Article 24 1.

Any Community vessel present in the Convention area for the purpose of harvesting or conducting scientific research on marine living resources shall, when given the appropriate signal in the International Code of Signals by a vessel carrying a CCAMLR inspector, in accordance with Article 23, stop or take other such actions as necessary to facilitate the safe and prompt transfer of the inspector to the vessel, except where the vessel is actively engaged in harvesting operations, in which case it shall do so as soon as practicable.