~o
nd
200
mi1
e$.
and
that
eac
h co
asta
l st
ate
wou
ld
sim
ilar
ly
furn
ish
requ
este
d in
form
atio
n to
the
Cou
ncil
with
res
pect
to
that
Dor
tion
of t
he C
onve
ntio
n A
rea
wit
hin
its
juri
sdic
tio
n.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
wou
ld
also
com
pil
e an
d m
aint
ain
sta
tist
ics
and
reco
rds,
an
d w
ould
"e
ncou
rage
and
prom
ote"
coo
pera
tion
am
ong
the
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
In
scie
nti
fic
rese
arch
.
5.
The
Fis
her
ies
Con
serv
atio
n C
omm
issio
n
The
mem
bers
hip
of
the C~ission
wou
ld
con
sist
of
each
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty w
hose
ves
sels
par
tici
pat
e in
the
fis
her
ies
of t
he
UR
egul
ator
y A
rea"
. M
embe
rshi
p w
ould
als
o be
ope
n,
on a
n el
ecti
ve b
asis
~
'" ....
-4
-
to e
ach
coas
tal
stat
e ex
erci
Sing
fis
her
ies
juri
sdic
tion
in
an a
rea
adjo
inin
g a
port
ion
of t
he R
egul
ator
y A
rea
in w
hich
fis
her
ies
are
cond
ucte
d. Th
e fu
ncti
on o
f th
e C
omm
issio
n w
ould
be
to a
dopt
reg
ulat
ory
"pro
posa
ls"
for
the
man
agem
ent
of f
ish
erie
s be
yond
nat
iona
l fi
sher
y
lim
its,
des
igne
d to
ach
ieve
the
"o
ptim
um u
tili
zati
on"
of
thos
e fi
sher
ies.
In o
rder
to
pres
erve
fle
xib
ilit
y,
we h
ave
not
enum
erat
ed t
he t
ypes
of
prop
osal
s th
at c
ould
be
adop
ted.
H
o\<l
ever
, th
e C
onve
ntio
n w
ould
ens
ure
con
sist
ency
with
coa
stal
st
ate
regu
lati
ons.
bot
h in
th
e ca
se o
f st
ocks
that
act
uall
y ov
erla
p th
e 20
0 m
ile l
imit
and
in
the
cas
e of
mea
sure
s th
at
wou
ld h
ave
an
impa
ct o
n fi
sher
ies
unde
r na
tion
al
juri
sdic
tion
bec
ause
of s
peci
es I
nter
-rel
atio
nshi
ps.
Prop
osal
s fo
r th
e al
loca
tion
of
catc
hes
In t
he R
egul
ator
y A
rea
wou
ld
take
int
o ac
coun
t th
e sp
ecia
l in
tere
st o
f
the
adja
cent
coa
stal
st
ate
and
the
need
s o
f it
s co
asta
l co
mm
uniti
es.
We
have
pro
pose
d th
at a
sch
eme
of j
oin
t in
tern
atio
nal
enfo
rcem
ent
and
othe
r ba
sic
regu
lati
ons
such
as
mes
h si
ze r
equi
rem
ents
be
inco
rpor
ated
in
to a
n A
nnex
to
the
Con
vent
ion.
Th
e pu
rpos
e of
th
is
devi
ce w
ould
be
to
ensu
re t
hat
ther
e is
no
regu
lato
ry h
iatu
s w
hile
the
Con
vent
ion
is b
eing
pha
sed
into
ope
rati
on.
The
se m
easu
res.
whi
le
form
ing
part
of
the
Con
vent
ion,
,.o
uld
be c
apab
le o
f am
endm
ent
by t
he
Con
mis
sion
thr
ough
the
"pr
opos
al"
proc
edur
e.
The
obje
ctio
ns p
roce
dure
is
patt
erne
d af
ter
the
ICNA
F
Con
vent
ion,
bu
t w
ith s
hort
ened
per
iods
. It
is
sugg
este
d th
at t
he
init
ial
obje
ctio
ns
peri
od
be 6
0 da
ys.
and
that
the
ext
ende
d pe
riod
s
be 4
0 an
d 30
day
s re
spec
tive
ly.
The
exte
nded
pe
riod
s w
ould
be
gin
upon
the
tran
smit
tal
by t
he D
epos
itory
Gov
ernm
ent
of a
not
ice
of t
he
obje
ctio
n "
trig
geri
ng"
the
exte
nsio
n.
-5
-~
6.
Proc
edur
e
The
dra
ft d
epar
ts f
rom
the
pre
sent
Con
vent
ion
in t
wo
sign
ific
ant
resp
ects
. F
irst
, vo
ting
wou
ld b
e ba
sed
on a
sim
ple
maj
orit
y of
Par
ties
pres
ent
and
voti
ng.
Seco
ndly
, al
l an
nual
m
eetin
gs w
ould
be
in
Nor
th
lWer
ica.
7.
Fin
anci
al
Pro
visi
ons
Bec
ause
a P
anel
st
ruct
ure
no l
onge
r se
ems
nece
ssar
y or
appr
opri
ate,
it
has
be
en n
eces
sary
to
devi
se a
new
for
mul
a fo
r co
ntri
buti
ons
whi
ch e
nsur
es t
hat
fin
anci
al
burd
ens
are
shar
ed e
quit
ably
tak
ing
into
acco
unt
the
rela
tiv
e in
tere
sts
of e
ach
Par
ty i
n th
e fi
sher
ies
of t
he
Con
yent
ion
Are
a.
We h
aYe
sugg
este
d th
at h
alf
of t
he b
udge
t be
all
ocat
ed
on t
he b
asis
of
shar
es.
Each
Par
ty w
ould
ha
ve o
ne s
hare
, an
d ea
ch C
omm
issio
n
mem
ber
wou
ld
have
an
addi
tion
al
shar
e.
The
othe
r ha
lf o
f th
e bu
dget
wou
ld
be
div
ided
on
th,.::.
"(
1~ i
s of
' th
e p
rop
orti
onal
sh
are
of
each
P
arty
in
th
e
nom
inal
ca
tche
s of
the
Con
yent
ion
Are
a.
Thes
e su
gges
tion
s ha
ve
been
put
forw
ard
on a
ver
y te
ntat
iYe
basi
s.
It h
as a
lso
been
pro
pose
d th
at w
here
a P
arty
adh
eres
to
the
Con
vent
ion
duri
ng t
he c
ours
e of
a y
ear,
it
sho
uld
cont
ribu
te a
pro
-rat
ed
amou
nt
to t
he b
udge
t, ba
sed
on
the
num
ber
of m
onth
s re
mai
ning
in
the
yea
r.
The
dra
ft p
rovi
des
that
a P
arty
in
defa
ult
for
two
cons
ecut
ive
year
s fo
rfei
ts i
ts r
ight
s un
der
the
Con
yent
ion.
F
inal
ly,
the
draf
t
mak
es
pro
visi
on f
or a
n an
nual
ex
tern
al
aud
it.
8.
Enf
orce
men
t
The
dra
ft p
rovi
des
that
eac
h P
arty
sha
ll
exer
cise
dil
igen
ce i
n
the
cont
rol
of i
ts n
atio
nal
s an
d ve
ssel
s to
pre
vent
vio
lati
ons
of
-6
-
regu
lato
ry m
easu
res
in f
orce
in
~~ ..
~
, ~
the ciT
: A
rea,
an
d th
at l
egal
pen
alti
es m
ust
be a
dequ
ate
in s
ever
ity
to p
reve
nt s
uch
viol
atio
ns.
Ann
ual
repo
rts
of s
uch
enfo
rcem
ent
acti
on w
ould
be
tr
ansm
itte
d by
each
Par
ty t
o th
e C
omm
issio
n.
g.
Am
endm
ents
The
amen
dmen
t pr
oced
ure
is c
lose
ly p
atte
rned
aft
er t
he e
xist
ing
Con
vent
ion,
exc
ept
that
the
con
curr
ence
of
one
coas
tal
stat
e w
ould
be
requ
ired
to
ado
pt a
nd b
ring
in
to f
orce
an
amen
dmen
t.
10.
Fina
l A
rtic
les
Ent
ry
into
for
ce w
ould
req
uire
fou
r ra
tiff
cati
on
s,
incl
udin
g
that
of
one
coas
tal
stat
e.
The
prov
isio
n of
with
draw
al
wou
ld b
e th
e sa
me
as
for
the
ICNA
F
Con
vent
ion,
exc
ept
that
the
re w
ould
be
no
fixe
d in
itia
l te
rm o
f ye
ars
duri
ng w
hich
with
draw
als
wou
ld
not
be p
erm
itte
d.
-1
-
OPE
NIN
G
STA
TEM
ENT
BY
MR.
S
. O
Rue
HI
HEA
D
OF
JAPA
NES
E D
ELEG
ATI
ON
B
EFO
RE
THE
PREP
AR
ATO
RY
M
EETI
NG
RE
GA
RDIN
G
A D
RAFT
C
OllV
ENTI
ON
ON
FU
TURE
FI
SHE
RIE
S C
OO
PER
ATI
ON
II
I TH
E N
OR
TliI'
IEST
A
TLA
NTI
C
OTT
AW
A,
CANA
DA
MAR
CH
15
, 19
77
Th
ank
y
ou
, M
r.
Ch
airm
an,
1.
I sti
ll
rem
embe
r v
ery
cle
arl
y t
he fir
st
ICN
AF
co
nfe
ren
ce
we
att
en
ded
in
1
97
1,
in H
ali
fax
, N
ova
Sco
tia,
aft
er
Jap
an
had
bee
n a
dm
itte
d to
IC
NA
F.
Sin
ce th
en
, w
e h
ave
part
icip
ate
d i
n v
ari
ou
s acti
vit
ies o
f th
e
Co
mm
issi
on
, in
th
e
sp
irit
of
co
op
era
tio
n w
ith
th
e o
ther
mem
ber
co
un
trie
s, ~nd
hav
e b
een
im
pre
ssed
by th
e
imp
ort
ance
an
d s
uccess
es
of
inte
r
nati
on
al
co
op
era
tio
n in
th
e
co
nse
rvati
on
an
d m
anag
emen
t o
f
fish
ery
re
sou
rces
in t
he N
ort
hw
est
Atl
an
tic.
Du
rin
g th
is si
x-y
ear
peri
od
, th
e acti
vit
ies o
f IC
NA
F h
ave
chan
ged
k
ale
ido
sco
pic
all
y.
One
aft
er
an
oth
er,
th
e Co~mission
has
in
tro
du
ced
new
id
eas
into
th
e fi
eld
o
f re
gu
lato
ry
mea
sure
s,
for
exam
ple
, th
e t
wo
-tie
r q
uo
ta
syst
em i
n S
ub A
rea
5
and
S
tati
sti
cal
Are
a 6
and
to
tal
eff
ort
li
mit
ati
on
fo
r d
emer
sal
specie
s in
Sub
Are
as
2,
3 an
d
4.
Th
ese
mea
sure
s,
I b
eli
ev
e,
hav
e b
een
rem
ark
able
ac
hie
vem
ents
by
th
e C
omm
issi
on in
th
e
co
nse
rvati
on
an
d m
anag
emen
t o
f fi
sh
eri
es
reso
urc
es
in
the
No
rth
wes
t A
tlan
tic,
and
th
ey
wil
l b
e re~mbered
as
imp
ort
an
t
lan
dm
ark
s in
th
e h
isto
ry o
f fi
sh
eri
es
man
agem
ent.
'" ...,
-2
-A
NN
EX
VII
How
ever
, IC
NA
F h
as
bee
n a
ccu
sed
of
bei
ng
in
eff
ecti
ve
and
of
fail
ing
in
it
s o
bje
cti
ves.
B
ut,
as
you
know
, M
r.
Ch
airm
an,
man
y d
ele
gate
s w
ho
are
h
ere
to
day
hav
e d
evo
ted
th
emse
lves
to t
he
go
als
of
ICN
AF
for
man
y y
ears
. I
won
der
who
ca
n
say
that
the eff
ort
s m
ade
by th
ese
p
eop
le h
ave
bee
n fr
uit
less.
ICN
AF
has
co
ntr
ibu
ted
no
t o
nly
to
th
e c
on
serv
ati
on
and
man
agem
ent
of
the fi
sheri
es
reso
urc
es
in t
he
No
rth
wes
t A
tlan
tic,
bu
t h
as g
reatl
y in
flu
en
ced
th
e acti
vit
ies o
f o
ther
reg
ion
al
and
glo
bal
fish
eri
es
org
an
izati
on
s as
a m
odel
of
a m
ult
i-
late
ral
co
op
era
tiv
e o
rgan
izati
on
. W
e sh
ou
ld r
eco
gn
ize
ou
r
resp
on
sib
ilit
y,
bec
ause
we
are
go
ing
to
tr
an
sfo
rm t
his
imp
ort
ant
org
an
izati
on
to
a
new
bo
dy at
this
co
r,fe
ren
ce.
2.
Alt
ho
ug
h o
ur
basi
c p
osi
tio
n ag
ain
st u
nil
ate
ral
acti
on
b
y a
ny
g
ov
ern
men
t in
th
e
abse
nce
of
an in
tern
ati
on
al
agre
emen
t o
n th
e
200
mil
e fi
shin
g
zon
e h
as
no
t ch
ang
ed,
we
mu
st a
ckn
ow
led
ge
that
one
co
un
try
aft
er
an
oth
er
has
su
b
scri
bed
mem
ber
ship
of
so-c
all
ed
·U
nil
ate
ral
Clu
b"
foll
ow
ing
the u
nit
ed
Sta
tes'
un
ilate
ral
acti
on
last
year
and
, co
nse
qu
en
tly
,
the p
rese
nt
reg
ime
of
the se
a w
ork
s on
th
e b
asi
s o
f a
200
mil
e zo
ne
co
ncep
t.
We
are
no
w
stru
gg
lin
g t
o fi
nd
a re
ali
sti
c
solu
tio
n t
o s
urv
ive u
nd
er th
e
new
re
gim
e.
... ... 3.
-3
-
Sh
ou
ld a
ll co
ast
al
co
un
trie
s ex
ten
d t
heir
ju
ris-
dic
tio
n o
ver
200
mil
es,
35
%
of
the w
orl
d's
ocean
s,
and
90
%
of
the fi
sh
eri
es
reso
urc
es
of
these
oce
ans
wil
l fa
ll
un
der
the ju
risd
icti
on
of
these
co
un
trie
s.
If y
ou
lo
ok
at
the
dis
trib
uti
on
of
these
re
sou
rces,
y
ou
wil
l se
e th
at
mo
st o
f
the re
sou
rces
are
in
th
e w
ate
rs o
ff th
e co
ast
s o
f th
ose
co
un
trie
s th
at
hav
e la
rge
lan
d a
reas
and
ric
h
lan
d re
sou
rces.
On
the o
ther
han
d,
man
y sm
all
, d
en
sely
po
pu
late
d c
ou
ntr
ies
lack
ing
natu
ral
reso
urc
es,
li
ke J
ap
an
, are
n
ot
necess
ari
ly
ble
ssed
wit
h su
ffic
ien
t m
arin
e re
sou
rces
ad
jacen
t to
th
em.
I sh
ou
ld li
ke to
str
ess th
at
tho
se co
un
trie
s,
lik
e t
he
Un
ited
Sta
tes
and
C
anad
a,
wh
ich
are
b
less
ed
wit
h la
rge
lan
d a
reas
and
ri
ch
la
nd
re
sou
rces
as
well
as
vast
an
d ri
ch
co
ast
al
wate
rs,
mu
st b
ear
a g
rav
e re
sp
on
sib
ilit
y fo
r th
e e
ffecti
ve
use
o
f th
ose
mar
ine
reso
urc
es
for
the b
en
efi
t o
f m
ank
ind
.
