Agreement Concerning Co-operation in Marine Fishing

Agreement Concerning Co-operation in Marine Fishing in the United States

Article 1

The Contracting Parties agree to co-operate in the development
of fishing in the open sea, to consult on practical matters
relating to the organization of fishing, to exchange the results
of exploration for new fishing grounds and of research into other
marine resources, to coordinate their research efforts with
regard to the raw-materials base of the open sea, and to exchange
experience concerning fishing techniques and the preparation,
transport and storage of fish products.

Article 2

With a view to working out, co-ordinating and carrying out
measures for the application of this Agreement, a Mixed
Commission shall be established.

Within one month after the entry into force of this Agreement,
each Contracting Party shall appoint a representative and an
alternate to the said Commission and shall communicate their
names to the other Contracting Parties.

The Mixed Commission shall convene at least once a year in the
territory of each of the Contracting Parties in turn, the costs
of organizing such sessions to be borne by the Party in whose
territory the session is held. The place and date of convening of
the Mixed Commission shall be determined by the Commission in
advance.

The Mixed Commission shall function in accordance with Rules of
Procedure to be drafted at its first meeting and approved by the
Contracting Parties.

Article 3

The Mixed Commission shall have the following functions:

1. It shall prepare plans for scientific and technical
co-operation and mutual assistance in the development of fishing
in the open sea;

2. It shall organize the exchange of experience in the operation
of fishing fleets, in fishing techniques and in the storage,
processing and transport of fish, as well as the exchange of
information on the results of fisheries exploration and research
into live marine resources conducted by the Contracting Parties;

3. It shall submit proposals for convening scientific and
technical conferences and meetings on various fishery problems of
common interest to the Contracting Parties and shall organize the
exchange of experience in the training of personnel;

4. It shall determine the nature and scope of the statistical and
other data which each Contracting Party shall furnish to the
Mixed Commission with a view to the implementation of this
Agreement.

5. It shall examine such other matters as the Contracting Parties
may refer to it.

Article 4

The Mixed Commission shall make recommendations to the
Contracting Parties concerning the matters referred to in article
3.

Recommendations and decisions shall be deemed to have been
adopted by the Mixed Commission if they receive the fovourable
votes of the representatives of all the Contracting Parties.

The recommendations of the Mixed Commission shall be submitted
to the Contracting Parties for approval and shall be given effect
if none of the Parties raises an objection within two months.

Article 5

This Agreement is subject to approval in accordance with the
provisions in force in each of the Contracting Parties.

Notifications of the approval of this Agreement shall be
transmitted to the Government of the Polish People’s Republic,
which shall exercise depositary functions.

This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of receipt of
the last notification of its approval.

Article 6

This Agreement is concluded for a term of five years. It shall
remain in force for successive terms of five years for those
Contracting Parties which do not denounce the Agreement at least
six months before the expiry of the current five-year term.

Article 7

The Government of the Polish People’s Republic shall take the
necesary action to register this Agreement with the Secretariat
of the United Nations.

Done at Warsaw on 28 July 1962, in one copy in the German,
Polish and Russian languages, all three texts being equally
authentic.


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