Protocol on the Practical Modalities for the Coordination of Surveillance Operations within the Member States of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) (1993)

• Jurisdiction: South Africa
• Citation: 2017 JOLGA 155
• Published date: 22 May 2019
• Pages: 155-158
• Author: None
• Date: 22 May 2019

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PROTOCOL ON THE

PRACTICAL MODALITIES FOR THE

COORDINATION OF SURVEILLANCE

OPERATIONS WITHIN THE MEMBER

STATES OF THE SUB-REGIONAL

FISHERIES COMMISSION

PREAMBLE

The Governments of:

• the Republic of Cape Verde;

• the Republic of The Gambia;

• the Republic of Guinea;

• the Republic of Guinea-Bissau;

• the Islamic Republic of Mauritania;

• the Republic of Senegal,

Hereinafter referred to as ‘the Parties’,

Pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Agreement on sub-

regional cooperation in the exercise of the right of hot pursuit in

maritime zones, especially its Article 9,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1. Surveillance operations

(a) Joint surveillance operations shall, whenever possible, be

conducted by the fisheries surveillance units belonging to

member States which are parties to the present protocol.

(b) To this end, the States parties shall determine the modalities

for the conduct of the said operations. It is understood that the

fisheries surveillance units belonging to a given State party

may, when necessary, ask for support from another State party

during instant operations conducted within the former’s waters.

(c) The fisheries surveillance units belonging to States parties

to the present protocol shall meet, at bilateral or multilateral

level, to determine all the practical modalities required for

effective coordination of joint surveillance operations.

(d) The joint surveillance operations shall be specifically

directed against foreign vessels flying the flag of a Sub-

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