I d
o
ho
pe
that
in a
do
pti
ng
man
agem
ent
reso
urc
es
for
the
mar
ine
reso
urc
es
off
th
eir
co
ast
s,
these
co
un
trie
s w
ill
en
sure
th
at
these
m
easu
res
wil
l b
e b
ased
on
su
ffic
ien
t
scie
nti
fic e
vid
en
ce,
and
w
ill
tak
e fu
lly
in
to a
cco
un
t th
e
his
tori
cal
per
form
ance
of
oth
er
co
un
trie
s.
4.
Fin
all
y,
I w
ou
ld li
ke to
str
ess
fro
m th
e a
fore
-
men
tio
ned
vie
w p
oin
t th
e
nee
d to
esta
bli
sh
a m
ult
ilate
ral
-4
-
co
nsu
ltati
ve o
rgan
izati
on
in
th
is a
rea.
My
dele
gati
on
h
as
com
e to
th
is m
eeti
ng
wit
h th
is
vie
w,
and
I
beli
ev
e o
ther
dele
gate
s p
rese
nt
here
who
h
ave
co
op
era
ted
in
th
e
wor
k o
f IC
NA
F
ho
ld
a si
mil
ar
vie
w.
I b
eli
ev
e w
e m
ust
mak
e ev
ery
eff
ort
tow
ard
th
e
acco
mp
lish
men
t o
f o
ur
com
mon
p
urp
ose
.
Tha
nk
yo
u,
Mr.
C
hai
rman
.
-1
-
OPE
NIN
G
STA
TEM
ENT
BY
LARR
Y
L.
SNEA
D
HEA
D
OF
U.
S.
DEL
EGA
TIO
N
BEF
OR
E TH
E PR
EPA
RA
TOR
Y
MEE
TIN
G
REG
AR
DIN
G
A D
RA
FT
CO
NV
ENTI
ON
ON
FU
TUR
E F
ISH
ER
IES
C
OO
PER
ATI
ON
IN
TH
E N
ORT
HW
EST
ATL
AN
TIC
OTT
AN
A,
CAN
AD
A
MAR
CH
15
, 19
77
On
beh
alf
o
f th
e
Un
ited
Sta
tes
Dele
gati
on
, I
wo
uld
lik
e to
ex
pre
ss g
rati
tud
e t
o o
ur
Can
adia
n h
ost
s fo
r th
e
ex
cell
en
t ar
ran
gem
ents
mad
e fo
r th
is m
eeti
ng
. W
e ap
pre
cia
te
the k
ind
wo
rds
of
wel
com
e w
hic
h w
ere
ex
pre
ssed
by S
ecre
tary
Jam
ieso
n
on
th
is
imp
ort
an
t o
ccasi
on
. l'l
e lo
ok
fo
rward
to
ou
r
stay
in
Ott
awa
and
th
e o
pp
ort
un
ity
to
re
new
acq
uain
tan
ces
amon
g o
ther
dele
gati
on
s ta
kin
g p
art
in
th
is m
eeti
ng
.
We
wel
com
e th
is o
pp
ort
un
ity
to
wo
rk
tow
ard
th
e d
raft
-
ing
of
a ne
w C
on
ven
tio
n
for
the
No
rth
west
A
tlan
tic.
ltJe
h
op
e
this
m
eeti
ng
w
ill
resu
lt in
a
dra
f"t
wh
ich
w
ill
be
co
nsis
ten
t
wit
h o
ur
do
mes
tic
resp
on
sib
ilit
y to
man
age
fish
eri
es
wit
hin
200
mil
es,
an
d w
hic
h w
ill
aff
ord
th
e
Un
ited
Sta
tes
an
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o p
art
icip
ate
in
a
new
fr
amew
ork
fo
r in
tern
ati
on
al
co
op
era
tio
n in
fi
sh
eri
es
in
the
No
rth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
Oce
an.
Du
rin
g th
e T
en
eri
fe
ICN
AF
meeti
ng
, w
e su
pp
ort
ed
,
in c
on
cep
t,
a p
rop
osa
l fo
r a
two
-bo
dy
org
an
izati
on
in
th
e
futu
re.
One
b
od
y w
ou
ld b
e re
spo
nsi
ble
fo
r m
anag
emen
t o
uts
ide
200
mil
es,
w
ith
ap
pro
pri
ate
co
ord
inati
on
wit
h c
oast
al
sta
tes.
The
o
ther
wo
uld
deal
wit
h s
cie
nti
fic c
oo
pera
tio
n b
oth
in
sid
e
and
ou
tsid
e
200
mil
es.
E
ith
er
bo
dy
w
ou
ld
be
op
en to
all
'"
-2
-A
NN
EX V
III
go
ver
nm
ents
p
art
icip
ati
ng
in
fi
sh
eri
es in
th
e
Co
nv
enti
on
are
a.
The
ne
w m
ult
ilate
ral
org
an
izati
on
wo
uld
no
t p
reclu
de th
e
op
po
rtu
nit
y to
co
nsu
lt o
r co
op
era
te o
n
a b
ilate
ral
basis
.
The
U
nit
ed S
tate
s D
ele
gati
on
is
ho
pefu
l th
at
this
m
eeti
ng
wil
l re
su
lt
in a
d
raft
co
nv
en
tio
n w
hic
h co
nta
ins
these
gen
era
l co
ncep
ts fo
r th
e co
nsi
dera
tio
n o
f o
ur
resp
ecti
ve
go
ver
nm
ents
.
Any
U
. S
. p
art
icip
ati
on
. in
a
new
org
an
izati
on
to
rep
lace
ICN
AF
is e
xp
ecte
d to
be
lim
ited
to
co
nsu
ltati
on
an
d
co
op
era
tio
n i
n t
he scie
nti
fic a
rea.
l-le
fo
rese
e
no
ro
le
for
the
Un
ited
Sta
tes
in
a su
ccess
or
org
an
izati
on
to
IC
NA
F in
the are
a o
f fi
shery
m
anag
emen
t.
Mr.
C
hai
rman
, I
ag
ain
w
ish
to
ex
pre
ss th
e ap
pre
cia
-
tio
n o
f th
e
Un
ited
Sta
tes
Dele
gati
on
fo
r th
e h
osp
itali
ty o
f
the C
anad
ian
G
ov
ern
men
t an
d th
e
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o ta
ke p
art
in
this
meeti
ng
.
We
wil
l h
ave
mor
e sp
ecif
ic
com
men
ts to
o
ffer
on
th
e
dra
ft c
on
ven
tio
n p
rep
are
d b
y
Can
ada
as
the
mee
tin
g p
roceed
s.
'" '"
-1
-
Stat
emen
t by
H
ead
of U
.S.S
. R,
Del
egat
ion
to t
he P
repa
rato
ry M
eetin
g
Reg
ardi
ng t
he F
utur
e of
ICN
AF
Mr.
Ch
aim
an,
Fir
st o
f al
l I
wou
ld l
ike
to
than
k th
e G
over
nmen
t of
Can
ada
and
the
Can
adia
n de
lega
tion
for
tak
ing
the
init
iati
ve
to c
all
this
prep
arat
ory
mee
ting
on t
he f
utur
e of
ICN
AF,
and
for
havi
ng d
raft
ed a
rtic
les
whi
ch,
in o
ur v
iew
. m
ake
a go
od b
asis
for
the
dis
cuss
ion
of
the
cont
ents
of a
fut
ure
conv
enti
on.
We
beli
eve
that
the
ra
pidl
y ch
angi
ng s
itua
tion
in
the
mos
t
impo
rtan
t fi
shin
g ar
eas
of
the
wor
ld
ocea
n an
d th
e re
visi
on o
f tr
adit
ion
al
conc
epts
of
sea
law
mak
e it
ver
y es
sent
ial
to f
ind
a w
ell-
bala
nced
appr
oach
to
the
ex
isti
ng p
robl
ems
with
du
e re
gard
of
the
inte
rest
s of
all
fish
ing
nati
ons.
As w
e vi
ew
it,
even
und
er u
nila
tera
l ex
tens
ion
of f
ish
erie
s
juri
sdic
tion
by
coas
tal
stat
es t
here
is
nee
d to
str
engt
hen
and
deve
lop
inte
rnat
ion
al
coop
erat
ion
, 1n
par
ticu
lar
in
the
Nor
th-w
este
rn A
tlan
tic
Oce
an,
wit
hout
whi
ch
any
furt
her
pro
gres
s in
the
exp
lora
tion
and
rat
ion
al
uti
liza
tio
n o
f re
sour
ces
1n
the
wor
ld o
cean
fo
r th
e b
enef
it o
f a
ll
nati
ons
is u
nthi
nkab
le.
We
cann
ot l
et t
he m
ost
valu
able
foo
d re
sour
ces
be
lost
use
less
ly b
ecau
se o
f th
eir
unde
r-ut
iliz
atio
n in
clo
sed
fish
erie
s
zone
s.
Nor
can
we
allo
w f
or o
ver-
fish
ing
whi
ch
may
gi
ve r
ise
to g
rave
econ
omic
and
soc
ial
cons
eque
nces
fo
r fi
sher
men
. H
ere
we
ough
t to
see
k
a re
ason
able
and
ba
lanc
ed s
olu
tion
whi
ch w
ould
sa
tisf
y t
he
inte
rest
s o
f
all
nati
ons.
-2
-l\I
INE
X
IX
In
conn
ecti
on w
ith
som
e re
por
ts c
arri
ed
in t
he
fore
ign
pres
s
rela
ting
the
leg
al a
ct r
ecen
tly
adop
ted
by
the
USSR
, re
port
s w
here
th
e
des
crip
tion
of
the
cont
ents
of
the
new
la
w
mig
ht h
ave
been
giv
en
in
an
inac
cura
te o
r d
isto
rted
way
. I
wou
ld
lik
e to
tak
e th
is
oppo
rtun
ity
to p
rovi
de n
eces
sary
cla
rifi
cati
on
in
resp
ect
of t
he e
ssen
ce o
f th
is
1 ...
.
On D
ecem
ber
10,
1976
, th
e Su
prem
e S
ovie
t of
the
USS
R issue~
the
law
con
cern
ing
inte
rim
mea
sure
s fo
r co
nser
vati
on o
f li
vin
g re
sour
ces
and
regu
lati
on o
f fi
sher
ies
in t
he s
ea a
djac
ent
to t
he c
oast
of
the
USSR
. Th
e la
w n
otes
th
at d
urin
g th
e re
cent
per
iod
of t
ime,
an
inc
reas
ing
num
ber
of s
tate
s, i
n pa
rtic
ular
sta
tes
neig
hbou
ring
on
the
USSR
, ha
ve
exte
nded
th
eir
econ
omic
and
fis
heri
es j
uri
sdic
tio
n u
p to
ZOO
nau
tica
l
mil
es w
itho
ut w
aiti
ng f
or t
he c
oncl
usio
n of
an
inte
rnat
iona
l co
nven
tion
deve
lope
d at
the
thi
rd U
.N.
L ...
of t
he S
ea C
onfe
renc
e.
It i
s st
ated
in
the
law
th
at t
he U
SSR
wil
l co
ntin
ue t
o a~/ocate
mul
tila
tera
l se
ttle
men
t o
f cu
rren
tly
cent
ral
prob
lem
s of
the
leg
al
regi
me
for
the
Wor
ld O
cean
, an
d co
nclu
sion
of
a co
nven
tion
for
that
pur
pose
whi
ch w
ould
pro
vide
a c
ompr
ehen
sive
con
sid
erat
ion
of
such
pr
oble
ms,
inte
r ~ t
he p
robl
em o
f u
tili
zati
on
of
livi
ng r
esou
rces
of
coas
tal
wat
ers,
and
whi
ch w
ould
als
o du
ly
rega
rd t
he r
elat
ions
hip
of t
hese
prob
lem
s,
and
the
vest
ed i
nte
rest
s of
all
na
tion
s.
Rea
lizi
ng t
hat
pri
or t
o th
e co
nclu
sion
of
a co
nven
tion
the
re
is n
eed
for
imm
edia
te a
ctio
n to
pro
tect
the
in
tere
sts
of t
he S
ovie
t U
nion
rela
tio
n t
o th
e co
nser
vati
on,
repr
oduc
tion
and
opt
imum
uti
liza
tio
n o
f
livi
ng r
esou
rces
in
the
wat
ers
adja
cent
to
the
coas
t of
the
USS
R,
-3
-
the
Sov
iet
Uni
on h
as
esta
bli
shed
int
erim
mea
sure
s fo
r th
e co
nser
vati
on
of l
ivin
g re
sour
ces
and
regu
lati
on O
f fi
sher
ies
wit
hin
the
200
mile
lim
it.
Opt
imum
uti
liza
tio
n o
f fi
sh a
nd o
ther
liv
ing
reso
urce
s w
ill
be c
ondu
cted
on
the
bas
is o
f ap
prop
riat
e sc
ien
tifi
c da
ta
and,
whe
n ne
eded
, w
ill
take
int
o ac
coun
t ad
vice
'of
com
pete
nt
inte
rnat
iona
l
orga
niz
atio
ns.
In
p
arti
cula
r. f
or t
hat
pur
pose
th
ere
wil
l be
est
a-
blis
hed
the
tota
l an
nual
al
low
able
cat
ch o
f ea
ch s
peci
es a
nd t
he
port
ion
of t
he a
nnua
l al
low
able
cat
ch w
hich
may
bec
ome
avai
labl
e to
fore
ign
fish
ing
vess
els
if t
he v
olum
e of
the
to
tal
allo
wab
le c
atch
from
a s
tock
of
com
mer
cial
sp
ecie
s ex
ceed
s th
e S
ovie
t fi
shin
g ca
paci
ty.
The
prov
fsio
ns o
f th
is l
aw w
ill
rem
ain
in f
orce
un
til
the
adop
tion
of
anot
her
lega
l ac
t of
the
USS
R,
follo
win
g th
e th
ird
U.N
.
Law
of t
he S
ea
Con
fere
nce,
whi
ch w
ould
det
erm
ine
the
regi
me
of t
he s
ea
adja
cent
to
the
Sov
iet
coas
t.
I ha
ve e
xpla
ined
the
obj
ecti
ves
of o
ur l
aw
fn h
opes
th
at
this
wil
l fa
cili
tate
the
und
erst
andi
ng b
y th
is m
eetin
g of
the
pos
itio
n
of
the
Sov
iet
dele
gati
on.
Than
k yo
u.
Otta
wa,
Mar
ch
15,
1977
'" ....
'" ., -
1 -
Sta
tem
ent
by
the
Nor
weg
ian
Del
egat
e to
th
e
Pre
para
tory
Mee
ting
Reg
ardi
ng
the
Futu
re o
f IC
NAF
Mr.
Cha
inna
n,
The
N
orw
egia
n a
uth
ori
ties
ha
ve
con
sid
ered
th
e q
ues
tion
of
the
futu
re r
ole
of
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l F
ish
erie
s C
omm
issio
ns
in
the
lig
ht
of t
he n
ew
juri
sdic
tion
al s
itu
atio
n w
hich
no
w ex
ists
.
My
gove
rnm
ent
has
com
e to
th
e co
nclu
sion
th
at t
here
wil
l
be a
con
tinu
ing
need
for
mu
ltil
ater
al
fish
erie
s co
-op
erat
ion
. It
wil
l.
how
ever
. be
n
eces
sary
to
bri
ng
this
co
-op
erat
ion
in
to
1 in
e
wit
h
the
exis
tin
g r
ea
liti
es.
