[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[May 19, 1992]
[Page 797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Senate Transmitting the North Pacific Fish Conservation 
Convention

May 19, 1992
To the Senate of the United States:
    With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith the Convention for the Conservation of 
Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean, with Annex, which was 
signed by the United States of America on February 11, 1992, in Moscow. 
I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report of the 
Department of State with respect to the Convention.
    This Convention establishes a new organization, the North Pacific 
Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC), which will contribute significantly 
to the conservation of anadromous fishery resources and ecologically 
related species in the high seas area of the North Pacific Ocean. The 
Commission will serve as an effective forum for closer international 
coordination of North Pacific fishery enforcement activities on the high 
seas.
    Canada, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United States 
cooperated in the development of the Convention, which will enter into 
force following ratification, acceptance, or approval by all four of 
these signatory States. It is anticipated that the Convention will enter 
into force before the end of 1992 or by early 1993. It is important that 
the United States and the other concerned States ratify the Convention 
quickly so that we may operate under its beneficial framework as soon as 
possible.
    I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration 
to the Convention and give its advice and consent to ratification.

                                                             George Bush

The White House,
May 19, 1992.