Convention on Fishing & Conservation of Living Resources

Article 12

1. If the factual basis of the award of the special commission is altered
by substantial changes in the conditions of the stock or stocks of fish or
other living marine resources or in methods of fishing, any of the States
concerned may request the other States to enter into negotiations with a
view to prescribing by agreement the necessary modifications in the
measures of conservation.

2. If no agreement is reached within a reasonable period of time, any of
the States concerned may again resort to the procedure contemplated by
Article 9 provided that at least two years have elapsed from the original
award.

Article 13

1. The regulation of fisheries conducted by means of equipment embedded in
the floor of the sea in areas of the High Seas adjacent to the territorial
sea of a State may be undertaken by that State where such fisheries have
long been maintained and conducted by its nationals, provided that
non-nationals are permitted to participate in such activities on an equal
footing with nationals except in areas where such fisheries have by long
usage been exclusively enjoyed by such nationals. Such regulations will
not, however, affect the general status of the areas as High Seas .

2. In this Article, the expression ‘fisheries conducted by means of
equipment embedded in the floor of the sea’ means those fisheries using
gear with supporting members embedded in the sea floor, constructed on a
site and left there to operate permanently or, if removed, restored each
season on the same site.

Article 14

In Articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8, the terms ‘nationals’ means fishing boats
or craft of any size having the nationality of the State concerned,
according to the law of that State, irrespective of the nationality of the
members of their crews.

Article 15

This Convention shall, until 31 October 1958, be open for signature by all
States Members of the United Nations or of any of the specialized agencies,
and by any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United
Nations to become a Party to the Convention.

Article 16

This Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification
shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 17

This Convention shall be open for accession by any States belonging to any
of the categories mentioned in Article 15. The instruments of accession
shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 18

1. This Convention shall come into force on the thirtieth day following the
date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or
accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit
of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession, the
Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by
such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.

Article 19

1. At the time of signature, ratification or accession, any State may make
reservations to articles of the Convention other than to Articles 6, 7, 9,
10, 11 and 12.

2. Any contracting State making a reservation in accordance with the
preceding paragraph may at any time withdraw the reservation by a
communication to that effect addressed to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations.

Article 20

1. After the expiration of a period of five years from the date on which
this Convention shall enter into force, a request for the revision of this
Convention may be made at any time by any contracting party by means of a
notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations.

2. The General Assembly of the United Nations shall decide upon the steps,
if any, to be taken in respect of such request.

Article 21

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States Members
of the United Nations and the other States referred to in Article 15:

(a) Of signatures to this Convention and of the deposit of instruments of
ratification or accession, in accordance with Articles 15, 16 and 17;
(b) Of the date on which this Convention will come into force, in
accordance with Article 18;
(c) Of requests for revision in accordance with Article 20;
(d) Of reservations to this Convention, in accordance with Article 19.

Article 22

The original of this Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French,
Russian, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified
copies thereof to all States referred to in Article 15.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized
thereto by their respective governments, have signed this Convention.

DONE AT GENEVA, this twenty-ninth day of April one thousand nine hundred
and fifty-eight.

Author: international

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Convention on Fishing & Conservation of Living Resources, High Seas.