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 1872 May Q, 1930. CONVENTION-HALIBUT FISHERY. MAY 9, 1930. Oonvention between the United States of America and the Dominion. of Oanada for the presen'ation of the lWlibut fishery of northern Padjic Ocean and Bering Sea. Signed at Ottawa, May 9, 1930; ratificat'Wn advised by the Senate, February 24, 1931; ratified by the President, March 4, 1931; ratified by His Majesty in respect of Oaruula, March 20,1931; ratifications exchanged at Ottawa, May 9,1931,' proclaimed. May 14,1931. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Northern Pacific WHEREAS a. Convention between the United States of America and halibut fishery, Great B~ble. His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Contracting Powers. Plenipotentiaries. Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of the Dominion of Canada, for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Ottawa on the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, the original of which Convention is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America, A.:~d His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of the Dominion of Canada, Being ~ually desirous of securing the/reservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean an Bering Sea, have resolved to conclude a Convention for this purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America: Mr. B. Reath Riggs, Charge d'Affaires of the United States of America. in Canada; and His Majesty, for the Dominion of Canada: The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the fol- lowing articles: ARTICLE I ~=t =:s and The nationals and inhabitants and fishing vessels and boats of the prohibited waters [or, United States of America and of the Dominion of Canada respec- m~1f.~ p. I8U. tivelY1 are hereby prohibited from fishing for halibut (Hippo'glossus) both m the territorial waters and in the high seas off the western coasts of the United States of America, including the southern as well as the western coasts of Alaska, and of the Dominion of Canada, from the first day of November next after the date of the exchange of ratifications of this Convention to the fifteenth day of the follow- ing February, both days inclusive, and within the same period yearly thereafter.