4281

Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
Sea of Okhotsk Agreement. On June 13, 1996, the United States and Russia signed a bilateral agreement recognizing that all fishing within the international waters (peanut hole) in the central Sea of Okhotsk completely surrounded by the Russian economic zone should be conducted in line with Russian Federation rights, duties, and interests. In addition, the United States agreed to observe all Russian efforts to preserve fishery resources in the Sea of Okhotsk and cooperate with Russia in actions against fishing vessels of third countries
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Agreement Between The Government Of The United States of America And The Government Of The Russian Federation on the Conservation of Straddling Fish Stocks in the Central Part of the Sea of Okhotsk
Alternative Treaty Name: 
Соглашение между Правительством Соединенных Штатов Америки и Правительством Российской Федерации о сохранении трансграничных рыбных запасов в центральной части Охотского моря от 13 июня 1996 г
Possible Sources (additional): 
http://iea.uoregon.edu/pages/MarineMammals/engine/Documents/2-1332-1335.html; Russian text at: http://212.15.102.244/bpa/Document.asp?KL=4286&TDoc=5&nb=0
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1996-06-13
Signature Year: 
1996
Place IEA was signed: 
Washington, Moscow
Date IEA entered into force: 
1996-06-13
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Agreement Type Level 3: 
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Title
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Agreement Between The Government Of The United States of America And The Government Of The Russian Federation on the Conservation of Straddling Fish Stocks in the Central Part of the Sea of Okhotsk
Words used to code as Environmental: 
conservation/fish/sea
Lineage
Lineage: 
Russian American Straddling Stocks
Sequence in lineage: 
200.000
Secretariat and auspices
Secretariat: 
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
BEA - Bilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Nature/Species/Fauna/Fish/Ocean
Category: 
ENV/FISH