Executive Order 7213—Enforcement of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 7 of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act (47 Stat. 142), I hereby designate such vessels of the Coast Guard as the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall assign for that purpose to patrol the territorial waters of the United States, as defined in the said act, for the enforcement of the said act and the Convention for the Preservation of the Halibut Fisheries of the Northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 24, 1935.