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CONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. Aman. 11, 1908. 2°O01 and common International Regulations for the protection and preservation_of the food fishes in each of the waters prescribed in Article IV of this Convention, which Regulations shall embrace close seasons, limitations as to the character, size, and manner of use of nets, engines, gear, apparatus, and other appliances; a uniform system of registry . y eac Govemment in waters where required for the more con-. Yement regulation of commercial fishing by its own citizens or subjects within its own territorial waters or any part of such waters; an arrangement for concurrent measures for the propagation of fish; and such other provisions and measures as the Commission shall deem necessary. Airrionn III. _ The two Governments engage to put into o ration and to enforce u,§;f)*:,';’°¤°¤*°*’°¥· by lggslation and executive action, with as liitle delay as possible, ' the fulations, restrictions, and provisions with appropriate penalties or all breaches thereof; and the date when they shall be put mto plperation shall be fixed by the conc1u·rent proclamations of the President of the United States and the Governor—General of the ~ . Dominion of Canada in Council. _And 1t is further agreed that jurisdiction shall be exercised by ’“"'“'”°“°"· either Government, as well over citizens or subjects of either party · apprehended for violation of the Regulations in any of its own waters to which said Regulations apply, as over its own citizens or subjects fonmd within its own jurisdiction who shall have violated said Regulations within the waters of the other party. Anmcrm IV. It is agreed that the waters within which the aforementioned Reg- wmnguvemeuby ulations are to be applied shall be as follows: (1) The territorial “‘° "‘“l"“°““· waters of Passamaquoddy Bay; (2) the St. John and St. Croix Rivers; (3) Lake Memphremagog; (4) Lake Champlain; (5) the St. Lawrence River, where the said River constitutes the International Boundary; (6) Lake Ontario; (7) the Niagara River; (8) Lake Erie; ° (9) the waters connecting Lake Erie and Lake Huron, includincg Lake St. Clair; (10) Lake Huron, excluding Georgian Bay but in udm North Channel; (11) St. Mary’s River and Lake Superior; (12) Rainy River and Rainy Lake; (1) Lake of the _Woods· (14;) the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, those parts of Washington Soun the Gulf of Georgia and Pu et Sound lying between the parallels of 48° 10'.and 49° 20'; (15) and such other contiguous waters as may be recommended b the International Fisheries Commission and approved by the two (governments. It is agreed on the part of Great ritam mproweuen to me that the Canadian Government will Ikrotect by adequateregulations °" the food fishes frequenting the Fraser iver. ' The two Governments en ge to have prepared as soon as lplrac- Cb.m,.,w_ ticable charts of the waters duescribed in this Article, with the ternational Boundary Line indicated thereon; and to establish such · additional boundary monuments. buoys, and marks as may be recom- • mended by the Commission. Airrioms V. The International Fisheries Commission shall continue in existence vacancies, em. so long as this Convention shall be in force, and each Government shall have the power to fill, and shall fill from time to time, any vacancy which may occur in its representation on the Commission. Each Government shall pay its own Commissioner, and any joint expenses shall be paid by the two Governments in equal moieties.