Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Korea on cooperation in the sphere of fisheries.

The Parties shall carry out cooperation in the following fields: (a) conservation and optimal management of living marine resources in the North-Western area of the Pacific Ocean; (b) mutual assistance as regards transportation of catch; (c) promotion of aquaculture and mariculture; (d) prevention of marine pollution; (e) exchange of information, experts and scientists (art. 2). Each Party can authorize citizens and fishing vessels of the other to carry out fisheries in conformity with their own legislation in the area adjacent to the coastal zone in the North-Western area of the Pacific Ocean (art. 3). Each Party authorizes the inspection on board of its own fishing vessels by the authorized officials of the other (art. 5). The Parties recognize that catch of anadromous fishes cannot be carried out outside the national jurisdiction zone (art. 6).