    [Senate Treaty Document 113-1]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

    113th Congress                                              Treaty Doc.
    SENATE
    1st Session                                                 113-1
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      CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGH SEAS FISHERY
                      RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

                                   __________

                                    MESSAGE

                                      from

                       THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  transmitting

      CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGH SEAS FISHERY
     RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN, DONE AT AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND,
                               NOVEMBER 14, 2009

    April 22, 2013.--Treaty was read the first time, and together with the
    accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and
                ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate

                             LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                       The White House, April 22, 2013.
    To the Senate of the United States:
        I transmit herewith the Convention on the Conservation and
    Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific
    Ocean (the ``Convention''), done at Auckland, New Zealand,
    November 14, 2009, with a view to receiving the advice and
    consent of the Senate to ratification. I also transmit, for the
    information of the Senate, the report of the Secretary of State
    on the Convention that includes an article-by-article analysis.
        The Convention establishes a regional fisheries management
    organization through which Parties will give effect to their
    duty to cooperate in the conservation and sustainable use of
    the high seas fishery resources in the South Pacific Ocean and
    to safeguard the marine ecosystems in which these resources
    occur.
        The Convention requires Parties to apply specific
    conservation and management principles and approaches in giving
    effect to the objective of the Convention. These principles and
    approaches are enshrined in existing international instruments
    to which the United States is a party, such as the Agreement
    for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations
    Convention on the Law of the Sea of December 10, 1982, relating
    to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks
    and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of December 4, 1995. In
    addition, the Convention requires that Parties design and adopt
    specific conservation and management measures, such as
    limitations on catch or effort, time or area closures, and gear
    restrictions.
        The Department of State, Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast
    Guard, and relevant U.S. stakeholders strongly support the
    Convention. The legislation necessary to implement the
    Convention will be submitted separately to the Congress for its
    consideration. I therefore recommend that the Senate give early
    and favorable consideration to this Convention and give its
    advice and consent to ratification.
                                                          Barack Obama.

                              LETTER OF SUBMITTAL

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                                           Department of State,
                                           Washington, August 16, 2012.
    The President,
    The White House.
        The President: I have the honor to submit to you, with a
    view to its transmittal to the Senate for advice and consent to
    ratification, the Convention on the Conservation and Management
    of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, done
    at Auckland, New Zealand, November 14, 2009 (the
    ``Convention''). The Convention was signed by the United States
    on January 31, 2011. Also enclosed is an overview of the
    Convention, which includes a detailed article-by-article
    analysis.
        The Convention establishes a regional fisheries management
    organization through which Parties will give effect to their
    duty to cooperate in the conservation and sustainable use of
    the high seas fishery resources in the South Pacific Ocean and
    safeguard the marine ecosystems in which these resources occur.
        The Convention requires Parties to apply specific
    conservation and management principles and approaches in giving
    effect to the objective of the Convention. These principles and
    approaches are enshrined in existing international instruments
    to which the United States is a party, such as the Agreement
    for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations
    Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, relating
    to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks
    and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of 4 December 1995. In
    addition, the Convention requires Parties design and adopt
    specific conservation and management measures, such as
    limitations on catch or effort, time or area closures, and gear
    restrictions.
        The U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of
    Commerce, the U.S. Coast Guard, and relevant U.S. stakeholders
    strongly support the Convention.
        The Convention will require implementing legislation, which
    is being drafted and will be submitted to the Congress for its
    consideration when appropriate.
        I recommend, therefore, that you transmit the Convention to
    the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification at the
    earliest possible date.
        Respectfully submitted.

                                                Hillary Rodham Clinton.
        Enclosures: As stated.