Compliance with international obligations

(1) The obligations and requirements relating to the activities and practices of fishing vessels provided for in any international treaty are obligations and requirements applying to vessels to which this Part applies, regardless of whether those vessels are operating on the high seas or in the jurisdiction of another State. (2) The Registrar may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for the purpose ofHigh Seas Fishing 21 (a) adding any other international treaty or convention to those which Belize adheres to; and (b) specifically identifying which parts of an international treaty or convention, or which obligations and requirements stated in an international treaty, are imposed on or must be observed by vessels to which this Part applies. (3) In the absence of a regulation made under subsection (2)(b), the operator of a vessel to which this Part applies must observe all the obligations and requirements of all international treaties applying to their fishing and related activities.