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The international inspection pennant is an international flag for fisheries inspection vessels currently used by the fisheries inspection branches of the
The international inspection pennant is an international flag for fisheries inspection vessels currently used by the fisheries inspection branches of the European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
, France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
, New Zealand
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and Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. It is also used by various FIRMS member organisations such as the NEAFC, NAFO and ICSEAF.
History
The international inspection pennant was ratified by the North Sea Fisheries Convention of 1882.See also
* International maritime signal flags *Yellow flag (contagion)
The Yellow Jack ("''Quebec''") signal flag, is a plain yellow banner that was historically used to signify a vessel was, or might be, harboring a dangerous disease and needed to be quarantined (the flag represents the letter “Q”). Later the f ...
References
International flags Maritime signalling Signal flags {{flag-stub