T
he
Nor
weg
ian
Gov
ernm
ent
is
ther
efor
e
tak
ing
an
act
ive
par
t in
th
e w
ork
tha
t is
bei
ng
done
a
t re
stru
ctu
rin
g
both
th
e IC
NA
F an
d th
e N
EAFC
. N
orw
ay
has
for
a lo
ng t
ime
wor
ked
tow
ards
mu
ltil
ate
ral
solu
tio
ns
of
inte
rnat
ion
al
pro
ble
ms,
an
d sh
e w
ill
rem
ain
corm
litte
d to
th
is
appr
oach
. It
is
that
cor
rmit
men
t. M
r. C
hai
man
,
whi
ch
has
als
o b
rou
ght
us
to
the
pre
sen
t m
eeti
ng.
We
are
jln~
pare
d to
wor
k to
geth
er w
ith
ot
her
mem
ber
cou
ntr
ies
in o
rder
to
try
and
fi
nd
ap
pro
pri
ate
con
serv
atio
n m
easu
res
in
the
Nor
thw
est
Atl
an
tic
in
the
year
s to
co
me.
It i
s th
e vi
ew o
f th
e N
orw
egia
n au
tho
riti
es
that
the
Org
ani
zati
on
th
at
is
goin
g to
suc
ceed
IC
NA
F co
uld
con
tin
ue
to p
lay
an
imp
orta
nt
role
in
sev
eral
co
nte
xts
:
Fir
st.
wit
h
rega
rd
to f
ish
st
ock
s w
hich
oc
cur
only
in
area
s be
yond
n
atio
nal
fi
sher
ies
lim
its;
Sec
ond
ly.
wit
h
rega
rd
to s
tock
s th
at
occu
r bo
th w
ith
in
-2
-A
NN
EX
X
200
mil
es
and
beyo
nd
this
li
mit
, an
d w
hich
co
uld
be
ex
plo
ited
in
both
ar
eas;
Th
ird
ly,
it i
s o
ur
hope
an
d b
eli
ef
that
lCN
AF,
o
r ra
ther
its
succ
esso
r. c
an
cont
inue
to
pla
y an
im
port
ant
role
as
a fo
rum
for
coop
erat
ion
in s
cien
tifi
c re
sear
ch.
As
inde
ed a
non
-exp
ert,
[ th
ink
I
am
rig
ht
in s
ayin
g t
hat
ICN
AF
in
the
pas
t ha
s be
en s
uc
cess
ful
in
the
field
of
rese
arch
. W
e sh
ou
ld t
her
efo
re b
e m
indf
ul
of
the
valu
e o
f w
hat
has
been
d
evel
oped
un
der
the
pre
sen
t C
onve
nti
on.
I th
ink
fu
rth
er,
Mr.
Cha
irm
an,
tha
t th
e C
anad
ian
del
ega
tio
n,
in t
he
dra
ft
tha
t w
as
pre
sen
ted
to
us
yes
terd
ay
. ha
s tr
ied
to
pre
serv
e
wha
t is
go
od
unde
r ou
r ol
d
arra
nge
men
ts.
At
this
ea
rly
stag~
I sh
all
no
t go
in
to d
eta
ils
as
to
the
dra
ft.
bu
t I
wou
ld
lik
e to
exp
ress
ou
r g
rati
tud
e to
war
ds
the
Can
adia
n d
eleg
ati
on
fo
r p
rese
nti
ng
us
wit
h s
uch
a th
orou
gh
pie
ce
of
wor
k.,
one
whi
ch
I am
co
nvi
nce
d w
ill
form
a
very
u
sefu
l b
asi
s
ind
eed
fo
r ou
r d
elib
era
tio
ns
in t
he
nex
t d
ays.
Tha
nkin
g yo
u,
Mr.
Cha
irm
an.
Ott
awa,
M
arch
1
5,
1977
.
-1
-
D~claration
du R
~presentant
roum
ain
a ]a
R~union su
r 1 '
Ave
nir
de l'
ICNA
F
Mon
sieu
r le
Pr~sident,
Mes
prem
iers
mot
s se
ront
pou
r vo
us
adre
sser
au
nom
de
1a
d~~fgation roumaine~
les
plus
cor
dial
es f~licitations
au s
uje
t de
votr
e ~lection a
la p
~sidence
de n
otre
r~un
ion
.
En m
~me
tem
ps
nous
te
nons
ex
prim
er t
ous
nos
rem
erci
emen
ts
au g
ouve
rnem
ent
cana
dien
pou
r la
mani~re do
nt i
1 a organis~ ce
tte
impo
rtan
te r
~union
inte
rnat
iona
1e e
t po
ur 1
1ac
cuei
l ch
aleu
reux
qul
il
nous
a
r~serv~.
Nous
ap
prec
ions
ega
lem
ent
1e t
rava
il
fait
par
les
aut
orit
es
cana
dien
nes
quan
t a
1a p
r~paration
des
docu
men
ts
conc
erna
nt I
e pr
ojet
de
la f
utur
e or
gani
sati
on q
ui
va
rem
plac
er
l'ac
tuel
IC
NAF.
La R
oum
anie
att
ache
une
gra
nde
impo
rtan
ce a
la p
@ch
e da
ns
1a f
utur
e de
l'
org
anis
atio
n,
etan
t do
nn~
qu'e
lIe
est
un p
ays
en v
oie
de d
~veloppement,
rive
rain
a u
ne m
er p
resq
ue f
erm~
e,
pauv
re e
n
ress
ourc
es b
iolo
giqu
es.
Les
quan
tite
s de
poi
sson
p~c
h@es
an
nuel
lem
ent
tout
au
long
du
litt
ora
l ro
umai
n de
1.
Mer
Noi
re n
e d~
pass
ent
pas
5000
to
nnes
, qu
anti
t~
insu
ffis
ante
pou
r co
mpl~
ter
le n
~ces
sair
e en
prot
~1ne
s de
1a
pop
ulat
ion.
C
ette
Sit
uati
on a
obl
ig~
1a R
oum
an;e
d'a
ccor
der
une
atte
nti
on
particuli~re
a la
p@
che
exp~ditionnaire.
Mon
sieu
r le
P~sident,
la d
~legation
de
la R
~publique
So
cial
iste
de
Rou
man
ie p
arti
cipe
a 1
a pr
~sen
te r~union
anim
~e
du
, •
-2
-A
NN
EX
XI
d~sir
de
cont
ribu
er a
11~laboration
dlu
ne
nou
vell
e C
onve
ntio
n su
r 1a
coop~ration multilat~rale da
ns
le d
omai
ne
des
p!ch
es
de
l'A
tlan
tiq
ue
Nor
d-O
uest
, re
spec
t;ve
men
t au
del~
des
zone
s de
s p~cheries
de
200
mil1
es
~tablies
par
les
~tats
reve
rain
s da
ns
cett
e zo
ne.
Nou
s es
timon
s qu
e le
pro
jet prepar~
par
les
autorit~s
cana
dien
nes
cons
titu
e un
bon
poi
nt d
e d~part po
ur n
os
trav
aux.
Nou
s so
mm
es
favo
rabl
es a
1a c
ons~cration de
s pr
inci
pes
de coop~ration et
de
coll
abor
atio
n in
tern
atio
nal
es d
ans
le d
omai
ne
desp@c~es·
dans
le
s ea
ux a
djac
ente
s de
s zo
nes
qui
se t
rouv
ent
sous
la j
uri
dic
tio
n d
es ~t
ats
cOti
ers.
Nou
s es
timon
s qu
e 1a
nou
vell
e C
onve
ntio
n de
vrai
t r~soudre
tous
Ie
s probl~es re
li~s
a
, 'ex
plor
atio
n,
l'ex
p1oi
tati
on,
la c
onse
r.
vati
on e
t la
ges
tion
des
re
ssou
rces
bio
logi
ques
dan
s 1a
zon
e qu
i fe
ra
1 'o
bje
t de
cel
le-c
i, y
co
mpr
is
les
rech
erch
es s
cien
tifi
qu
es.
Dan
s ce
con
text
e,·n
ous
consid~rons
en p
rinc
ipe
que
les
stru
ctur
es d
e 18
fut
ure
orga
nisa
tion
qui
an
t -e
t~ envisag~es
dal",
s Ie
proj
et p
repa
re p
ar l
a p
arti
e ca
nadi
enne
, pe
uven
t r~
pond
re a
ces
buts
.
La
Rou
man
ie e
st p
r@te
~
par
tici
per
a la
coo
pera
tion
mul
ti·
lat~
ra'e
vi
s ant
1a
cons
erva
tion
des
re
s sou
rces
bio
logi
ques
da
ns
1a
zone
fut
ure
de
, 'or
gani
sati
on,
leu
r ex
ploi
tati
on
rati
onne
lle,
ai
nsi
que
la r
eche
rche
sci
enti
fiqu
e da
ns
ces
dom
aine
s.
Mon
sieu
r le
Pre
side
nt,
perm
etre
z-m
oi
d'ex
prim
er q
uelq
ues
consid~rations pr~liminaires
conc
erna
nt l
es s
tip
ula
tio
ns
de 1
'Art
icle
IX
du p
roje
t de
la
nou
vell
e C
onve
ntio
n,
en c
e qu
i co
ncer
ne l
es m
odali~s
d'as
sure
r le
bud
get
de 1
'Org
anis
atio
n.
.... o -
3 -
Selo
n l'o
pini
on d
e la
pa
rtie
rou
mai
ne,
il s
era
plus
equ
itab
le
que
10 r
epar
titi
on
des
co
ntri
buti
ons
des
Eta
ts m
embr
es
pour
le
budg
et
de 1
'Org
anis
atio
n so
it f
aite
seu
lem
ent
dans
un
ra
ppor
t st
rict
emen
t pr
opor
tion
nel
avec
le
s p
rise
s autoris~s
a ~tre p@ch~es
annu
el1e
men
t po
ur
chaq
ue p
ays.
En c
e qu
i co
ncer
ne l
es a
utre
s st
ipul
atio
ns d
u pr
ojet
de
la
Con
vent
ion,
no
us
nous
re
serv
ons
le d
roit
d'i
nte
rven
ir u
lter
ieur
emen
t au
fur
et
I m
esur
e qu
e 5e
s ar
ticl
es s
eron
t discut~s.
En
term
inan
t, M
onsie
ur l
e P~sidentt
j'ai
mer
ais
expr
imer
la
sati
sfac
tio
n d
e m
on p
ays
pour
l'a
ctlv
ite
depl
oyee
jus
qu'!
pre
sent
par
l'I
CN
AF
et "
OUS
so
mm
es
conv
afnc
us
que
notr
e r~union
abou
tira
a pr~par~
une
nouv
elle
Con
vent
ion
qui
donn
era
des
sati
sfac
tion
s po
ur "
ouS
taus
. M
erci
M
onsi
eur
le P
resi
dent
.
Otta
wa,
le
15
mar
s
-1
-
STAT
EMEN
r BY
THE
DE
LEGA
TE O
F TH
E GE
RMAN
DE
MOC
RATI
C RE
PUBL
IC
TO T
HE P
REPA
RATO
RY M
EETI
NG R
EGAR
DING
A D
RAFT
CON
VENT
ION
ON F
UTUR
E FI
SHER
IES
COOP
ERAT
ION
IN T
HE N
ORTH
WES
T AT
LANT
IC
Mr.
Cha
irm
an,
Allo
w m
e to
mak
e a
stat
emen
t co
ncer
ning
the
par
tici
pat
ion
of t
he G
erm
an D
emoc
ratic
Rep
ublic
in
thi
s pr
epar
ator
y m
eetin
g fo
r a
new
fish
ery
conv
enti
on
in t
he N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
area
.
Fir
st o
f al
l I
wou
ld l
ike
to
than
k th
e G
over
nmen
t of
Can
ada
for
prep
arin
g a
draf
t of
a n
ew c
onve
ntio
n.
We
do a
ppre
ciat
e th
is
effo
rt u
nder
take
n by
Can
ada.
The
Ger
man
Dem
ocra
tic R
epub
lic h
as
alw
ays
give
n st
rong
sup
port
to
the
wor
k of
reg
iona
l fi
sher
y or
gani
zati
ons.
esp
ecia
lly
in
the
Nor
th A
tlan
tic
and
the
adja
cent
wat
ers.
As
you
kn
ow.
the
GDR
beca
me
a m
embe
r of
ICH
AF a
nd N
EAFC
in
1974
. an
d si
nce
that
tim
e we
hav
e ta
ken
acti
ve p
art
in t
he w
ork
of b
oth
Com
mis
sion
s.
We
appr
ecia
te t
he e
ffor
ts u
nder
take
n by
th
ose
orga
niza
tion
s
and
thei
r m
embe
rs in
the
pas
t an
d in
mos
t re
cent
yea
rs
to p
rote
ct t
he
stoc
ks
and
to o
rgan
ize
a re
ason
able
man
agem
ent
and
rati
onal
u
tili
zati
on
of t
he s
tock
s.
In t
he T
hird
U.N
. La
w of
the
Sea
Con
fere
nce
we s
tand
for
regi
onal
an
d gl
obal
fi
shec
y or
gani
zati
ons
and
have
str
esse
d th
e ne
ed
for
a co
oper
atio
n be
twee
n co
asta
l st
ates
and
oth
er s
tate
s in
tere
sted
in
th
e
fish
ery
in a
sp
ecif
ic a
rea
wit
hin
inte
rnat
ion
al
orga
niz
atio
ns.
W
>-'
THE
GDR.
as
a
geog
raph
ical
ly d
isad
vant
aged
sta
te.
is d
epen
dent
-2
-A
NN
EX
XII
on
the
dis
tan
t w
ater
fis
her
y an
d ha
s a
grea
t in
tere
st i
n th
e m
aint
enan
ce
of
regi
onal
fi
sher
y or
gan
izat
ion
s O
f,
if i
t is
nec
essa
ry,
in
the
crea
tion
of
new
fish
ery
conv
enti
ons.
On t
he b
asis
of
thes
e p
rin
cip
les,
and
ta
king
in
to a
ccou
nt
the
new
deve
lopm
ent
in
the
law
of
the
Sea
and
the
esta
blis
hmen
t of
nat
iona
l
fish
ing
zone
s by
the
coa
stal
sta
tes
in
the
Nor
thw
est
Atl
anti
c in
th
e
begi
nnin
g o
f 19
77,
we a
re r
eady
to
con
trib
ute
to
the
crea
tion
of
a ne
w
fisI
H:~r
y co
nven
tion
cov
erin
g th
e N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
area
.
Otta
wa.
Mar
ch
21.
1977
.
w '"
-1
-
STAT
EMEN
T BY
THE
SPA
NISH
DEL
EGAT
ION
TO T
HE
PREP
ARAT
ORY
MEE
TING
REGA
RDIN
G TH
E FU
TURE
OF
ICHA
F
Mr.
Cha
irman
:
Aft
er r
eadi
ng
the
revi
sed
draf
t of
the
Con
vent
ion,
supp
lied
by
the
Can
adia
n de
lega
tion
yes
terd
ay,
I am
ple
ased
to
say
that
it
is e
vide
nt t
hat
a g
reat
eff
ort
has
bee
n m
ade
to t
ake
into
acco
unt
man
y of
the
su
gges
tion
s pr
opos
ed b
y th
e re
pre
sen
tati
ves
of
seve
ral
coun
trie
s in
the
pas
t fe
w
days
. C
erta
inly
, th
e ne
w te
xt m
ay
brin
g cl
oser
the
pos
itio
ns
of
the
part
iCip
ants
to
th
is C
onfe
renc
e.
thou
gh
furt
her
dis
cuss
ion
s w
ill.
of
cour
se.
be n
eces
sary
. B
ut
this
is p
art
of t
he n
egot
iati
on.
