[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[May 6, 1991]
[Page 478]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress Transmitting an Extension of the Iceland-United 
States Fishing Agreement
May 6, 1991

To the Congress of the United States:
    In accordance with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-265; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), I transmit 
herewith the Agreement between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Iceland Amending and 
Extending the Agreement of September 21, 1984, Concerning Fisheries off 
the Coasts of the United States, as amended and extended. The agreement, 
which was effected by exchange of notes at Washington on February 11 and 
April 5, 1991, copies of which are attached, extends the 1984 agreement 
for an additional 2 years and 6 months, from July 1, 1991, to December 
31, 1993. The exchange of notes together with the 1984 agreement 
constitute a governing international fishery agreement within the 
requirements of section 201(c) of the Act. The exchange of notes also 
amends the 1984 agreement to incorporate the latest changes in U.S. law 
and policy into the agreement.
    I urge that the Congress give favorable consideration to this 
agreement at an early date.

                                                             George Bush

The White House,
May 6, 1991.