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UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION
ON THE LAW OF THE SEA
PART IV
ARCHIPELAGIC STATES
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Article 51
EXISTING AGREEMENTS, TRADITIONAL FISHING RIGHTS AND
EXISTING SUBMARINE CABLES
- Without prejudice to article 49, an archipelagic State shall respect
existing agreements with other States and shall recognize traditional
fishing rights and other legitimate activities of the immediately adjacent
neighbouring States in certain areas falling within archipelagic waters. The
terms and conditions for the exercise of such rights and activities,
including the nature, the extent and the areas to which they apply, shall,
at the request of any of the States concerned, be regulated by bilateral
agreements between them. Such rights shall not be transferred to or shared
with third States or their nationals.
- An archipelagic State shall respect existing submarine cables laid by
other States and passing through its waters without making a landfall. An
archipelagic State shall permit the maintenance and replacement of such
cables upon receiving due notice of their location and the intention to
repair or replace them.
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