πŸ“‘ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part 5, Article 62, Paragraph 4

" Nationals of other States fishing in the exclusive economic zone shall comply with the conservation measures and with the other terms and conditions established in the laws and regulations of the coastal State, which shall be consistent with this Convention and may relate, inter alia, to the following: (a) licensing of fishermen, fishing vessels and equipment, including payment of fees and other forms of remuneration, which, in the case of developing coastal States, may consist of adequate compensation in the field of financing, equipment and technology relating to the fishing industry; (b) determining the species which may be caught, and fixing quotas of catch, whether in relation to particular stocks or groups of stocks or catch per vessel over a period of time or to the catch by nationals of any State during a specified period; (c) regulating seasons and areas of fishing, the types, sizes and amount of gear, and the types, sizes and number of fishing vessels that may be used; (d) fixing the age and size of fish and other species that may be caught; (e) specifying information required of fishing vessels, including catch and effort statistics and vessel position reports; (f) requiring, under the authorization and control of the coastal State, the conduct of specified fisheries research programmes and regulating the conduct of such research, including the sampling of catches, disposition of samples and reporting of associated scientific data; (g) the placing of observers or trainees on board such vessels by the coastal State; (h) the landing of all or any part of the catch by such vessels in the ports of the coastal State; (i) terms and conditions relating to joint ventures or other cooperative arrangements; (j) requirements for the training of personnel and the transfer of fisheries technology, including enhancement of the coastal State’s capability of undertaking fisheries research; (k) enforcement procedures."

⌚ Date Published: 1982-12-10
βš–οΈ Instrument Type: Convention
Country: πŸŠ•πŸ‰„ All Countries
🌍 Continent : International
πŸ“œInstrument: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE



πŸ”‘ Coast
Coast

➑ land beside or near to the sea or ocean


πŸ”‘ Control
Control

➑ Refers to the various restrictions (measures) that managers can impose to regulate fishing.


πŸ”‘ Exclusive Economic Zone
Exclusive Economic Zone

➑ Abbreviation for Exclusive Economic Zone (defined in the Law of the Sea Convention).


πŸ”‘ Fin
Fin

➑ 1) to cut off the fins (from a fish). The practice of removing fins and discarding the carcass, usually pertaining to sharks. 2) of a marine animal) to show fins above the water β€” Saw was frightened as the sharks finned around the boat


πŸ”‘ Fin
Fin

➑ a thin, flat appendage on the body of a fish or other aquatic animal that helps manoeuvre the body through the water.


πŸ”‘ FIS
FIS

➑ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.


πŸ”‘ Fish
Fish

➑ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.


πŸ”‘ Fish
Fish

➑ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.


πŸ”‘ Fishing
Fishing

➑ Sector or activity of harvesting fish from the wild.


πŸ”‘ Fishing vessel
Fishing vessel

➑ A fishing vessel shall be any boat, no matter its size, that is used in activities connected with fisheries.


πŸ”‘ Landing
Landing

➑ Part of the catch that is landed.


πŸ”‘ Observer
Observer

➑ An independent person that collects information onboard fishing vessels. Observer programs can be used for quantifying bycatch and dead discards, collecting tag returns, etc.


πŸ”‘ Quota
Quota

➑ Portion of a TAC allocated to a fishery or to an operating unit, such as a size class of vessels or a country.


πŸ”‘ Sea
Sea

➑ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands


πŸ”‘ Stock
Stock

➑ subpopulations of a particular species of aquatic resource, for which intrinsic parameters are traditionally regarded as the significant factors determining the stock's population dynamics, while extrinsic factors are traditionally ignored.