    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book I)]
    [February 4, 1997]
    [Page 108]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the Estonia-United States Fisheries
    Agreement
    February 4, 1997

    To the Congress of the United States:
        In accordance with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management
    Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), I transmit herewith an Agreement
    between the Government of the United States of America and the
    Government of the Republic of Estonia Extending the Agreement of June 1,
    1992, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, with
    annex, as extended (``the 1992 Agreement''). The Agreement, which was
    effected by an exchange of notes at Tallinn on June 3 and 28, 1996,
    extends the 1992 Agreement to June 30, 1998.
        In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the
    Republic of Estonia, I urge that the Congress give favorable
    consideration to this Agreement at an early date.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    February 4, 1997.