CONVENTION
on the conservation fnd management
of pollock resources in the central Bering Sea

Тhе Parties to this Convention,

Recognizing the urgent necessity to cooperate in taking measures for the conservation and management of pollock resources in the central Bering Sea consistent with international law, and

Noting the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982,

Have agreed as follows:

Article I

This Convention applies to the high seas area of the Bering Sea beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention Area"), except as otherwise provided in this Convention. Activities under this Convention, for scientific purposes, may extend beyond the Convention Area within the Bering Sea.

Article II