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of international co-operation through the concerted action of all the 

 States concerned. 

 Have agreed as follows : 



Article 1 



1. All States have the right for their nationals to engage in fishing 

 on the high seas, subject \a) to their treaty obligations, (6) to the 

 interests and rights of coastal States as provided for in this Conven- 

 tion, and (c) to the provisions contained in the following articles 

 concerning conservation of the living resources of the high seas. 



2. All States have the duty to adopt or to co-operate with other 

 States in adopting, such measures for their respective nationals as may 

 be necessary for the conservation of the living resources of the hign 

 seas. 



Article 2 



As employed in this Convention, the expression "conservation of the 

 living resources of the high seas" means the aggregate of the measures 

 rendering possible the optimum sustainable yield from those resources 

 so as to secure a maximum supply of food and other marine products. 

 Conservation programmes should be formulated with a view to secur- 

 ing in the first place a supply of food for human consumption. 



Article 3 



A State whose nationals are engaged in fishing any stock or stocks 

 of fish or other living marine resources in any area of the high seas 

 where the nationals of other States are not thus engaged shall adopt, 

 for its own nationals, measures in that area when necessary for the 

 purpose of the conservation of the living resources affected. 



Article 4 



1. If the nationals of two or more States are engaged in fishing the 

 same stock or stocks of fish or other living marine resources in any area 

 or areas of the high seas, these States shall, at the request of any of 

 them, enter into negotiations with a view to prescribing by agreement 

 for their nationals the necessary measures for the conservation of the 

 living resources affected. 



2. If the States concerned do not reach agreement within twelve 

 months, any of the parties may initiate the procedure contemplated by 

 Article 9. 



Article 5 



1. If, subsequent to the adoption of the measures referred to in 

 Articles 8 and 4, nationals of other States engage in fishing the same 

 stock or stocks of fish or other living marine resources in any area or 

 areas of the high seas, the other States shall apply the measures, which 

 shall not be discriminatory in form or in fact, to their own nationals 

 not later than seven months after the date on which the measures shall 

 have been notified to the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture 



