Exchange of notes accepting the Protocol signed at Kigoma, 5 August 1924, relative to the Tanganyika-Ruanda-Urundi frontier Document type Multilateral Field of application Regional/restricted Date May 17, 1926 Source IUCN (ID: TRE-153251) Place of adoption Brussels Language English Subject Fisheries, Water, Environment gen. Keyword Traditional rights/customary rights International agreement-text Inland fisheries Basin/catchment/watershed Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa Basin Tanganyka Abstract The British Ambassador and the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs at Brussels establish by letter the boundaries of Tanganika Lake between Tanganyika territory and the Belgian mandated territory of Ruanda-Urundi. They agree that, notwithstanding the new boundary in Lake Tanganyika which is defined by the paragraph all customary rights of fishing and passage exercised by natives living on either side of it should be preserved, but that, at the same time, even with regard to the rights of fishing and passage, the respective Governments should preserve their common law rights and should not, for instance, be debarred from levying a fishing tax on all persons alike who use their territorial waters. Full text Other Country/Territory/Participant See Expanded View Show Map Countries Entry into force Burundi - Rwanda - Tanzania, Un. Rep. of - reset zoom out zoom in