Memorandum of Understanding Provisionally Applying the Treaty On Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America
Source: 6263 KAV xvii-xviii
The Parties, desiring to amend and extend the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America (the "Treaty"), intend from 15 June 2003 to apply provisionally any of the following amendments which are not in force by that date:
(1) the attached amendments to the Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America;
(2) the attached amendments to the Annexes to the Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America; and
(3) the attached amendments to the Treaty regarding
(a) longline fishing on the high seas of the Treaty Area;
(b) the closing of the archipelagic waters of Papua New Guinea; and
(c) the opening of the waters of Solomon Islands
as agreed to at the 11th Annual Treaty Consultations in Palau in 1999 until such time as those amendments enter into force.
Dated: ___________
Signatures
For the Government of Australia
For the Government of the United States of America
For the Government of the Cook Islands
For the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia
For the Government of the Republic of Fiji
For the Government of the Republic of Kiribati
For the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
For the Government of the Republic of Nauru
For the Government of New Zealand
For the Government of Niue
For the Government of the Republic of Palau
For the Government of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
For the Government of Samoa
For the Government of Solomon Islands
For the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga
For the Government of Tuvalu
For the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu