June 20, 1924 – Earl Ohmer has received from Delegate Sutherland a copy of the treaty and law for the closed halibut season. The following is underlined by the Delegate for special consideration: “The Nationals and inhabitants are the fishing vessels and the boats of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, and respectively are hereby prohibited from fishing for halibut, both in the Territorial waters and in the high seas of the western coasts of the United States, including the Bering Sea, and the Dominion of Canada, from the 16th day of November next after the exchange of ratification o...
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