This Decree prohibits in principal fishing for cod with conventional gear in the marine areas north of the 62nd parallel by Norwegian vessels. The prohibition applies also to experimental fishing and Norwegian vessels using foreigners in the sense of section 1 of the Sea-water Fisheries Act of 1983. Section 2, however, establishes a maximum of allowable catch of 104.103 tons for vessels to which this Decree applies. Provisions of Chapter II (sects. 6-9 establish catch quotas for vessels of lengt