On b
ehal
f of
my
del
egat
ion
. I
wis
h to
exp
ress
my
sati
sfac
tion
that
the
sp
irit
of
the
sugg
esti
ons
we m
ade
on T
uesd
ay
the
15th
is
som
ehow
in
clud
ed
in
the
new
text
. In
p
arti
cula
r.
I am
ref
erri
ng
to
the
impr
ovem
ent
mad
e w
ith
resp
ect
to t
he,
func
tion
s of
the
Sci
enti
fic
Com
mitt
ee,
the
Com
miss
ion
and
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il an
d ve
ry s
pec
ific
all
y
to t
he s
tren
gthe
ning
of
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il.
to w
hich
mY
del
egat
ion
also
ref
erre
d w
hen
Art
icle
VII
o
f th
e fi
rst
dra
ft w
as
dis
cuss
ed.
I am
als
o ve
ry p
leas
ed t
o se
e th
at t
he c
onte
nt o
f pa
ragr
aph
of A
rtic
le V
of
the
firs
t d
raft
reg
ardi
ng t
he v
ote
in
the
Sci
enti
fic
Com
mitt
ee h
as b
een
noti
ceab
ly c
lari
fied
in
para
grap
h 1
of A
rtic
le V
rI
of t
he n
ew d
raft
.
As
for
the
allo
cati
on o
f ca
tche
s re
ferr
ed t
o in
par
agra
ph
6
AN
NEX
X
III
-2
-
of A
rtic
le V
II
of t
he
firs
t d
raft
. it
is
evid
ent
that
the
new
wor
ding
used
in
par
agra
ph 6
of
Art
icle
VII
has
impr
oved
con
side
rabl
y.
rt i
s al
so
obvi
ous
that
th
e re
fere
nce
to
the
Con
tine
ntal
S
hel
f w
e re
conm
ende
d to
be m
ade
has
been
inc
lude
d in
sub
para
grap
h b)
of
par
agra
ph
3 of
Art
icle
I o
f th
e ne
w d
raft
, th
us s
impl
ifyi
ng t
he a
llus
ion
to
the
sede
n
tary
spe
cies
mad
e in
th
e fi
rst
draf
t in
par
agra
ph 3
of
Art
icle
r.
I al
so w
ish
to
refe
r to
the
add
itio
n to
th
e ne
w te
xt o
f
som
e co
nclu
sion
s on
whi
ch
a gr
eat
num
ber
of d
eleg
atio
ns h
ad
reac
hed
a so
-cal
led
mor
al
cons
ensu
s.
lik
e fo
r in
stan
ce.
the
way
of
bil
lin
g
the
paym
ents
due
to t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
by t
he s
yste
m o
f on
e-th
ird
equ
ally
div
ided
am
ong
the
Con
trac
ting
P
arti
es
and
two-
thir
ds
in
pro
por
tion
to
thei
r ca
tch
es.
Als
o w
orth
men
tioni
ng
is t
he
incl
usi
on o
f pa
rt o
f th
e
tran
siti
onal
re
gim
e fro
m
rCNA
F to
HAF
CO p
ropo
sed
by
the
wor
king
gro
up.
And
, al
thou
gh
para
grap
hs 5
and
6 o
f A
rtic
le V
II of
the
new
dra
ft
cann
ot b
ut l
ead
to a
cer
tain
· deg
ree
of r
eser
vati
on f
rom
all
of
us,
it i
s no
w ev
iden
t th
at w
e m
ay g
o ah
ead
with
th
e go
al
that
we
all
have
in m
ind.
W
e do
not
mak
e an
y m
ore
com
men
ts
for.
the
mom
ent
as w
e m
ay
inte
rven
e la
ter
whe
n th
e ne
w ar
ticl
es a
re d
iscu
ssed
.
Than
k yo
u ve
ry m
uch,
Mr.
Cha
irman
.
Otta
wa,
22
Mar
ch,
1977
.
-1
-
Stat
emen
t by
the
Bul
gari
an D
eleg
ate
to t
he
Pre
para
tory
Mee
ting
Reg
ardi
ng t
he F
utur
e of
ICK
AF
Mr.
Cha
irman
,
For
man
y ye
ars,
the
In
tern
atio
nal
Con
vent
ion
for
the
Nor
thw
est
Atl
anti
c F
ishe
ries
was
app
reci
ated
as
a m
odel
of m
anag
ing
the
uti
liza
ti
on o
f th
e li
ving
res
ourc
es.
Now
that
the
con
diti
ons
on f
ishe
ries
hav
e ch
ange
d as
a r
esul
t of
the
uni
late
ral
deci
sion
of
a nu
mbe
r of
cou
ntri
es
on e
xpan
sion
of
the
fish
ing
zone
, th
is C
onve
ntio
n sh
ould
be
look
ed u
pon
as a
pas
t st
age.
B
ut,
undo
ubte
dly
at t
he p
rese
nt p
repa
rato
ry C
onve
ntio
n an
d es
peci
ally
at
its
late
r co
nclu
ding
sta
ge,
wor
ld s
ocie
ty w
ill
seek
an
exa
mpl
e of
int
erna
tion
al c
oope
ratio
n in
th
e fi
eld
of f
ishe
ries
. T
his
is i
neV
itab
le,
bear
ing
in m
ind
that
und
er t
he n
ew c
ondi
tion
s, w
e ar
e al
l lo
okin
g fo
r th
e fi
rst
time
for
rati
onal
way
s fo
r th
e ac
hiev
emen
t of
th
is p
urpo
se.
Thi
s al
one
is e
noug
h to
app
reci
ate
the
high
re
spon
si
bil
ity
of
our
mut
ual
wor
k.
At a
num
ber
of i
nter
nati
onal
fo
rum
s, in
clud
ing
at t
he
sess
ions
of
ICKA
F,
Bul
gari
a's
dele
gate
s ha
ve d
ecla
red
that
we
ackn
owle
dge
the
righ
ts o
f th
e co
asta
l st
ates
in
the
econ
omic
zon
e fo
r m
anag
emen
t an
d u
tili
zati
on o
f th
e li
vin
g re
sour
ces
in t
hei
r ad
jace
nt w
ater
s.
At
the
sam
e tim
e, w
e ha
ve a
lway
s pa
id a
tten
tion
to
the
resp
onsi
bili
ty w
hich
is
tak
en b
y th
e co
asta
l st
ates
with
the
dec
lara
tion
of
thei
r ec
onom
ic
righ
ts o
n th
e re
Sour
ces
in
the
expa
nded
zon
e.
In a
ccor
danc
e w
ith t
he
basi
c di
rect
ions
in
the
cour
se o
f th
e C
onfe
renc
e on
Sea
law
, we
se
e th
is r
espo
nsib
ilit
y ch
iefl
y in
a r
atio
nal
sati
sfac
tion
of
ever
yone
's o
wn
w
w
-2
-A
NN
EX
XIV
need
s an
d d
istr
ibu
tion
of
the
over
stoc
k be
twee
n th
e ot
her
inte
rest
ed
coun
trie
s on
th
e ba
sis
of
his
tori
cal
perf
orm
ance
.
The
se a
re t
he
star
tin
g po
ints
of
our
dele
gati
on
in
its
cons
ider
atio
n of
the
dra
ft f
or a
new
Agr
eem
ent.
The
new
orga
niza
tion
sho
uld
give
d
pos
sib
ilit
y fo
r jo
inin
g al
l m
embe
r co
untr
ies
of I
CNAF
, wh
o ar
e in
tere
sted
in
th
is.
A fo
rm
for
such
d
part
icip
atio
n m
ay b
e lo
oked
for
in
Art
icle
II.
B
ut,
proc
eedi
ng f
rom
the
evi
dent
nec
essi
ty f
or a
def
init
e or
gani
zati
onal
re
lati
on b
etw
een
the
diff
eren
t bo
dies
of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n, w
e se
e th
eir
nam
ing
in t
he s
ame
Art
icle
II
in a
dif
fere
nt w
ay.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
ould
be
at t
he f
irst
pla
ce f
ollo
wed
by
the
Fis
heri
es R
egul
ator
y C
omm
issi
on,
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
and
the
Sec
reta
riat
. A
t th
e sa
me
tim
e, a
new
thi
rd a
nd f
ourt
h pa
ragr
aph
shou
ld b
e fo
rmed
with
the
fol
low
-in
g pr
ovis
ions
. Fo
r ex
ampl
e:
113.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il ex
erci
ses
the
orga
niza
tion
al
and
adm
inis
trat
ive
rela
tion
bet
wee
n th
e se
para
te b
odie
s of
th
e O
rgan
izat
ion.
Th
e "o
ntra
ctln
g pa
rtie
s ha
ve a
rep
re
sent
ativ
e of
th
eir
Gov
ernm
ent
In t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
."
"4.
The
mem
bers
hip
in
the
Org
aniz
atio
n ca
n go
tog
ethe
r w
ith
the
mem
bers
hip
in a
ll it
s bo
dies
, or
onl
y in
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil.
In
cas
e of
a m
embe
rshi
p of
a c
erta
in c
ount
ry
in
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
only
, th
e sa
me
coun
try
may
p
arti
cip
ate,
If
it w
ishe
s to
, in
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il as
an
obs
erve
r. II
Aft
er t
hese
for
mul
atio
ns,
we p
rese
rve
para
grap
h th
ree
from
th
e d
raft
as
para
grap
h fi
ve,
as w
e m
ake
chan
ges
In it
s co
nten
ts o
nly
at t
he b
egin
ning
. an
d na
mel
y:
liThe
Org
aniz
atio
n as
a w
hole
or
by m
eans
of
sep
arat
e bo
dies
wil
l av
ail
itse
lf o
f su
ch a
leg
al c
apac
ity
on
the
terr
itor
ies
of
the
cont
ract
ing
par
ties
. as
can
be
agre
ed o
n be
twee
n th
e O
rgan
izat
ion
and
the
corr
espo
ndin
g co
ntra
ctin
g pa
rty.
II
-3
-
'" ... In
acc
orda
nce
with
the
abo
vem
entio
ned
reas
ons,
Art
icle
VII
shou
ld
beco
me
Art
icle
III
. We
pro
pose
fo
r A
rtic
le X
III
from
the
dra
ft t
o be
turn
ed i
nto
a pa
ragr
aph
of t
he a
rtic
le i
n w
hich
the
pro
visi
on o
f th
e
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il is
tre
ated
.
In t
his
cas
e th
e ne
w A
rtic
le I
II s
houl
d se
ttle
the
fol
low
ing
prob
lem
s:
1.
Prog
ram
min
g an
d ap
prov
al
of t
he w
ork
of t
he S
cien
tifi
c
Cou
ncil
and
the
Fis
heri
es R
egul
ator
y C
omm
issio
n;
2.
App
rova
l of
the
bud
get
of t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
and
dist
ribu
tion
of t
he p
aym
ents
to i
t by
the
con
trac
ting
par
ties
;
3.
Set
tles
the
rel
atio
ns a
nd c
ontr
ol
on t
he w
ork
of t
he
Sec
reta
riat
as
an e
xecu
tive
body
in
the
peri
od b
etw
een
the
sess
ions
of
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il.
In
shor
t, i
n ou
r op
inio
n, t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
may
tak
e up
the
func
tion
s of
the
ple
nary
ses
sion
s of
the
pre
sent
Com
miss
ion.
We h
ave
no o
bjec
tion
s to
par
agra
phs
3 an
d 4
of A
rtic
le V
II of
the
dra
ft.
At
the
sam
e tim
e, w
e ho
pe t
hat
it i
s po
ssib
le f
or C
anad
a to
reco
nsid
er i
ts p
osit
ion
on t
he c
arry
ing
out
of t
he s
essi
ons
in N
orth
Am
eric
a.
In c
onne
ctio
n w
ith t
he a
lrea
dy s
ugge
sted
ord
er o
f th
e bo
dies
of t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
in t
he t
ext,
the
pro
visi
on f
or t
he F
ishe
ries
Reg
ula
tory
Com
miss
ion
shou
ld b
e pl
aced
im
med
iate
ly a
fter
the
pro
visi
on f
or
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il,
follo
wed
by
the
pro
visi
on f
or t
he S
cien
tifi
c
Cou
ncil.
We h
ave
the
follo
win
g no
tes
on t
he p
robl
em o
f th
e pa
ymen
ts,
trea
ted
in A
rtic
le I
X of
the
dra
ft:
-4
-
Fir
st,
para
grap
h se
ven
of A
rtic
le I
X of
the
dra
ft i
n pr
acti
ce
prov
ides
for
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il to
gat
her
befo
re t
he y
earl
y se
ssio
n
of t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
in o
rder
to
prep
are
a dr
aft
budg
et f
or t
he n
ext
year
and
send
it
to t
he c
ontr
acti
ng p
arti
es a
t le
ast
six
wee
ks
in a
dvan
ce.
All
this
mea
ns t
rave
llin
g an
d ex
pens
es,
whi
ch w
ill
be r
epea
ted
for
the
carr
ying
out
of
the
year
ly s
essi
on.
If w
e ac
cept
tha
t th
e pa
ymen
ts of
each
cou
ntry
wil
l be
car
ried
out
on
the
basi
s of
tw
o sh
ares
for
mem
bers
hip
and
real
ized
cat
ch,
the
calc
ulat
ion
wil
l in
evit
ably
be
subm
itted
to
cert
ain
star
tin
g nu
mbe
rs.
In t
his
cas
e, t
he f
ixin
g of
the
due
sum
s
may
be
done
dir
ectl
y at
the
yea
rly
sess
ion,
in
whi
ch c
ase
one
prel
imin
ary
gath
erin
g of
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il w
ill
be s
aved
.
Seco
nd,
the
corr
elat
ion
50:5
0 in
fix
ing
the
volu
me
of t
he p
aym
ents
,
is n
ot f
air
to t
he c
ount
ries
with
a s
mal
l vo
lum
e of
fis
heri
es.
In o
ur
opin
ion,
the
ba
sic
part
of
the
paym
ents
shou
ld r
efle
ct t
he v
olum
e of
the
catc
h of
eac
h of
the
con
trac
ting
par
ties
. We
sug
gest
for
thi
s
corr
elat
ion
to
be c
hang
ed
to 2
0:80
, i.
e.,
20
perc
ent
to b
e pa
id f
or
mem
bers
hip
and
80 p
erce
nt o
n th
e ba
sis
of t
he r
eali
zed
cat·
~.
Than
k yo
u,
Mr.
C,h
airm
an.
Otta
wa
Mar
ch 2
2, 1
977
-1
-
Seco
nd R
evis
ed D
raft
Con
vent
ion
-M
arch
2·3
, 19
77
The
Sig
nato
ries
who
se d
uly
auth
oriz
ed r
epre
sent
ativ
es h
ave
subs
crib
ed h
eret
o,
NOTI
NG t
hat
the
coas
tal
stat
es o
f th
e N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
have
exte
nded
th
eir
juri
sdic
tion
ove
r th
e li
ving
res
ourc
es
of t
hei
r ad
jace
nt
wat
ers
purs
uant
to
and
1n a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
rele
vant
pri
nci
ple
s of
in
ter
nati
ona
1 la
w i
DESI
RING
to
prom
ote
the
cons
erva
tion
and
optim
um u
tili
zati
on
of
the
livi
ng m
arin
e re
sour
ces
of t
he N
orth
wes
t A
tlan
tic
area
wit
hin
a fr
ame
wor
k ap
prop
riat
e to
the
reg
ime
of e
xten
ded
coas
tal
stat
e ju
risd
icti
on
,
and
to
this
end
to
enco
urag
e in
tern
atio
nal
coop
erat
ion
and
cons
ulta
tion
in t
his
fie
ld;
Hav
e ag
reed
as
follo
ws:
Art
icle
1.
