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d. Except in cases of force majeure no vessel shall dump in the 

 sea any article or substance which may interfere with fishin^r or 

 obstruct or cause damao:e to fish, fishing gear or fishing vessels 



e. No vessel shall use or have on board explosives intended for 

 the catching of fish. 



f . In order to prevent damage, fishing vessels engaged in trawl- 

 ing and other fishing vessels with gear in motion shall take all 

 practicable steps to avoid nets and lines or other gear which is not 

 being towed. 



g. d) Wh^ii nets belonging to different fishing vessels get foul 

 of each other, thev shall not be severed without the consent of the 

 parties concerned unless it is impossible to disengao-e them bv 

 other means. & & 



(2) When fishing vessels fishing with lines entangle their 

 lines, the fishing vessel which hauls up the lines shall not 

 sever tliem unless they cannot be disengaged in any other wav, 

 in which case any lines which may be severed "^shall where 

 possible be immediately joined together again. 



(3) Except in cases of salvage and the cases to which the 

 two preceding subparagraphs relate, nets, lines or other gear 

 shall not under any pretext whatever, be cut, hooked, held on 

 on to or lifted up except by the fishing vessel to which they 

 belong. 



(4) "\^Tien a vessel fouls or otherwise interferes with gear 

 not belonging to it. it shall take all necessary measures' for 

 reducing to a minimum the injury which may result to such 

 gear. The fishing vessel to which the gear belongs shall, at the 

 same time, avoid any action tending to aggravate such 

 damage. 



4. With respect to nets, lines and other gear anchored in the sea, 

 fishing vessels shall comply with the rules set out below in this 

 paragraph. 



a. Gear shall be marked sufficiently to indicate its position and 

 extent. The ends of lines to which lobster pots are attached should 

 be marked with buoys. The westernmost (meaning the half com- 

 pass circle from south through west to and including north) end 

 buoy should be fitted with two flags one above the other or one 

 flag and a radar reflector, and the easternmost (meaning the half 

 compass circle from north through east to and including south) 

 end buoy should be fitted with one flag or a radar reflector. The 

 westernmost end buoy may be fitted with one or two white 

 lights, and the easternmost end buoy may be fitted with one white 

 light. On lobster gear extending more than li>^ miles additional 

 buoys should be placed at distances of not more than 1 mile so that 

 no part of the gear extending 1 mile or more is left unmarked. 

 Each additional buoy should be fitted with a flag or a radar reflec- 

 tor and may be fitted with one white light. The flagpole of each 

 buoy should have a height of at least 2 meters above the buoy. 

 Each buoy should be marked so that ownership may be 

 determined. 



