Halibut Treaty

HALIBUT TREATY (formally the Convention for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean) was an agreement between the US and Canada signed on 2 Mar 1923. A milestone in the development of Canadian autonomy, it was the first time that Canada alone negotiated and signed an international treaty on its own behalf. The convention provided for a 3-month closed winter season for HALIBUT fishing, created a 4-member International Fisheries Commission (IFC) and authorized a...

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