Exc
ept
whe
re o
ther
wis
e pr
ovid
ed,
the
area
to
whi
ch
this
Con
ven
tion
ap
pli
es,
her
ein
afte
r re
ferr
ed t
o as
th
e "C
onve
ntio
n A
rea"
, sh
all
be t
he w
ater
s of
the
Nor
thw
est
Atl
anti
c O
cean
nor
th
of 3
5°00
' no
rth
lati
tude
and
wes
t of
a l
ine
exte
ndin
g du
e no
rth
from
35°
00'
nort
h la
titu
de
and
42°0
0'
wes
t lo
ngit
ude
to 5
9°00
' no
rth
lati
tud
e, t
henc
e du
e w
est
to
44°0
0'
wes
t lo
ngit
ude,
an
d th
ence
due
nor
th
to t
he c
oast
of
Gre
enla
nd,
and
the
wat
ers
of t
he G
ulf
of S
t. L
awre
nce,
D
avis
Str
ait
and
Baf
fin
Bay
sout
h of
78°
10'
nort
h la
titu
de.
2.
The
Con
vent
ion
Are
a sh
all
be d
ivid
ed i
nto
Suba
reas
an
d
Div
isio
ns o
f Su
bare
as,
the
boun
dari
es o
f w
hich
sh
all
be t
hose
def
ined
in
the
Ann
ex t
o th
is C
onve
ntio
n.
w '"
AN
NE
X
XV
NOT
FOR
PUBL
ICAT
ION
w '"
-2
-
3.
In t
his
Con
vent
ion,
lIeo
lsta
l st
ate
ll
mea
ns
a C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
exe
rcis
ing
fish
erie
s
juri
sdic
tion
In
wat
ers
form
ing
part
of
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a;
tlfi
sher
y" o
r "
ffsh
erie
sll
does
no
t in
clu
de
any
fish
ery
for
(a)
tuna
.
(b)
sede
ntar
y sp
ecie
s of
the
con
tine
ntal
she
lf.
or
(c)
anad
ram
aus
spec
ies.
IIReg
ula
tory
Are
a" m
eans
th
at
pa
rt o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n A
rea
whi
ch
lies
bey
ond
nati
onal
fis
hery
lim
its.
4.
Not
hing
in
thi
s C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
be d
eem
ed t
o af
fect
or
prej
udic
e th
e po
siti
ons
or c
laim
s of
a~ C
ontr
actin
g Pa
rty
in r
egar
d to
inte
rnal
wat
ers,
th
e te
rrit
oria
l se
a, o
r th
e li
mit
s or
ext
ent
of m
ariti
me
juri
sdic
tion
.
Art
icle
II
1.
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
sha
ll e
stab
lish
and
mai
ntai
n an
Org
aniz
atio
n w
hose
obj
ect
shal
l be
to
cont
ribu
te t
hrou
gh
inte
rnat
iona
l
cons
ulta
tion
and
coo
pera
tion
to
the
opt
imum
uti
liza
tion
, ra
tion
al m
anag
e
men
t an
d co
nser
vatio
n of
the
li
vin
g re
sour
ces
of t
he C
onve
ntio
n A
rea.
This
Org
aniz
atio
n sh
all
be k
nown
as
the
Nor
thw
est
Atl
anti
c F
ishe
ries
Con
sult
ativ
e O
rgan
izat
ion
. h
erei
naf
ter
refe
rred
to
as
the
IIO
rgan
izat
ion
ll,
and
shal
l ca
rry
out
the
func
tions
se
t fo
rth
in t
his
Con
vent
ion.
2.
The
Org
aniz
atio
n sh
all
cons
ist
of:
(a)
a G
ener
al
Cou
ncil,
(b)
a S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il,
(c)
a F
ishe
ries
Com
miss
ion,
and
(d)
a S
ecre
tari
at.
w ...
-3
-
3.
The
Org
aniz
atio
n sh
all
have
leg
al
pers
onal
ity
and
shal
l en
joy
in t
he t
erri
tori
es o
f th
e C
ontr
actin
g P
arti
es s
uch
lega
l ca
paci
ty a
s m
ay
be n
eces
sary
to
perf
orm
its
fun
ctio
ns
and
achi
eve
its
ends
.
4.
The
head
quar
ters
of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n sh
all
be i
n N
orth
Am
eric
a at
a p
lace
to
be c
hose
n by
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il.
Art
icle
III
1.
The
func
tions
of
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
be
(aJ
to s
uper
vise
and
coo
rdin
ate
the
adm
inis
trat
ive,
fina
ncia
l an
d ot
her
inte
rnal
af
fair
s of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n,
(bJ
to c
oord
inat
e th
e ex
tern
al
rela
tion
s of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n,
and
(cJ
to e
xerc
ise
the
auth
orit
y co
nfer
red
by A
rtic
les
XVII
and
XIX
of t
his
Con
vent
ion.
2.
The
Cha
irman
of
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
be t
he c
hief
exec
utiv
e of
fice
r an
d pr
inci
pal
repr
esen
tati
ve o
f th
e O
rgan
izat
ion.
3.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Part
y sh
all
be a
mem
ber
of t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
.
4.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Part
y sh
all
appo
int
its
own
repr
esen
tati
ves
to t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil.
5.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
conv
ene
a re
gula
r an
nual
m
eetin
g
of t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
at f
ts h
eadq
uart
ers
or a
t su
ch
othe
r pl
ace
in N
orth
Am
eric
a as
may
be
deci
ded
upon
by
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il.
-4
-
:;:
Art
icle
IV
1.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Part
y sh
all
have
one
vot
e in
all
pr
ocee
ding
s
of t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil.
2.
Dec
isio
ns o
f th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
shal
l be
tak
en b
y a
maj
orit
y
of t
he v
otes
of
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
pre
sent
and
vot
ing.
3.
The
repr
esen
tati
ves
of e
ach
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty t
o an
y m
eetin
g
of t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
may
be
acco
mpa
nied
by
alte
rnat
es,
expe
rts
and
advi
sers
.
4.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
elec
t a
Cha
irman
and
a V
ice
Cha
irman
, ea
ch o
f wh
om s
hall
ser
ve f
or a
ter
m o
f th
ree
year
s an
d sh
all
be e
lig
ible
for
re-
elec
tion
but
not
to
mor
e th
an
two
succ
essi
ve t
erm
s.
The
Cha
irman
sha
ll b
e a
repr
esen
tati
ve o
f a
Con
trac
ting
Part
y th
at i
s
a C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r, an
d th
e C
hairm
an a
nd V
ice-
Cha
irman
sha
ll b
e re
p
rese
ntat
ives
of
diff
eren
t C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es.
5.
Any
mee
ting
of t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil,
oth
er t
han
the
annu
al
mee
ting
conv
ened
pur
suan
t to
Art
icle
III
, m
ay b
e ca
lled
by
the
Cha
irman
at s
uch
time
and
plac
e as
he
may
det
erm
ine.
up
on
the
requ
est
of
a
coas
tal
sta
te o
r o
f an
y ot
her
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty w
ith
the
conc
urre
nce
of
a co
asta
l st
ate.
6.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
subm
it to
th
e C
ontr
actin
g
Par
ties
an
annu
al
repo
rt o
f it
s a
ctiv
itie
s.
7.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
adop
t, an
d am
end
as
occa
sion
may
req
uire
, by
-law
s fo
r th
e co
nduc
t of
its
mee
tings
an
d fo
r th
e ex
erci
se
of i
ts f
unct
ions
.
Art
icle
V
1.
The
func
tion
s of
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l be
:
w '"
-5
-
(a)
to p
rovi
de a
for
um f
or c
oope
ratio
n an
d co
nsul
tati
on
amon
g th
e C
ontr
actin
g P
arti
es w
ith
resp
ect
to t
he s
tuqy
.
appr
aisa
l an
d ex
chan
ge o
f sc
ien
tifi
c in
form
atio
n an
d
view
s re
lati
ng
to t
he f
ish
erie
s o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n A
rea.
incl
udin
g re
leva
nt e
nviro
nmen
tal
and
ecol
ogic
al
fact
ors.
and
to e
ncou
rage
and
pro
mot
e co
oper
atio
n am
ong
the
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
in
scie
nti
fic
rese
arch
des
igne
d to
fill
gap
s in
kno
wle
dge
pert
aini
ng t
o th
ese
mat
ters
;
(b)
to c
ompi
le a
nd m
aint
ain
stat
isti
cs a
nd r
ecor
ds a
nd
to p
ublis
h or
dis
sem
inat
e re
port
s. i
nfor
mat
ion
and
mat
eria
ls p
erta
inin
g to
the
fis
heri
es o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n
Are
a,
incl
udin
g re
leva
nt e
nviro
nmen
tal
and
ecol
ogic
al
fact
ors
;
(c)
to p
rovi
de s
cien
tifi
c ad
vice
to
coas
tal
stat
es.
whe
re
requ
este
d to
do
so p
ursu
ant
to A
rtic
le V
I; an
d
(d)
to p
rovi
de s
cien
tifi
c ad
vice
to
the
Fis
heri
es C
omm
issio
n.
eith
er o
n it
s ow
n in
itia
tiv
e or
pur
suan
t to
Art
icle
VII
.
2.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Part
y sh
all
be a
mem
ber
of t
he S
cien
tifi
c
Cou
ncil
and
shal
l ap
pOin
t it
s ow
n re
pres
enta
tive
s to
the
Cou
ncil.
l.
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
sha
ll f
urni
sh
to t
he S
cien
tifi
c
Cou
ncil
any
avai
labl
e st
atis
tica
l an
d sc
ien
tifi
c in
form
atio
n pe
rtai
ning
to
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a re
ques
ted
by t
he C
ounc
il fo
r th
e pu
rpos
es o
f th
is
Art
icle
.
4.
Each
coa
stal
sta
te s
hall
fU
rnis
h to
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
any
avai
lab
le s
tati
stic
al
and
scie
nti
fic
info
nmat
ion
pert
aini
ng t
o
wat
ers
unde
r it
s fi
sher
ies
juri
sdic
tion
wit
hin
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a re
ques
ted
by
the
Cou
ncil
for
the
purp
oses
of
this
Art
icle
.
... o
-6
-
5.
The
func
tions
of
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
may
, w
here
app
ro-
pri
ate.
be
carr
ied
out
in
coop
erat
ion
wit
h ot
her
publ
ic o
r p
riva
te
orga
niza
tion
s ha
ving
rel
ated
obj
ecti
ves.
6.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
may
est
abli
sh s
uch
Com
mitt
ees
and
Sub-
Com
mitt
ees
as it
con
side
rs d
esir
able
for
the
exe
rcis
e of
its
dut
ies
and
func
tion
s.
Art
icle
VI
1.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
may
, at
the
req
uest
of
a co
asta
l st
ate
, co
nsid
er a
nd r
epor
t on
any
que
stio
n p
erta
inin
g to
the
sci
enti
fic
bas i
s fo
r th
e m
anag
emen
t an
d co
nser
vatio
n of
fis
hery
res
ourc
es
in w
ater
s un
der
the
fish
erie
s ju
risd
icti
on o
f th
at c
oast
al s
tate
wit
hin
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a.
2.
The
coas
tal
stat
e sh
all,
in
cons
ulta
tion
with
th
e S
cien
tifi
c C
ounC
il,
spec
ify
tenn
s o
f re
fere
nce
for
the
cons
ider
atio
n of
any
que
stio
n re
ferr
ed t
o th
e C
ounc
il pu
rsua
nt t
o p
arag
raph
1.
Thes
e te
rms
of r
efer
ence
sh
all
incl
ude,
alo
ng w
ith a
ny o
ther
mat
ters
de
emed
app
ropr
iate
, su
ch
of t
he f
ollo
win
g as
are
app
lica
ble:
(a)
a st
atem
ent
of t
he q
uest
ion
refe
rred
, in
clud
ing
a
des
crip
tion
of
the
fish
erie
s an
d ar
eas
to b
e co
n
sid
ered
,
(b)
whe
re s
cien
tifi
c es
tim
ates
or
pred
icti
ons
are
soug
ht,
a d
escr
ipti
on o
f an
y re
leva
nt
fact
ors
or a
ssum
ptio
ns
to b
e ta
ken
into
acc
ount
. an
d
(c)
whe
re a
ppli
cabl
e, a
des
crip
tion
of
any
obje
ctiv
es
the
coas
tal
sta
te i
s se
ekin
g to
att
ain
and
an
in
dic
atio
n
of w
heth
er s
pec
ific
adv
ice
or a
ran
ge o
f op
tion
s sh
ould
be
pro
vide
d.
...
-7
-
Art
icle
VII
1.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l co
nsid
er a
nd r
epor
t on
any
ques
tion
ref
erre
d to
it
by t
he F
ishe
ries
Com
miss
ion
pert
aini
ng t
o th
e
scie
nti
fic
basi
s fo
r th
e m
anag
emen
t an
d co
nser
vatio
n of
fis
hery
res
ourc
es
wit
hin
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a.
2.
For
the
purp
oses
of
para
grap
h 1,
the
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l ta
ke i
nto
acco
unt
the
term
s of
ref
eren
ce s
peci
fied
by
the
Fis
heri
es C
omm
issio
n in
res
pect
of
any
ques
tion
ref
erre
d to
the
Sci
en
tifi
c C
ounc
il pu
rsua
nt t
o th
is A
rtic
le.
Art
icle
VII
I
1.
Sci
enti
fic
advi
ce t
o be
pro
vide
d by
th
e S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il
purs
uant
to
thi
s C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
be d
eter
min
ed b
y co
nsen
sus.
W
here
a
cons
ensu
s ca
nnot
be
achi
eved
, th
e C
ounc
il sh
all
set
out
in i
ts r
epor
t al
l
view
s ad
vanc
ed o
n th
e m
atte
r un
der
cons
ider
atio
n.
2.
Dec
isio
ns o
f th
e S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il w
ith r
espe
ct
to t
he
elec
tion
of
off
icer
s, t
he a
dopt
ion
and
the
amen
dmen
t of
by-
law
s an
d
othe
r m
atte
rs p
erta
inin
g to
the
org
aniz
atio
n of
its
wor
k sh
all
be t
aken
by a
maj
orit
y of
vot
es o
f al
l C
ontr
actin
g P
arti
es p
rese
nt a
nd v
otin
g,
and
for
thes
e pu
rpos
es e
ach
Con
trac
ting
Part
y sh
all
have
one
vot
e.
3.
The
repr
esen
tati
ves
of e
ach
Con
trac
ting
Part
y to
any
mee
ting
of t
he S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il m
ay
be a
ccom
pani
ed b
y al
tern
ates
,
expe
rts
and
advi
sers
.
4.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l el
ect
a C
hairm
an a
nd a
Vic
e
Cha
irman
, ea
ch o
f wh
om s
hall
ser
ve f
or a
ter
m o
f th
ree
year
s an
d sh
all
be e
lig
ible
for
re-
elec
tion
but
not
to
mor
e th
an
two
succ
essi
ve t
erm
s.
The
Cha
inm
an a
nd V
ice-
Cha
irm
an m
ust
be r
epre
sent
ativ
es o
f d
iffe
ren
t
I-'
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
.
... '"
-8
-
5.
