PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF FUR SEALS
- Convention signed at Washington July 7, 1911; exchange of notes of July 7, 1911, respecting a British reservation; note of July 18, 1911, withdrawing reservation
- Senate advice and consent to ratification of the convention July 24, 1911
- Ratified by the President of the United States November 24, 1911
- Ratifications exchanged at Washington December 12, 1911
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States December 14, 1911
- Entered into force December 15, 1911
- Terminated October 23, 1941[1]
37 Stat. 1542, Treaty Series 564 (convention); Department of State files, Protocols of the International Fur Seal Conference, 1911, p. 38 (notes)
Convention
The United States of America, His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, being desirous of adopting effective means for the preservation and protection of the fur seals which frequent the waters of the North Pacific Ocean, have resolved to conclude a Convention for the purpose, and to that end have named as their Plenipotentiaries:
The President of the United States of America, the Honorable Charles Nagel, Secretary of Commerce and Labor of the United States, and the Honorable Chandler P. Anderson, Counselor of the Department of State of the United States;
His Britannic Majesty, the Right Honorable James Bryce, of the Order of Merit, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington, and Joseph Pope, Esquire, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, Under Secretary of State of Canada for External Affairs;
His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Baron Yasuya Uchida, Jusammi, Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington; and the Honorable
- ↑ Japan gave written notice of termination Oct. 23, 1940 (see art. XVI).
