For the purpose of this Convention, the term “fishing vessel” includes all registered or documented ships and boats of any nature whatsoever, whether publicly or privately owned, which are engaged in maritime fishing in salt waters.
Verdrag betreffende de arbeidsovereenkomst van vissers
Geldig vanaf 8 augustus 1981
Geldig vanaf 8 augustus 1981
Verdrag betreffende de arbeidsovereenkomst van vissers
Opschrift
Convention concerning Fishermen's Articles of Agreement
Preambule
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Forty-third Session on 3 June 1959, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to fishermen's articles of agreement, which is included in the fifth item on the agenda of the session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention,
adops this nineteenth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine the following Convention, which may be cited as the Fishermen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1959:
Article 1
2.
The competent authority may exempt from the application of the provisions of this Convention fishing vessels of a type and size determined after consultation with the fishing-boat owners' and fishermen's organisations concerned, where such exist.
3.
The competent authority may, if satisfied that the matters dealt with in this Convention are adequately regulated by collective agreements between fishing-boat owners or fishing-boat owners' organisations, and fishermen's organisations, exempt from the provisions of the Convention concerning individual agreements owners and fishermen covered by such collective agreements.