Any
mee
ting
of t
he S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il, o
ther
tha
n th
e
annu
al
mee
ting
conv
ened
pur
suan
t to
Art
icle
III
, m
ay b
e ca
lled
by
the
Cha
lman
at
such
tim
e an
d pl
ace
as
he m
ay
dete
rmin
e, u
pon
the
requ
est
of a
coa
stal
sta
te o
r of
any
oth
er C
ontr
actin
g Pa
rty
with
th
e co
ncur
renc
e
of a
coa
stal
sta
te.
6.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l su
bmit
to t
he C
ontr
acti
ng
Par
ties
an
annu
al
repo
rt o
f It
s ac
tiv
itie
s.
7.
The
Sci
enti
fic
Cou
ncil
shal
l ad
opt,
and
amen
d as
occ
asio
n
may
req
uire
, by
-law
s fo
r th
e co
nduc
t of
its
mee
tings
an
d fo
r th
e ex
erci
se
of i
ts f
unct
ions
.
Art
icle
IX
1.
The
Fis
heri
es C
omm
lssl
on,(
here
lnaf
ter
refe
rred
to
as
the
"Con
rniss
1on"
) t
shal
l be
res
pon
sib
le f
or t
he m
anag
emen
t an
d co
nser
vati
on
of
the
fish
ery
reso
urce
s o
f th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
the
prov
iSiO
ns
of t
his
Art
icle
.
2.
The
mem
bers
hip
of t
he C
omm
issio
n sh
all
cons
ist
of a
ll
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
, ex
cept
tha
t an
y Pa
rty
who
se
vess
els
are
not
par
ti-
cipa
tlng
in
the
fish
erie
s of
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a m
ay e
lect
not
to
be
a m
embe
r an
d in
a"¥
eve
nt s
hal
l no
t be
en
titl
ed t
o ca
st v
otes
or
pres
ent
obje
ctio
ns
resp
ecti
ng p
ropo
sals
de
scri
bed
in t
his
Art
icle
.
3.
Each
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
shal
l ap
poin
t it
s ow
n re
pres
enta
tive
s
to t
he C
omm
issio
n.
4.
Any
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty
that
is
not
a C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r m
ay
atte
nd m
eetin
gs
of t
he C
omm
issio
n as
an
obs
erve
r.
5.
The
Com
miss
ion
may
ado
pt p
ropo
sals
fo
r jo
int
acti
on b
y
the
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
de
sign
ed
to a
chie
ve
the
optim
um u
tili
zati
on o
f
.. ...
-9
-
the
fish
ery
reso
urce
.s o
f th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea.
In
con
side
ring
suc
h pr
opos
als,
th
e C
omm
issio
n sh
all
take
int
o ac
coun
t an
y re
leva
nt i
nfor
m
atio
n or
adv
ice
prov
ided
to
it b
y th
e S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il.
6.
In
the
exer
cise
of
its
func
tions
un
der
para
grap
h 5,
the
C
omm
issio
n sh
all
ensu
re c
onsi
sten
cy b
etw
een
(aJ
any
prop
osal
th
at a
ppli
es t
o a
stoc
k or
gro
up o
f st
ocks
occ
urri
ng b
oth
with
in t
he R
egul
ator
y A
rea
and
with
in a
n ar
ea u
nder
the
fis
heri
es
juri
sdic
tion
of
a co
asta
l st
ate,
or
any
prop
osal
th
at w
ould
hav
e an
ef
fect
thr
ough
spe
cies
int
erre
lati
onsh
ips
on a
sto
ck
or g
roup
of
stoc
ks o
ccur
ring
in
who
le o
r in
par
t w
ithin
an
area
und
er t
he f
ishe
ries
jur
isdi
ctio
n of
a
coas
tal
stat
e, a
nd
(bJ
any
rela
ted
mea
sure
s or
dec
isio
ns t
aken
by
that
coa
stal
st
ate
with
re
spec
t to
the
are
a un
der
its
fish
erie
s ju
risd
icti
on.
The
appr
opri
ate
coas
tal
stat
e an
d th
e C
omm
issio
n sh
all
acco
rdin
gly
prom
ote
the
coor
dina
tion
of
such
pro
posa
ls.
mea
sure
s an
d de
cisi
ons.
Ea
ch
coas
tal
stat
e sh
all
keep
the
Com
miss
ion
info
rmed
of
such
mea
sure
s o
r de
cisi
ons
for
the
purp
oses
of
this
Art
icle
.
7.
Prop
osal
s ad
opte
d by
th
e C
omm
issio
n fo
r th
e al
loca
tion
of
cat
ches
in
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a sh
all
take
int
o ac
coun
t th
e in
tere
sts
of C
omm
issio
n m
eom
ers
who
se v
esse
ls h
ave
trad
itio
nall
y fi
shed
with
in
that
are
a an
d th
e sp
ecia
l in
tere
st o
f th
e co
asta
l st
ate
exer
cisi
ng
fish
erie
s ju
risd
icti
on i
n w
ater
s ad
jace
nt t
o th
e po
rtio
n of
the
Reg
ula
tory
Are
a to
whi
ch
the
prop
osal
ap
plie
s, a
nd t
he n
eeds
of
its
coa
stal
co
mm
uni t
ies.
.j
... ...
-10
-
8.
The
Com
miss
ion
may
als
o ad
opt
prop
osal
s fo
r in
tern
atio
nal
mea
sure
s of
con
trol
an
d en
forc
emen
t w
ithi
n th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea
for
the
purp
ose
of e
nsur
ing
with
in t
hat
area
the
app
lica
tion
of
this
Con
vent
ion
and
the
mea
sure
s in
for
ce
ther
eund
er.
9.
Each
pro
posa
l ad
opte
d by
the
Com
miss
ion
shal
l be
tra
ns
mit
ted
to t
he D
epos
itary
. Th
e D
epos
itary
sha
ll
tran
smit
the
pro
posa
l to
the
Ccm
niss
ion
mem
ers
for
thei
r co
nsi
der
atio
n a
nd m
ay
mak
e su
ch
sugg
estio
ns a
s w
ill
faci
lita
te a
ccep
tanc
e of
the
pr
opos
al.
10.
Each
pro
posa
l ad
opte
d by
th
e C
omm
issio
n un
der
this
Art
icle
sh
all
beco
me
effe
ctiv
e fo
r al
l C
omm
issio
n m
embe
rs fro
m a
dat
e to
be
dete
rmin
ed b
y th
e C
omm
issio
n, w
hich
sh
all
not
be b
efor
e th
e tim
e fo
r pr
esen
ting
obj
ecti
ons
unde
r A
rtic
le X
has
elap
sed.
11.
The
Com
miss
ion
may
, in
acc
orda
nce
with
Art
icle
VII
, re
fer
to t
he S
cien
tifi
c C
ounc
il a~
ques
tion
pert
aini
ng t
o th
e sc
i en-
tifi
c b
asis
for
the
man
agem
ent
and
cons
erva
tion
of
fish
ery
reso
urce
s w
ithi
n th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea.
12.
The
Com
miss
ion m~
invi
te t
he a
tten
tion
of
any
or a
ll
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
to a
ny m
atte
rs w
hich
re
late
to
the
obje
ctiv
es a
nd
purp
oses
of
thi
s C
onve
ntio
n w
ithi
n th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea.
13.
The
Com
miss
ion
may
est
abli
sh s
uch
Com
mitt
ees
and
Sub
Com
mitt
ees
as it
con
side
rs d
esir
able
for
the
exe
rcis
e of
its
dut
ies
and
fun
cti o
ns.
Art
icle
X
1.
If a
ny
CO
Rlll
issio
n m
embe
r pr
esen
ts
to t
he D
epos
itar
y an
ob
ject
ion
to a
pro
posa
l w
ithin
six
ty d
ays
of
the
date
on
the
noti
fica
tion
of
the
pro
posa
l by
the
Dep
osita
ry,
the
prop
osal
sh
all
not
beco
me
effe
ctiv
e
... '"
-u
-
for
any
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
unti
l th
e ex
pira
tion
of
fort
y da
ys
follo
win
g th
e da
te o
f th
e tr
ansm
itta
l to
· th
e C
omm
issio
n m
embe
rs o
f a
noti
ce o
f th
at o
bjec
tion
. Th
ereu
pon
any
othe
r C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r m
ay s
imil
arly
ob
ject
pri
or t
o th
e ex
pira
tion
of
the
addi
tion
al
fort
y da
y pe
riod
, or
w
ithi
n th
irty
day
s af
ter
the
date
of
the
tran
smit
tal
to t
he C
omm
issio
n m
embe
rs of
a n
otic
e of
any
obj
ecti
on p
rese
nted
wit
hin
that
add
itio
nal
fort
y da
y pe
riod
, w
hich
ever
sha
ll b
e th
e la
ter.
Th
e pr
opos
al
shal
l th
en
beco
me
effe
ctiv
e fo
r al
l C
omm
issio
n m
embe
rs,
exce
pt t
hose
whi
ch h
ave
pres
ente
d ob
ject
ions
, at
the
end
of
the
exte
nded
per
iod
or p
erio
ds
for
obje
ctin
g.
If,
how
ever
, at
the
end
of s
uch
exte
nded
per
iod
or p
erio
ds,
obje
ctio
ns h
ave
been
pre
sent
ed a
nd m
aint
aine
d by
• m
ajor
ity
of C
omm
issio
n m
embe
rs,
the
prop
osal
sh
all
not
beco
me
effe
ctiv
e un
less
any
or
all
of
the
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
neve
rthe
less
agr
ee a
s am
ong
them
selv
es
to g
ive
effe
ct t
o it
on
an a
gree
d da
te.
2.
Any
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
whi
ch h
as o
bjec
ted
to a
pro
posa
l m
ay a
t an
y tim
e w
ithdr
aw t
hat
obje
ctio
n an
d th
e pr
opos
al
shal
l be
com
e ef
fect
ive
with
re
spec
t to
suc
h m
embe
r, im
med
iate
ly if
the
pro
posa
l is
alrea~
in e
ffec
t, o
r at
suc
h tim
e as
it
bec
omes
ef
fect
ive
unde
r th
e th
e te
rms
of t
his
Art
icle
.
3.
At
any
time
afte
r th
e ex
pira
tion
of
one
year
fro
m
the
date
on
whi
ch a
pro
posa
l be
com
es
effe
ctiv
e, a
ny C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r m
ay
give
to
the
Dep
osita
ry n
otic
e of
the
te
rmin
atio
n of
its
acc
epta
nce
of
the
prop
osal
, an
d,
if t
hat
noti
ce i
s no
t w
ithdr
awn,
th
e pr
opos
al
shal
l ce
ase
to b
e ef
fect
ive
for
that
mem
ber
at
the
end
of
one
year
fro
m
the
date
of
rece
ipt
of t
he n
otic
e by
th
e D
epos
itary
. A
t an
y tim
e af
ter
a
... '"
-u
-pr
opos
al
has
ceas
ed t
o be
eff
ecti
ve f
or a
Com
miss
ion
mem
ber
unde
r th
is
para
grap
h, t
he p
ropo
sal
shal
l ce
ase
to b
e ef
fect
ive
for
any
othe
r Co
m
mis
sion
mem
ber
upon
th
e da
te a
not
ice
of w
ithdr
awal
by
suc
h m
embe
r is
rece
ived
by
the
Dep
osita
ry.
men
iler
of: 4.
Th
e D
epos
itary
sha
ll
imm
edia
tely
not
ify
each
Com
miss
ion
(a)
the
rece
ipt
of e
ach
obje
ctio
n an
d w
ithdr
awal
of
ob
ject
ion
unde
r pa
ragr
aph
1,
(b)
the
entr
y in
to f
orce
of
any
prop
osal
un
der
Art
icle
IX
,
and
(c)
the
rece
ipt
of e
ach
noti
ce u
nder
par
agra
ph
2.
Art
icle
Xl
1.
Each
C
omm
issio
n m
enlle
r sh
all
have
one
vot
e in
all
pr
ocee
ding
s
of t
he C
omm
issi
on.
2.
Dec
isio
ns o
f th
e C
omm
issio
n sh
all
be t
aken
by
a m
ajor
ity
of t
he v
otes
of
all
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
pr
esen
t an
d vo
ting
.
3.
The
rep
rese
nta
tive
s of
eac
h C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r to
any
mee
ting
of
the
Com
miss
ion
may
be
acco
mpa
nied
by
alte
rnat
es.
expe
rts
and
advi
sers
.
4.
The
Com
miss
ion
shal
l el
ect
a C
hairm
an a
nd a
Vic
e-C
hair
man
,
each
of
who
m sh
all
serv
e fo
r a
term
of
thre
e ye
ars
and
shal
l be
eli
gib
le
for
re-e
lect
ion
but
not
to
mor
e th
an
two
succ
essi
ve t
erm
s.
The
Cha
irm
an
and
Vic
e-C
hair
man
mus
t be
re
pre
sen
tati
ves
of
dif
fere
nt
CO
lmlis
sion
mem
ers.
5.
Any
mee
ting
of t
he C
omm
issi
on,
othe
r th
an t
he a
nnua
l
mee
ting
conv
ened
pur
suan
t to
Art
icle
Ill
, ma
y be
cal
led
by
the
Cha
irman
at s
uch
time
and
pla
ce a
s he
may
det
erm
ine,
up
on
the
requ
est
of a
coa
stal
sta
te t
hat
is
a C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r or
of
any
othe
r C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r w
ith
the
conc
urre
nce
of a
coa
stal
st
ate
tha
t is
a C
omm
issio
n m
embe
r.
... "
-1
3-
6.
The
Com
miss
ion
shal
l su
bmit
to t
he C
omm
issio
n m
embe
rs an
an
nual
re
port
of
its
acti
vit
ies.
7.
The
Com
miss
ion
shal
l ad
opt,
and
amen
d as
oc
casi
on m
ay
requ
ire,
by-
law
s fo
r th
e co
nduc
t of
Its
mee
tings
and
for
the
exe
rcis
e of
its
fun
ctio
ns.
Art
icle
XII
1.
The
Sec
reta
riat
sha
ll p
rovi
de s
ervi
ces
to t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
in t
he e
xerc
ise
of I
ts d
utie
s an
d fu
ncti
ons.
2.
The
chie
f ad
min
istr
ativ
e of
fice
r of
the
Sec
reta
riat
sha
ll
be t
he E
xecu
tive
Sec
reta
ry,
who
shal
l be
app
Oin
ted
by t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
acco
rdin
g to
suc
h pr
oced
ures
and
on
such
te
rms
as
It m
ay d
eter
min
e.
3.
The
staf
f of
the
Sec
reta
riat
sha
ll b
e ap
poin
ted
by t
he
Exe
cutiv
e Se
cret
ary
In a
ccor
danc
e w
ith s
uch
rule
s an
d pr
oced
ures
as
may
be d
eter
min
ed b
y th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil.
4.
The
Exe
cutiv
e S
ecre
tary
sh
all,
sub
ject
to
the
gene
ral
supe
rvis
ion
of t
he G
ener
al
Cou
ncil,
hav
e fu
ll p
ower
and
aut
hori
ty o
ver
the
Sec
reta
riat
sta
ff a
nd s
hall
pe
rfor
m s
uch
othe
r fu
nctio
ns
as
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
pres
crib
e. Art
icle
XII
I
1.
Each
Con
trac
ting
Part
y sh
all
pay
the
expe
nses
of
Its
own
dele
gati
on t
o al
l m
eetin
gs h
eld
purs
uant
to
this
Con
vent
ion.
2.
Th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
shal
l pr
epar
e an
d ad
opt
an a
nnua
l bu
dget
of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n.
