Protocol Concerning Fishing In Frontier Lakes And Rivers To The Agreement Between The Government Of The Federal People's Republic Of Yugoslavia And The Government Of The People's Republic Of Albania Concerning Water Economy Questions

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ANNEX II of the Agreement Between The Government Of The Federal People's Republic Of Yugoslavia And The Government Of The People's Republic Of Albania Concerning Water Economy Questions, Together With The Statute Of The Yugoslav-Albanian Water Economic Commission And With The Protocol Concerning Fishing In Frontier Lakes And Rivers

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With a view to the regulation of questions relating to fishing in frontier lakes and rivers between the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and the People's Republic of Albania, and especially questions relating to fishing in Lake Skadar, Lake Ohrid, Lake Prespa and the rivers Beli Drim, Crni Drim and Bojana, the Contracting Parties have agreed to work out special provisions which shall regulate the question of fishing and fishery in general in the said lakes and rivers.

The provisions and measures to be worked out by agreement and approved shall comprise the following:

(a) Protection and control provisions relating to fishing

The Contracting Parties shall adopt by agreement joint protection and control measures relating to fishing, with specific reference to the use of fishing tackle and especially large-scale, mechanized fishing equipment or fixed fishing devices; provisions concerning the application of protective measures, especially in respect of economically valuable species of fish; provisions concerning the removal of all obstacles to the free circulation of fish; and provisions concerning the suppression of smuggling and the prevention of trading in fish and fishing in frontier lakes and rivers. In addition the Contracting Parties shall by agreement adopt provisions concerning control over the execution of fish conservation measures during the breeding (close) season and the protection of the fry.

(b) Biological measures relating to fishing

The Contracting Parties shall prescribe by agreement measures to regulate the minimum size at which fish may be removed; the close season for economically valuable species of fish; measures for the definition and provisions for the protection of fry; and, in particular, provisions concerning the permissible intensity of fishing for different species of fish. Also by agreement, they shall determine the application of fishing technique in relation to the taking of different species of fish. The question of introducing new species of fish into fishery waters and the questions of protecting and promoting common organic production in fishery waters shall also be settled by agreement in the provisions concerning biological measures relating to fishing. The provisions shall also cover measures to settle questions of protecting lake and river water from pollution.

The Contracting Parties shall settle by agreement the question of joint measures to augment the fish population by re-stocking, and questions of scientific research in the field of hydrobiology and fishery in frontier lakes and rivers.

(c) Technical provisions relating to fishing

The Contracting Parties shall by agreement adopt provisions and measures for all technical works on frontier lakes and rivers which may affect the fish population of the waters and their use for fishing. In particular, provisions shall be adopted concerning the use and the maximum permitted number of mechanized fishing equipments, the use of electric current in fishing and the installation and use of fixed fishing devices.

The study and examination of all provisions and measures concerning the settlement of questions relating to fishing in frontier lakes and rivers shall be carried out by the Fishery Sub-Commission as an organ of the Yugoslav-Albanian Water Economy Commission.

Proposals for the measures and provisions referred to in article 1, paragraph 5, of the Statute shall be submitted by the Yugoslav-Albanian Water Economy Commission on the basis of proposals by the Fishery Sub-Commission.

This Protocol shall constitute an integral part of the Agreement between the Government of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and the Government of the People's Republic of Albania concerning water economy questions and of the Statute of the Yugoslav-Albanian Water Economy Commission.