Act implementing the Convention on Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic of 1 June 1967. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1975 (2016) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries High seas Fishery management and conservation Fishing vessel Fishing gear/fishing method Enforcement/compliance Marking/identification Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Act implements the Convention on Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic of 1 June 1967. Article 2 establishes that the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the Federal Minister of Traffic, Building and Town Planning is empowered to issue special regulations without consent of the "Bundesrat" concerning the marking of fishing gear and the use of signals. The text consists of 8 articles. Full text German Website www.gesetze-im-internet.de