891 



ISIoTtlh Latitude West Longitude 

 38°24' 73°44' 



39°40' 72°32' 



40°05' Tl°40' 



41°00' 71°40' 



Article 4 



Eomanian fishing vessels shall refrain from engaging in the inten- 

 tional catching of lobster along the coast of the United States north 

 of Cape Hatteras, shall take appropriate measures to minimize inci- 

 dental catches of lobster in specialized fisheries for other species, and 

 shall return to the sea in a viable condition all lobsters taken inci- 

 dentally insofar as possible. 



Article 5 



Both Governments will take appropriate measures to assure that 

 their citizens and vessels will, in the waters covered by this Agreement, 

 conduct their fishing with due regard for the conservation of the stocks 

 of fish. 



Article 6 



Romanian fishing vessels may conduct loading operations in the 

 waters of the nine-mile fishery zone contiguous to the territorial sea 

 of the United States of America in the areas bounded by straight lines 

 connecting the following coordinates : 



a. During the period from November 15 to May 15 



North Latitude West Longitude 

 40°40'55" 72°40'00'' 



40°34'31" 72°40'00'' 



40°33'28" 72°43'44" 



40°39'48" 72°43'44" 



b. During the period from September 15 to May 15 

 North Latitude West Longitude 



39°09'00" 74°32'00'' 



39°11'30" 74°30'00'' 



39°08'00" 74°24'00" 



39°05'30'' 74°26'00" 



If necessary, the competent authorities of the two parties may agree 

 to modify the above-mentioned areas. Romanian fishing vessels may 

 conduct such loading operations with other Romanian vessels and 

 vessels of other states with which the United States maintains diplo- 

 matic relations, provided that the latter vessels are under charter or 

 contract to a Romanian fishing company for such loading operations. 



Article 7 



Romanian fishing or support vessels shall notify the United States 

 Coast Guard Radio Station Boston call sign NMF or Portsmouth call 

 sign NMN before entry into a loading area provided for in Article 6. 



