Ship in international law based on its physical body has not responsibility. Responsibility of his activities attaches to the flag State. Ship replace to responsibility giving, oblige to adherence the regulations of the flag State, coastal State and international fishery activities. Flag State replace to this obligation also for the authority his international obligations apply his competence in the field of the security of ships, the environmental conservation and protection and the prevention and combating unauthorized fishing.
Salehi J. The Realm of the exercising the competence of the flag State on the respective ships; based on the provisions of Convention on the law of the sea and related agreements. Journal of Biosafety 2014; 7 (1) :85-93 URL: http://journalofbiosafety.ir/article-1-69-en.html