Signed May 6, 1882 Effective May 15, 1884 | Location The Hague Expiration September 26, 1976 | |
Condition Exchange of ratifications Parties Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, | ||
The North Sea Fishers Convention, officially known as the International Convention for regulating the police of the North Sea fisheries outside territorial waters, was a treaty that was signed on May 6, 1882. The inaugural conference was intended to provide a set of regulations for North Sea fisheries. The High Contracting Parties, which included United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and France, entered the convention for a period of five years.
The convention, which operated only outside the three-mile limit from land, was defined as follows:
A supplementary convention was signed at The Hague on November 16, 1887 among the same High Contracting Parties, relating to the liquor traffic in the North Sea. It applies to the area set out in article 4 of the Convention of IV May 6, 1882, and forbids the sale of spirituous liquors within it to persons on board fishing vessels. A reciprocal right of visit and search is granted under this convention to the cruisers entrusted with carrying out of its provisions.