📑 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 115, Paragraph 1

" Every State shall adopt the laws and regulations necessary to ensure that the owners of ships who can prove that they have sacrificed an anchor, a net or any other fishing gear, in order to avoid injuring a submarine cable or pipeline, shall be indemnified by the owner of the cable or pipeline, provided that the owner of the ship has taken all reasonable precautionary measures beforehand."

⌚ Date Published: 1982-12-10
⚖️ Instrument Type: Convention
Country: 🊕🉄 All Countries
🌍 Continent : International
📜Instrument: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE



🔑 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.


🔑 Fishing
Fishing

➡ Sector or activity of harvesting fish from the wild.


🔑 Fishing gear
Fishing gear

➡ Any tool, device, equipment, implement or appliance used to capture, catch, collect or harvest living aquatic resources (aquatic animals and plants).


🔑 Marin
Marin

➡ Celui qui est habile dans l'art de la navigation sur mer - qui sert à bord d'un bâtiment de l'État ou de la marine marchande; se dit d'un bateau ou d'un navire très endurant à la mer.


🔑 Net
Net

➡ a type of fishing implement or material that is made of string, thread or wire twisted or tied together (netting) or interwoven rope, wire, etc. forming meshes of suitable size especially used to catch fish or other aquatic animals.


🔑 Ship
Ship

➡ a large boat that carries people or goods across the seas or oceans


🔑 Submarine
Submarine

➡ a vehicle that can travel underwater, control its own movement and maintain its own life support.


🔑 Submarine
Submarine

➡ existing or located under the sea