The Russian side has been negotiating with the United States in order to conclude a comprehensive agreement on fishing in the northern part of the Bering Sea, which would compensate Russian fishermen for losses from fishing in areas ceded to the United States.

The Bering Strait (Russian: Берингов пролив, romanized: Beringov proliv) is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska.

The maritime boundary between Russia and the United States in the Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean was established through a bilateral agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that was reached in 1990, a year before the breakup of the U.S.S.R. occurred.

The Agreement establishes the maritime boundary between the United States and the Soviet Union in the North Pacific Ocean, Bering and Chukchi Seas and the Arctic Ocean. Also enclosed for the information of the Senate is an illustrative chart of the maritime boundary.

Jun 20, 2024 · The maritime boundary between Russia and the United States in the Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean was established through a bilateral agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that was reached in 1990, a year before the breakup of the U.S.S.R. occurred.

From the initial point, 65° 30' N., 168° 58' 37" W., the maritime boundary extends north along the 168° 58' 37" W. meridian through the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea into the Arctic Ocean as...

Nov 15, 2019 · The maritime border between Russia and the United States runs directly through the Bering Strait, a narrow and shallow channel that is a critical corridor for Arctic marine species and subsistence hunting.

Jun 17, 2024 · The present Russia-United States maritime boundary is at 168° 58′ 37″ W longitude, slightly south of the Arctic Circle at about 65° 40′ N latitude. The border is in the Bering Strait and is named after Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer in the service of the Russian Empire.

May 6, 2020 · Russia may seem to be worlds away from the US, but the two countries actually share a water boundary off the coast of Alaska. The arch rivals sit rather close together in the Bering Sea, with fingers of land seemingly reaching across the ocean to touch each other.

Russian–American Dispute over the Bering Sea Marine Boundary Line W hen the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian government, mutually accepted marine claims were limited to a narrow band of the coastal zone. However, the 1867 Treaty contained language which defi ned a boundary between the two nations through the Bering Sea.