Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1963, Page 129

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Article 7
1. Having regard to the provisions of paragraph 1 of article 6, any
coastal State may, with a view to the maintenance of the productivity
of the living resources of the sea, adopt unilateral measures of con«
servation appropriate to any stock of fish or other marine resources
in any area of the high seas adjacent to its territorial sea, provided
that negotiations to that effect with the other States concerned have
not led to an agreement within six months.
2. The measures which the coastal State adopts under the previous
paragraph shall be valid as to other States only if the following
requirements are fulfilled:
a. That there is a need for urgent application of conservation
measures in the light of the existing knowledge of the fishery.
b. That the measures adopted are based on appropriate scientific
findings.
c. That such measures do not discriminate in form or in fact
against foreign fishermen.
3. These measures shall remain in force pending the settlement, in
accordance with the relevant provisions of this Convention, of any
disagreement as to their validity.
4. If the measures are not accepted by the other States concerned,
any of the parties may initiate the procedure contemplated by article
9. Subject to paragraph 2 of article 10, the measures adopted shall
remain obligatory pending the decision of the special commission.
Article 9
1. Any dispute which may arise between States under articles 4, 5,
6, 7 and 8 shall, at the request of any of the parties, be submitted
for settlement to a special commission of five members unless the
parties agree to seek a solution by another method of peaceful settle=
ment, as provided for in Article 33 of the Charter of the United
Nations ....
Appendix II
Special situations relating to coastal fisheries
Resolution adopted on 26 April 1958, on the report
of the Third Committee
The United Nations Confetence on the Law of Sea
Having considered the situation of countries or territories whose