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The Governments of Canada, Japan, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America, |
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DESIRING to take effective measures towards achieving the maximum sustainable productivity of the fur seal resources of the North Pacific Ocean so that the fur seal populations can be brought to and maintained at the levels which will provide the greatest harvest year after year, with due regard to their relation to the productivity of other living marine resources of the area, |
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RECOGNIZING that in order to determine such measures it is necessary to conduct adequate scientific research on the said resources, and |
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DESIRING to provide for international cooperation in achieving these objectives, |
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Agree as follows: |
