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" The coastal State and other States whose nationals fish in the region for the highly migratory species listed in Annex I shall cooperate directly or through appropriate international organizations with a view to ensuring conservation and promoting the objective of optimum utilization of such species throughout the region, both within and beyond the exclusive economic zone. In regions for which no appropriate international organization exists, the coastal State and other States whose nationals harvest these species in the region shall cooperate to establish such an organization and participate in its work."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ land beside or near to the sea or ocean
➡ Abbreviation for Exclusive Economic Zone (defined in the Law of the Sea Convention).
➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.
➡ Désigne la flotte commune France-Côte d'IvoireSénégal qui cible les thons tropicaux au large de l'Afrique.
➡ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.
➡ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.
➡ The term is used to mean that the stock is being exploited in complete harmony with management ob- jectives. Since these objectives can be biological, eco- nomic or social, the term Optimum can have different implications in terms of harvest rates.
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