Fisheries Access Agreements

(1) The Government may enter into access agreements with other States and with associations representing foreign fishing vessel owners or charterers, providing for the allocation of fishing rights to vessels from those States or associations. (2) The fishing rights allocated under access agreements shall not exceed the total resources or amount of fishing allowed to the appropriate category of foreign fishing vessels under the appropriate fisheries plan. (3) An access agreement entered shall include a provision establishing the responsibility of the other State or association to take necessary measures to ensure compliance by its vessels with the terms and conditions of the agreement and with the laws relating to fishing in the fisheries waters. (4) For the purpose of this section, “State” includes any regional organization to which the power to negotiate access agreements has been delegated by the member countries of that organization.