Fisheries Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Estonian Republic

СОГЛАШЕНИЕ МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ ЭСТОНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ О ВЗАИМНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЯХ В ОБЛАСТИ РЫБНОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА (Москва, 4 мая 1994 года)

Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Estonian Republic have agreed that: (a) The Parties will cooperate either directly or through the respective international organizations for the purpose of the appropriate management and conservation of live aquatic resources of interest to the both Parties. (b) The Parties will examine annually the possibility of quota exchange on the basis of reciprocity and fisheries by one of the Parties in the fishing area of the Baltic sea under the jurisdiction of the other Party, will set quotas and determine the modalities for such type of fisheries. (c) Fisheries must be carried out in such a way as not to cause damage to fishing vessels and fishing gear, duly marked and belonging to the other Party. (d) The Parties, in accordance with their national legislation, will promote and contribute to the development of contacts and cooperation on equal and mutually beneficial basis between organizations, enterprises and firms in the following fields: (a) organization and carrying out oceanic fisheries; (b) organization on the territory of either Party joint fishing ventures; (c) fish processing and marketing; (d) vessel construction and maintenance; (e) exchange of scientific information between scientists and experts; (f) contribution to the prevention of marine pollution; (g) contribution to safe navigation of the fishing vessels of the Parties. Government of the country of origin of the stock of anadromous fish shall ensure its conservation by taking the appropriate arrangements for its reproduction and rational use. The parties will cooperate in the sphere of elaboration and carrying out joint arrangements regarding protection, regulation of catch and reproduction of the Narva shoal of salmon. The present Agreement doesn’t prejudice other agreements between the parties nor multilateral conventions in which they take part. This Agreement doesn’t prejudice either the position of either Party as regards law of the sea.