📑 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part 5, Article 73, Paragraph 3

" Coastal State penalties for violations of fisheries laws and regulations in the exclusive economic zone may not include imprisonment, in the absence of agreements to the contrary by the States concerned, or any other form of corporal punishment."

⌚ Date Published: 1982-12-10
⚖️ Instrument Type: Convention
Country: 🊕🉄 All Countries
🌍 Continent : International
📜Instrument: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCLOS_en_Page46 - aticles 72, 73, 74 & 75

DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE



🔑 Coast
Coast

➡ land beside or near to the sea or ocean


🔑 Exclusive Economic Zone
Exclusive Economic Zone

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


🔑 FIS
FIS

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


🔑 FIS
FIS

➡ Désigne la flotte commune France-Côte d'IvoireSénégal qui cible les thons tropicaux au large de l'Afrique.


🔑 Fish
Fish

➡ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.


🔑 Fish
Fish

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