No. 2617

NORWAY and Convention concerning the establishment of joint regula tions for salmon and sea trout fishing, etc., in Iddefjord and . Signed at Oslo, on 28 January 1949

Official texts: Norwegian and Swedish, Registered by on 19 July 1954.

NORVÈGE et SUÈDE Convention relative à l'établissement d'un règlement com mun en ce qui concerne la pêche du saumon et de la truite de mer, etc., dans l'Iddefjord et le Svinesund. Signée à Oslo, le 28 janvier 1949

Textes officiels norvégien et suédois. Enregistrée par la Norvège le 19 juillet 1954. 10 United Nations — Treaty Series 1954

[TRANSLATION TRADUCTION] No. 2617. CONVENTION1 BETWEEN NORWAY AND SWE DEN CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT REGULATIONS FOR SALMON AND SEA TROUT FISH ING ETC. IN IDDEFJORD AND SVINESUND. SIGNED AT OSLO, ON 28 JANUARY 1949

His Majesty the King of Norway and His Majesty the King of Sweden, considering it desirable to conclude an agreement between Norway and Sweden concerning the establishment of joint regulations for salmon and sea trout fishing etc. in Iddefjord and Svinesund as far as an imaginary line extending from the southeastern point of Kje0ya to the northernmost tip of Nordbytangen, have accordingly decided to conclude a Convention and have appointed as their pleni potentiaries : His Majesty the King of Norway :

His Minister of Foreign Affairs Halvard M. Lange;

His Majesty the King of Sweden : His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Oslo, Friherre Johan Beck-Friis ; Who, being duly empowered thereto, have agreed as follows :

Article 1 Fishing for salmon and sea trout shall be prohibited between 26 August and the last day of February inclusive. During this period no tackle of any kind designed for the fishing of salmon or sea trout may be left in position, laid out or used in any other way for catching fish.

Article 2 No knotted tackle or tackle made from rigid materials designed for the fishing of salmon or sea trout may be used or set out in such a way that the said fish may be caught or their free movement impeded, between 6 p.m. on Saturday and 6 a.m. on Monday. Fish-traps shall be removed from the water and either

1 Came into force on 1 April 1949 in accordance with article 12 of the Convention. 12 United Nations — Treaty Series 1954 taken on land or suspended above the water on poles. The brailers of bag-nets or similar tackle shall either be taken up and laid out on land or untied from their moorings and made fast to the landward side of the tackle. In either case the mouth of the tackle shall be completely closed.

Article 3 Knotted tackle with a mesh smaller than 58 mm between the knots or, in the case of the fish-traps equipped with connecting-nets used in the district, 32 mm counting from the middle of the knot when the tackle is wet, may not be used to catch salmon or sea trout. The use of drift nets, fish-gigs or any other tackle having a point or hook which is not designed to be swallowed by fish shall be prohibited.

Article 4 It shall be unlawful to set more than two bag-nets or seines one outside the other along the axis of the connecting-net or within 50 metres of that axis, or to set two or more tackles one behind or adjacent to the other in such a way as to reduce the size of the mesh, or to attempt in any other way to evade the provisions concerning the size of mesh.

Article 5 It shall be unlawful to catch salmon less than 50 cm in length, measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the central part of the tail fin, or sea trout less than 30 cm in length measured in the same manner.

Article 6 In the innermost part of Iddefjord which lies entirely within Norway the centre line of the channel shall be determined in accordance with the Norwegian Salmon and Trout Fisheries Act of 27 February 1930, section 42 (cf. section 25) ; the setting of fishing tackle within 25 metres of the centre line of the channel shall be prohibited. It shall be unlawful to set fishing tackle within 50 metres of the State fron tier in the area between the southernmost boundary cairn in the innermost part of Iddefjord and an imaginary straight line extending from the southernmost tip of Sau ya over the southernmost Kuskjaer to the Swedish side.

In the part of Iddefjord and Svinesund between the said line and an imagi nary straight line extending from the southeastern point of Kje0ya to the northern most tip of Nordbytangen the tackle referred to in article 2 for catching salmon or sea trout may not be placed in position further from the land than one-quarter of No. 2617 14 United Nations - Treaty Series 1954 the width of the or sound at the average summer low tide. In case of doubt the width shall be determined by estimation, care being taken to take the measurement, so far as possible, along a line at right angles to the axis of the fjord or sound at the place in question.

Article 7

Salmon and sea trout which are caught during the close season or which are below the minimum length prescribed in article 5 shall immediately be released into the water, so far as possible unharmed.

Article 8

Salmon and sea trout caught within the area to which this Convention applies may not be offered for sale, sold, bought or accepted between 26 August and the last day of February inclusive unless it can be shown that they were caught within the permitted period or were acquired by other lawful means.

Article 9

The use of seine nets (vad) less than 75 metres long and 11 metres deep with an interval between knots of less than 26 mm measured as prescribed in article 3 shall be prohibited in the part of Iddefjord lying within rebakkesund. The use of seine nets more than 75 metres long or more than 11 metres deep shall be prohibited,

Article 10

The inspector of freshwater fishing may give permission for the catching of salmon or sea trout during the close season or by prohibited means when applica tion for such permission is made for scientific purposes or in order to catch fish for breeding. In the part of the area which lies in Sweden the country authority of the Country of G teborg and Bohus shall be responsible for granting such permission on the recommendation of the competent fishery superintendent.

Article 11

Any breach of these regulations shall be subject, if proceedings are taken in Norway, to the penalties prescribed by Norwegian law, and if any proceedings are taken before a Swedish court, to the penalties provided by the Royal Fisheries Act of 1900. No. 2617 16 United Nations — Treaty Series 1954

Article 12 This Convention shall come into force on 1 April 1949 and shall remain in force until further notice. If the Convention is terminated it shall remain in force for two years from the date of such termination. DONE at Oslo, in duplicate, in the Norwegian and Swedish languages, both texts being equally authentic. 28 January 1949 Halvard M. LANGE Johan BECK-FR S

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