When the harvesting capacity of a coastal State approaches a point which would enable it to harvest the entire allowable catch of the living resources in its exclusive economic zone, the coastal State and other States concerned shall cooperate in the establishment of equitable arrangements on a bilateral, subregional or regional basis to allow for participation of developing land-locked States of the same subregion or region in the exploitation of the living resources of the exclusive economic zones of coastal States of the subregion or region, as may be appropriate in the circumstances and on terms satisfactory to all parties.
Ko se obalna država približa taki stopnji razvitosti, ki ji omogoča, da ulovi celoten dovoljen ulov živih bogastev v svoji izključni ekonomski coni, sodelujejo ta obalna država in druge zainteresirane države, da bi sklenile pravične dogovore na dvostranski, subregionalni ali regionalni podlagi, s katerimi bi se neobalnim državam v razvoju iz iste subregije ali regije dovolila udeležba pri izkoriščanju živih bogastev izključnih ekonomskih con obalnih držav te subregije ali regije, odvisno od okoliščin in na podlagi pogojev, ki so zadovoljivi za vse stranke.