3.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
esta
blis
h th
e pa
ymen
ts du
e fro
m
each
Con
trac
ting
Part
y un
der
the
annu
al
budg
et o
n th
e fo
llow
ing
basi
s:
... '"
-14
-
(alo
ne-
thir
d o
f th
e bu
dget
sha
ll b
e di
vide
d eq
uall
y am
ong
the
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
; an
d
(bl
two-
thir
ds o
f th
e bu
dget
sha
ll b
e ap
port
ione
d am
ong
the
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
in
the
prop
orti
on t
hat
the
nom
inal
ca
tch
of e
ach
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty i
n th
e Co
n-ve
nti o
n A
rea
bea
rs
to t
he
aggr
egat
e no
min
al
catc
h o
f
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
in
that
Are
a,
on
the
basi
s o
f th
e av
erag
e fi
gure
s fo
r th
e tw
o m
ost
rece
nt c
om
ple
te y
ears
fo
r w
hich
ca
tch
sta
tist
ics
are
avai
lab
le.
4.
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il sh
all
noti
fy e
ach
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty
of t
he s
um d
ue f
rom
th
at P
arty
as
calc
ulat
ed u
nder
par
agra
ph
3 of
thi
s A
rtic
le,a
nd a
s so
on a
s po
ssib
le t
here
afte
r ea
ch C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
sha
ll
pay
to t
he O
rgan
izat
ion
the
sum
so
noti
fied
.
5.
Con
trib
utio
ns s
hall
be
paya
ble
in t
he c
urre
ncy
of t
he
coun
try
in w
hich
th
e he
adqu
arte
rs o
f th
e O
rgan
izat
ion
is
loca
ted
, ex
cept
tha
t th
e O
rgan
izat
ion
may
acc
ept
paym
ent
in
the
curr
enci
es
in
whi
ch
it i
s a
nti
cip
ate
d t
hat
exp
end
itu
res
of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n w
ill
be
mad
e fr
om
tim
e to
ti
me.
up
to
an
amou
nt
esta
bli
shed
eac
h ye
ar)5
y th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
in c
onne
ctio
n w
ith
the
prep
arat
ion
of t
he a
nnua
l bu
dget
s.
6.
At
its
firs
t m
eetin
g th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
shal
l ap
prov
e a
budg
et
for
the
bal
ance
of
the
first
fin
anci
al y
ear
in w
hich
th
e O
rgan
i-za
tion
fun
ctio
ns
and
shal
l tr
ansm
it t
o th
e C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es c
opie
s of
th
at b
udge
t to
geth
er w
ith
noti
ces
of t
hei
r re
spec
tive
all
ocat
ions
. 7.
In
su
bse
qu
ent
fin
anci
al y
ears
, d
raft
s o
f th
e an
nual
b
ud
gets
sh
all
be
su
bm
itte
d
to e
ach
Con
trac
tin
g P
arty
tog
eth
er w
ith
a
sch
edu
le o
f a
llo
cati
on
s,
not
le
ss
than
six
ty d
ays
bef
ore
the
annu
al
mee
tin
g o
f th
e O
rgan
izat
ion
at
whi
ch
the
bu
dge
ts
are
to b
e co
nsi
der
ed.
... '"
-15
-
8.
A C
ontr
acti
ng Par~
adhe
ring
to
th
is C
onve
ntio
n du
ring
th
e co
urse
of
a fi
nan
cial
yea
r sh
all
con
trib
ute
in
resp
ect
of
that
yea
r a
por
tion
of
the
sum
cal
cula
ted
in
acc
orda
nce
wit
h th
e p
rovi
sion
s o
f th
is
Art
icle
tha
t is
pr
opor
tion
al
to
the
nunt
er o
f ca
ople
te m
nths
re
mai
ning
in
the
yea
r.
9.
A C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
whi
ch h
as
not
paid
its
con
trib
utio
ns
for
two
cons
ecut
ive
year
s sh
all
not
enjo
y an
y ri
ght
of c
asti
ng v
otes
an
d pr
esen
ting
obj
ecti
ons
unde
r th
is C
onve
ntio
n un
til
it h
as
fulf
ille
d
its
ob
lig
ati
on
s,
un
less
th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
dec
ides
ot
her
wis
e.
10.
The
fina
ncia
l af
fair
s of
the
Org
aniz
atio
n sh
all
be
audi
ted
annu
ally
by
exte
rnal
au
dito
rs
to b
e se
lect
ed b
y th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil.
Art
icle
XIV
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
agr
ee t
o ta
ke i
n re
gard
to
thei
r ow
n na
tion
als
and
vess
els
such
ac
tion
as
may
be
nece
ssar
y to
mak
e ef
fect
ive
the
prov
isio
ns o
f th
e C
onve
ntio
n an
d to
im
plem
ent
wit
hin
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a an
y pr
opos
als
whi
ch b
ecom
e ef
fect
ive
unde
r pa
ragr
aph
10
of
Art
icle
IX
an
d an
y m
easu
res
whi
ch
hav
e fo
rce
and
effe
ct u
nder
th
is
Con
vent
ion
purs
uant
to
Art
icle
XX
I. Sa
nctio
ns
impo
sed
in
resp
ect
of
viol
atio
ns o
f la
ws
impl
emen
ting
such
pr
opos
als
or m
easu
res
shal
l be
ad
equa
te
in s
ever
ity
to
dis
cou
rage
suc
h v
iola
tio
ns,
and
ea
ch
Con
trac
tin
g Pa
rty
shal
l ex
erci
se d
ilig
ence
in
the
cont
rol
of
its
nat
ion
als
and
vess
els
in o
rder
to
pre
ven
t su
ch
vio
lati
on
s.
Eac
h C
ontr
acti
ng
Par
ty s
ha
ll
tran
smi t
to
the
Com
miss
ion
a st
atem
ent
of
the
acti
on t
aken
by
it f
or t
hes
e pu
rpos
es .
'" o
-16
-
Art
icle
XV
The
Con
trac
ting
P
arti
es a
gree
to
mai
ntai
n in
fo
rce
and
to
impl
emen
t w
ithi
n th
e R
egul
ator
y A
rea
a sc
hem
e of
jo
int
inte
rnat
iona
l
enfo
rcem
ent
as
appl
icab
le p
ursu
ant
to A
rtic
le X
XI
or p
ursu
ant
to
prop
osal
s ad
opte
d by
the
Com
miss
ion
unde
r pa
ragr
aph
8 of
Art
icle
IX
.
Thi
s sc
hem
e sh
all
incl
ude
prov
isio
n fo
r re
cipr
ocal
ri
ghts
of
boar
ding
and
insp
ecti
on b
y th
e C
ontr
acti
ng
Par
ties
and
fo
r fl
ag s
tate
pro
secu
tion
and
san
ctio
ns
on
the
bas
is o
f ev
iden
ce r
esu
ltin
g fr
om s
uch
boar
ding
s
and
insp
ecti
ons.
Art
icle
XVI
The
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
agr
ee t
o in
vite
the
att
enti
on o
f
any
Gov
ernm
ent
not
a p
arty
to
this
Con
vent
ion
to a
ny
mat
ter
rela
tin
g
to t
he f
ish
ing
act
ivit
ies
in
the
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a o
f th
e n
atio
nal
s
or v
esse
ls o
f th
at G
over
nmen
t w
hich
app
ear
to a
ffec
t ad
vers
ely
the
oper
atio
ns o
f th
e O
rgan
izat
ion
or t
he c
arry
ing
out
of t
he o
bje
ctiv
es
of t
his
Con
vent
ion.
Th
e C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es a
gree
, m
oreo
ver,
to
con
fer
whe
n ap
prop
riat
e up
on
the
step
s to
be
take
n to
war
ds
obvi
atin
g su
ch
adve
rse
effe
cts.
Art
icle
XVI
I
The
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il m
ay s
ubdi
vide
any
Div
isio
n de
scri
bed
in
the
Ann
ex,
prov
ided
th
at a
ny
coas
tal
sta
te e
xerc
isin
g fi
sher
ies
juri
s
dic
tion
in
any
part
of
that
Div
isio
n c
oncu
rs
in
such
ac
tion
. Su
ch
acti
on s
hal
l fo
rthw
ith
be r
epor
ted
to
the
Dep
osit
ary
whi
ch
shal
l in
form
the
Con
trac
ting
P
arti
es
ther
eof.
<.n ...
-17
-
Art
icle
XV
III
The
Ann
ex,
as
atta
ched
to
this
Con
vent
ion
and
mod
ifie
d fr
om
time
to
tim
e.
form
s an
in
tegr
al
part
of
this
Con
vent
ion.
Art
icle
XIX
1.
Any
Con
trac
ting
Par
ty m
ay
prop
ose
amen
dmen
ts
to t
his
C
on
vent
ion
to b
e co
nsid
ered
and
act
ed
upon
by
a re
gula
r or
sp
ecia
l m
eetin
g o
f th
e G
ener
al
Cou
ncil
. A
ny s
uch
prop
osed
am
endm
ent
shal
l be
sen
t to
th
e E
xecu
ti v
e S
ecre
tary
at
lea
st n
inet
y da
ys
pri
or t
o th
e m
eeti
ng
at
whi
ch it
is
prop
osed
to
be
acte
d u
pon,
an
d he
sh
all
im
med
iate
ly
tran
smit
th
e pr
opos
al
to a
ll
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
.
2.
A p
ropo
sed
amen
dmen
t to
th
e C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
be a
dopt
ed
by
the
Gen
eral
C
ounc
il by
a
thre
e-fo
urt
hs
maj
orit
y o
f th
e vo
tes
of
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
, w
hich
maj
ori
ty s
hal
l in
clud
e th
e vo
te o
f at
leas
t on
e co
asta
l st
ate.
Th
e te
xt o
f an
y pr
opos
ed
amen
dmen
ts
so a
dopt
ed
shal
l be
tr
ansm
itte
d b
y th
e D
epos
itar
y to
all
C
ontr
acti
ng P
arti
es.
3.
An a
men
dmen
t sh
all
take
eff
ect
for
all
Con
trac
ting
P
arti
es
one-
hund
red
and
twen
ty d
ays
foll
owin
g th
e da
te o
n th
e n
otif
icat
ion
by
the
Dep
osit
ary
of
rece
ipt
of
wri
tten
not
ific
atio
n o
f ap
prov
al
by
thre
efo
urt
hs
of
all
C
ontr
acti
ng
Par
ties
u
nle
ss
any
oth
er C
ontr
acti
ng
Par
ty
no
tifi
es
the
Dep
osit
ary
that
it
ob
ject
s to
th
e am
endm
ent
wit
hin
n
inet
y
days
o
f th
e d
ate
on
the
no
tifi
cati
on
by
the
Dep
osit
ary
of
such
re
ceip
t,
in w
hich
ca
se t
he a
men
dmen
t sh
all
not
take
eff
ect
for
any
Con
trac
ting
P
arty
. A
ny
Con
trac
tin
g P
arty
whi
ch
has
obje
cted
to
an
amen
dmen
t m
ay
at
any
tim
e w
ithd
raw
th
at
ob
ject
ion
. If
all
o
bje
ctio
ns
to a
n am
endm
ent
are
wit
hdra
wn,
th
e am
endm
ent.
sha
ll
tak
e eff
ect
for
all
C
ontr
acti
ng
-1
8 -
Ln
Par
ties
one
-hun
dred
and
tw
enty
da
ys
foll
owin
g th
e da
te o
n th
e n
oti
fi-
N
cati
on b
y th
e D
epos
itary
of
rece
ipt
of t
he l
ast
wit
hdra
wal
.
4.
Any
Part
y w
hich
be
com
es
a pa
rty
to
the
Con
vent
ion
afte
r
an
amen
cben
t ha
s be
en a
dopt
ed
in a
ccor
dan
ce w
ith
para
grap
h 2
of
this
Art
icle
sha
ll b
e de
emed
to
have
app
rove
d th
e sa
id a
men
dmen
t.
5.
The
Dep
osita
ry s
hall
pr
ompt
ly n
otif
y al
l C
ontr
acti
ng
Par
ties
of
the
rece
ipt
of n
otif
icat
ion
s of
app
rova
l o
f am
endm
ents
,
the
rece
ipt
of n
otif
icat
ion
of
obje
ctio
n o
r w
ithdr
awal
of
ob
ject
ion
s,
and
the
entr
y in
to f
orce
of
amen
dmen
ts.
Art
icle
XX
1.
Thi
s C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
be r
atif
ied
, ac
cept
ed o
r ap
prov
ed
by
the
Sign
ator
ies
and
the
inst
rum
ents
o
f ra
tifi
cati
on,
acce
ptan
ce o
r
appr
oval
sh
all
be d
epos
ited
with
,
refe
rred
to
in
this
C
onve
ntio
n as
lit
he
Dep
osit
ary!
!,
2.
Thi
s C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
ente
r in
to f
orce
upo
n th
e fi
rst
day
of J
anua
ry
foll
owin
g th
e d
epos
it o
f in
stru
men
ts o
f ra
tifi
cati
on
, ac
cept
ance
or a
ppro
val
by
not
less
th
an
Sig
nato
ries
if
(a)
at l
east
one
of
thes
e S
ign
ator
ies
exer
cise
s fi
sher
ies
juri
sdic
tio
n i
n w
ater
s w
ith
in
the
Con
vent
ion
A,r
ea,
and
(b)
the
tota
l ca
tche
s of
the
ves
sels
und
er t
he j
uri
sdic
tio
n
of a
ll
thes
e S
ign
ator
ies
wit
hin
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a
rep
rese
nt
not
less
th
an
per
cent
of
the
aggr
egat
e
nom
inal
ca
tch
es
of
the
Con
vent
ion
Are
a,
base
d on
th
e
aver
age
figu
res
for
the
two
mos
t re
cen
t co
mpl
ete
year
s
for
whi
ch
catc
h st
ati
stic
s ar
e av
aila
ble
.
The
Con
vent
ion
shal
l th
erea
fter
en
ter
into
for
ce w
ith
resp
ect
to e
ach
'" w
-19
-Si
gnat
ory
whi
ch
subs
eque
ntly
ra
tifi
es,
acce
pts
. or
app
rove
s on
th
e da
te
of t
he
dep
osit
o
f it
s in
stru
men
t o
f ra
tifi
cati
on
. ac
cept
ance
or
app
rova
l.
3.
Any
p
arty
whi
ch
has
not
sign
ed t
his
C
onve
ntio
n m
ay
adhe
re
ther
eto
by
a n
oti f
i ca
ti on
in
wri
ti"
9
to
the
Oep
os i
ta ry
. A
dher
ence
s re
ceiv
ed b
y th
e D
epos
itar
y p
rior
to
the
date
of
entr
y in
to f
orce
of
this
Con
vent
ion
shal
l be
com
e ef
fect
ive
on
the
date
th
is C
onve
ntio
n en
ters
in
to f
orce
. A
dher
ence
s re
ceiv
ed b
y th
e D
epos
itar
y a
fter
the
dat
e of
ent
ry
into
for
ce o
f th
is C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
beco
me
effe
ctiv
e on
th
e da
te o
f re
ceip
t by
th
e D
epos
itar
y.
4.
The
Dep
osit
ary
shal
l in
form
all
S
ign
ato
ries
and
all
ad
heri
ng P
arti
es o
f a
ll
rati
fica
tio
ns,
ac
cept
ance
s or
app
rova
ls
dep
osit
ed
and
adhe
renc
es
rece
ived
.
5.
