Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the South Pacific Region.

A Treaty to promote effectiveness in regional surveillance and enforcement through cooperation between member states and coordination of efforts of member states. The text consists of a Preamble and 14 articles: Definitions (1); Relationship with Other Treaties (II); General Cooperation (III); Cooperation in the Impementation of Harmonized Minimum Terms and Conditions of Fisheries Access (IV); Exchange of Information (V); Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement (VI); Cooperation in Prosecutions (VII); Cooperation in Enforcement of Penalties (VIII); Consultations (IX); Notification (X); Depositary (XI); Amendments (XII); Final Clauses (XIII); Certification and Registration (XIV).
Article IV makes provision for access requirements for foreign fishing vessels. "The Parties shall cooperate in the implementation of harmonized terms and conditions of fisheries access as may be agreed upon from time to time" (Art. IV, para. 1). A Party may be allowed, by way of provisions of a Subsidiary Agreement, by another Party to extend its fisheries surveillance and law enforcement activities to the territorial sea and archipelagic waters of that other Party (Art. VI, para. 1).