Amendments To Convention For The Regulation Of The Meshes Of Fishing Nets And The Size Limits Of Fish
Source: UNTS vol. 431, pp. 304.
(a) The proviso in article 5 of the Convention should be replaced by the following:
" provided that
" (1) in the waters specified in paragraph (1) of Annex I to this Convention a trawl net made of single twine and containing no manila or sisal in any part may be carried on board or used by a vessel notwithstanding that such a net has a minimum size of mesh 5 mm less than the dimensions specified in paragraph (1) of Annex I to this Convention.
" (2) in the waters specified in paragraph (2) of Annex I to this Convention a trawl net, the cod end of which is made of cotton, hemp, polyamide fibres or polyester fibres and contains no manila or sisal, may be carried on board or used by a vessel notwithstanding that the cod end of such net has a minimum size of mesh 10 mm less than the dimensions specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) of Annex I to this Convention. "
(b) The provisions of article 7 (2) of the Convention should be extended to 5 April 1963.
(c) The following paragraph should be added to Annex I of the Convention:
" (3) As from 1st January, 1963, paragraph (2) of this Annex shall apply in the waters situated north of 66 degrees north latitude and east of the meridian of Greenwich as if there were substituted the words " 120 mm " for the words " 110 mm " in the sixth line of the said paragraph (2). "
(d) The following should be included as Annex IV to the Convention:
" Notwithstanding the provisions of the Convention, for an experimental period of two years ending on 31st May, 1963, vessels of bhp not exceeding 150, fishing for whiting in the Convention area east of a line drawn from Hanstholm to Lindesnes may use nets with mesh sizes less than those prescribed in the Convention and may land whiting of a size below that prescribed in Annex II without restriction as to quantity. Such catches must not include fish of species listed in Annex II other than whiting. "