The
Dep
osit
ary
shal
l co
nven
e an
in
itia
l m
eeti
ng o
f th
e O
rgan
izat
ion
to b
e he
ld n
ot m
ore
than
nin
ety
days
af
ter
the
com
ing
into
fo
rce
of
the
Con
ven
tion
, an
d sh
all
co
mm
unic
ate
the
pro
visi
onal
ag
enda
to
eac
h C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
not
les
s th
an o
ne m
onth
b
efo
re t
he d
ate
of
the
mee
tin
g.
Art
icle
XXI
Upo
n th
e en
try
into
for
ce o
f th
is C
onve
nti
on,
each
p
rop
osal
th
at h
as
been
tr
ansm
itte
d o
r is
ef
fect
ive
at
that
tim
e un
der
Art
icle
VII
I o
f th
e In
tern
atio
nal
C
onve
ntio
n fo
r th
e N
orth
wes
t A
tla
nti
c F
ish
erie
s ("
the
ICNA
F C
onve
ntio
n")
shall
. sl
i>je
ct t
o t
he
rig
hts
of
ob
ject
ion
set
ou
t in
th
e IC
NAF
Con
vent
ion.
bec
ome
effe
ctiv
e w
itll
in t
he
Reg
ulat
ory
Are
a fo
r ea
ch
Con
trac
tin
g P
arty
un
der
this
Con
ven
tion
, ei
ther
in
med
iate
ly
or a
t su
ch
tim
e as
th
e p
rop
osal
en
ters
in
to
forc
e un
der
the
ICNA
F C
on
ven
tion
, an
d sh
all
re
mai
n ef
fect
ive
for
each
C
ontr
acti
ng
Par
ty,
incl
ud
ing
uo ..
-20
-
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
sub
sequ
entl
y ad
heri
ng t
o th
is C
onye
ntio
n.
un
til
such
tl
...
as it
exp
ires
or
is r
epla
ced
by a
pro
posa
l ad
opte
d by
th
e
C.-
iss
ion
purs
uant
to
Art
icle
IX
o
f th
is C
onve
ntio
n; p
royl
ded
that
no.
such
pr
opos
al s
hal
l be
rep
lace
d by
th
e C
... l
sslo
n b
efor
e th
is
Con
vent
ion
has
been
In
forc
e fo
r on
e Y
Mr.
Art
icle
XX
II
1. ~ C
ontr
acti
ng P
lrtr
-.y
wlt
hdr ..
fraa
the
Con
yent
lon
on D
ecaD
er 3
1 o
f llU
I y .
. r b
y g
hln
g n
otic
e on
or
befo
re t
he p
rece
ding
Ju ..
J)
to t
he D
Ipos
lta.
,. ..
.. lc
h sh
an .
-leata c
opie
s o
f su
ch
noti
ce
to o
ther
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
.
2.
Any
oth
er C
ontr
lctl
ng P
arty
-.y
the
reup
on w
lthd
r ..
fraa
this
Con
vent
ion
on t
he s
_ l
Ieco
Imer
31
by g
hl n
g no
tice
to
the
DIp
os I
ta.,
.
wit
hin
0 .. _
th o
f th
e re
ceip
t o
f I
copy
of
a no
tice
of
wlt
hdra
wll
gtv
en
purs
uant
to
para
,...
. 1
of
this
Art
icle
.
Art
icle
XX
III
1.
The
orl
,1 ..
1 o
f th
is C
onve
ntio
n sh
all
be d
epos
ited
wi t
tl th
e
....
lth
sh
ill
_Ieate
cert
ifie
d c
opie
s tt
lere
of t
o In
ttl
e S
igna
tori
es a
nd
to a
n
the
adhe
ring
Par
ties
.
2.
The
Dep
osit
a.,.
shan
re
gis
ter
this
Con
yent
lon
wltt
1 ttl
e
Sec
reta
riat
of
the
Uni
ted
Nat
ions
.
Add
ltlo
.. l
Art
icle
Pos
sibl
e pr
ovis
ion
for
teno
lnat
lng
ICNA
F C
onY
entlo
n an
d
succ
essi
on o
f th
e ne
w O
rgan
izat
ion
to I
CNA
F.
-1
-
Rep
ort
o
f th
e W
ork
ing
G
roup
o
n
Tra
nsi
tio
nal
Pro
vis
ion
s
The
g
rou
p
met
u
nd
er
the
ch
air
man
ship
o
f th
e
Ch
airm
an
of
ICN
AF
wit
h
rep
resen
tati
ves
in th
eir
pers
on
al
cap
acit
y
fro
m
Can
ada,
D
enm
ark
, E
.E.C
.,
the F
ed
era
l R
ep
ub
lic o
f G
erm
any
,
Po
rtu
gal,
U
.S.S
.R.
and
IC
NA
F w
ith
a
vie
w t
o ela
bo
rati
ng
a
solu
tio
n
to
the q
uest
ion
s is
suin
g
fro
m th
e
pro
bab
le
term
inati
on
of
ICN
AF
and
th
e cre
ati
on
of
a ne
w
fish
eri
es o
rgan
izati
on
(here
aft
er
refe
rred
to
as
NA
FCO
).
The
g
rou
p
ag
reed
th
at
som
e IC
NA
F re
gu
lati
on
s,
inclu
din
g
the J
oin
t E
nfo
rcem
ent
Sch
eme,
sh
ou
ld b
e ta
ken
o
ver
by
NA
Pea
for
the
Reg
ula
tory
Are
a,
as
pro
po
sed
in
th
e
Can
adia
n d
raft
co
nv
en
tio
n.
Th
e g
rou
p fe
lt,
ho
wev
er,
that
tho
se re
gu
lati
on
s
mig
ht
hav
e to
be
amen
ded
--an
d w
ou
ld
hav
e to
be
amen
ded
in
the case
o
f an
nu
al
qu
ota
re
gu
lati
on
s --
befo
re
the en
try
in
to
forc
e
of
the N
AFC
a C
on
ven
tio
n.
Th
ese
amen
dmen
ts
wo
uld
h
ave
to
be
pro
po
sed
an
d
ad
op
ted
wit
hin
IC
NA
F in
a
man
ner
to
en
sure
that
there
was
n
eit
her
a la
ck
no
r an
o
verl
ap
of
reg
ula
tio
ns
du
rin
g
the tr
an
sit
ion
fr
om
IC
NA
F to
N
AFC
a.
Un
der
th
ese
cir
cu
mst
an
ces,
th
e
gro
up
fe
lt
that
the
app
roac
h ex
pre
ssed
in
Art
icle
VI,
p
ara
gra
ph
7
, A
rtic
le
XIV
and
Art
icle
XV
o
f th
e
Can
adia
n d
raft
, in
sofa
r as
it re
ferr
ed
to th
e
inco
rpo
rati
on
of
an A
nnex
II
in
th
e
Co
nv
enti
on
, w
as
no
t
ap
pro
pri
ate
b
y
no
t all
ow
ing
am
end
men
ts
to
be
mad
e to
th
e ex
ist-
ing
IC
NA
F re
gu
lati
on
s aft
er
the
sig
nin
g o
f th
e
ICN
AF
Co
nv
enti
on
.
'" '"
I.
-2
-A
NN
EX
XV
I
Inst
ead
, th
e
gro
up
pro
po
sed
th
e
foll
ow
ing
p
roced
ure
:
~
1.
The
C
on
ven
tio
n
sho
uld
in
clu
de
un
der-
Art
icle
V
I a
specia
l
refe
ren
ce to
a
Sch
eme
of
Jo
int
Inte
rnati
on
al
En
forc
emen
t.
2.
In o
rder
to
av
oid
un
du
ly
lon
g p
ara
llel
ex
iste
nce o
f IC
NA
F
and
NA
FCa,
it
is
p
rop
ose
d th
at
the
NA
FCO
C
on
ven
tio
n
sho
uld
on
ly
com
e in
to e
ffect
whe
n a
cert
ain
nu
mbe
r o
f C
on
tracti
ng
Part
ies --
the
num
ber
men
tio
ned
was
eig
ht
--h
ad
rati
fied
or
oth
erw
ise
accep
ted
it
; b
ein
g
un
der
sto
od
th
at
tho
se P
art
ies w
ou
ld n
ot
earl
ier
wit
hd
raw
fr
om
IC
NA
F th
an
whe
n th
ey
wer
e,
acco
rdin
g to
th
eir
do
mes
tic
pro
ced
ure
s,
read
y
for
rati
fyin
g,
etc
.,
the
NA
FCa
Co
nv
enti
on
. F
urt
her-
mo
re,
it w
as
sug
gest
ed
th
at
there
sh
ou
ld b
e set
a m
inim
um
fig
ure
o
f catc
hes
tak
en
in
th
e
Co
nv
enti
on
are
a,
wh
ich
sho
uld
b
e re
pre
sen
ted
by
th
e
rati
fyin
g sta
tes,
befo
re
the
Co
nv
enti
on
co
uld
en
ter
into
fo
rce.
3.
Bec
ause
of
the ap
pli
cati
on
o
f th
e
qp
ota
re
gu
lati
on
s on
a cale
nd
ar
year
basis
, th
e
Co
nv
enti
on
sh
ou
ld
corn
e in
to
eff
ect
on
th
e 1
st
Jan
uary
aft
er
the
necess
ary
nu
mbe
r o
f
rati
ficati
on
s,
etc
.,
has
b
een
re
ach
ed
.
4.
Fro
m th
e
day
of
en
try
in
to
forc
e o
f th
e
Co
nv
enti
on
, th
e
Co
ntr
acti
ng
P
art
ies
sho
uld
ap
ply
in
th
e
Reg
ula
tory
are
a
the re
lev
an
t IC
NA
F p
rop
osa
ls w
hic
h are
th
en
in
fo
rce
or
'" '"
-3
-
pen
din
g e
ntr
y i
nto
fo
rce.
Th
ose
re
gu
lati
on
s sh
ou
ld
be
ap
pli
ed
u
nti
l su
ch
tim
e as
they
ex
pir
e
(as
in
the
case
of
qu
ota
re
gu
lati
on
s)
or
un
til
they
are
~mended
by
th
e
NA
Fea
pro
ced
ure
, p
rov
ided
fo
r in
Art
icle
VI,
of
the C
anad
ian
d
raft
.
II.
!9!!
!:
1.
To
giv
e
an
incen
tiv
e t
o
ICN
AF
mem
bers
to
jo
in N
AF
ea,
the p
rep
ara
tory
co
nfe
ren
ce
sho
uld
en
cou
rag
e IC
NA
F --
in
the
form
of
a re
solu
tio
n --
to p
rov
ide b
y it
s o
wn
amen
d
men
t p
roce
du
re o
f A
rtic
le X
VII
o
f th
e
ICN
AF
Co
nv
enti
on
it
s
term
inati
on
in
th
e
foll
ow
ing
way
:
a)
ICN
AF
sh
all
no
t,
aft
er
the
tim
e o
f en
try
in
to fo
rce
of
the N
APe
a C
on
ven
tio
n,
ado
pt
any
ne
w p
rop
osa
ls
wit
h r
esp
ect
to th
e
reg
ula
tory
are
a o
f N
AFe
o.
b)
IeN
AF
Co
nv
enti
on
sh
all
b
e te
rmin
ate
d o
ne
year
aft
er
the e
ntr
y in
to
forc
e o
f th
e N
AFC
O
Co
nv
enti
on
.
Th
ose
am
end
men
ts
sho
uld
be
co
nsi
dere
d a
t a
Sp
ecia
l M
eeti
ng
o
f IC
NA
F to
b
e h
eld
in
co
nju
ncti
on
wit
h th
e
Dip
lom
ati
c
Co
nfe
ren
ce.
2.
It
was
n
ote
d th
at
the
abo
ve
pro
po
sed
ar
ran
gem
ents
m
igh
t re
qu
ire
an
amen
dmen
t to
IC
NA
F fi
nan
cia
l re
gu
lati
on
s w
ith
re
spect
to it
s fi
nan
cia
l y
ear
peri
od
.
-4
-
3.
Co
nsi
dera
tio
n w
as
giv
en
to
th
e
nee
d
to
secu
re
the
:~. ~
'l"~
success
ion
fr
om
IC
NA
F to
NA
FCO
as
a le
gal
pers
on
ali
ty.
Fu
rth
er
info
rmati
on
o
n
the
pre
sen
t le
gal
sta
tus o
f
ICN
AF
was
fo
un
d
necess
ary
in
th
is re
spect,
so
th
at
the
gro
up
in
vit
ed
th
e re
pre
sen
tati
ves
of
Can
ada
to
stu
dy
fu
rth
er
this
m
att
er.
Mar
ch
21
, 1
97
7
-1
-
REPO
RT O
F TH
E W
ORKI
NG G
ROUP
ON
FINA
NCIA
L AR
RANG
EMEN
TS
The
Wor
king
G
roup
con
sist
ed o
f m
embe
rs
in
thei
r pe
rson
al
capa
city
fr
om C
anad
a,
Den
mar
k,
the
Fed
eral
R
epub
lic o
f G
enm
any,
P
ortu
gal,
U.S
.S.R
. an
d th
e U
.S.A
. D
r. B
ooss
of
the
Fed
eral
R
epub
lic
of G
erm
any
was
se
lect
ed a
s C
hairm
an.
The
Wor
king
Gro
up
cons
ider
ed s
ever
al
paym
ent
alte
rnat
ives
. in
clud
ing
the
follo
win
g:
aj
that
con
tain
ed i
n A
rtic
le I
X of
the
Can
adia
n d
raft
C
onve
ntio
n,
bj
a sy
stem
bas
ed o
n eq
ual
paym
ents
fo
r on
e-th
ird
of
the
budg
et,
with
th
e re
mai
ning
tw
O-t
hird
s o
f th
e bu
dget
sh
ared
in
prop
orti
on t
o ca
tche
s;
cj
equa
l pa
ymen
ts
for
all
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
.
Com
paris
ons
betw
een
the
pres
ent
ICNA
F b
illi
ng
s fo
r 19
76/7
7 an
d th
ose
unde
r sc
hem
es
aj
and
bj
abov
e ar
e sh
own
in
the
atta
ched
tab
le.
Paym
ents
unde
r sc
hem
e cj
wou
ld b
e $1
7,33
3 fo
r ea
ch C
ontr
acti
ng P
arty
.
The
Wor
king
Gro
up
reac
hed
a co
nsen
sus
that
a s
chem
e ba
sed
on e
qual
sh
ares
fo
r pa
rt o
f th
e bu
dget
was
m
ore
appr
opri
ate
than
aS
Sign
ing
shar
es o
n th
e b
asis
of
Com
miss
ion
mem
bers
hip,
as
it
was
co
nsid
ered
th
at t
here
sho
uld
be n
o fi
nanc
ial
disi
ncen
tive
to
belo
ngin
g to
the
Com
mis
sion
. Th
e W
orki
ng G
roup
gen
eral
ly
felt
tha
t an
app
roac
h ba
sed
on s
chem
e b}
w
as
the
mos
t ac
cep
tab
le,
thou
gh
furt
her
cons
ider
atio
n w
as
requ
ired
on
wha
t pr
opor
tion
wou
ld
be s
hare
d eq
ual
ly.
and
wha
t pr
opor
tion
wou
ld b
e sh
ared
in
pr
opor
tion
to
cat
ches
.
~
Mar
ch
22,
1977
AN
NE
X
XV
II
•
'" -
2-
... ~
COM
PARI
SON
O
F V
AR
IOU
S N
AFC
O
PAY
MEN
T A
LTER
NA
TIV
ES
AS
Pro
po
sed
in
Arti
cle
IX
o
f C
anad
ian
D
raft
A
s D
iscu
ssed
bX
W
Ork
ing
Gro
up
ICN
AF
76
/77
2/
3 B
ased
on
R
ecen
t C
oun
try
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