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opposite direction to the general direction of flow in the adjacent traf-
fic lane when fishing near a lane boundary.
Good seamanship requires that vessels fishing within a traffic
separation zone should pay particular attention to their position and
to the movement of other vessels. The nets of a vessel fishing within
a separation zone must not be allowed to extend across a lane in such
a way as to impede the passage of vessels following the lane; see
paragraph (i).

Lane terminations

A primary objective of traffic separation is to reduce the number of
meeting or fine crossing situations which have been found to be

particularly dangerous because of the high speed of approach. The
establishment of traffic lanes has reduced the risk of collision within
the lanes but has probably increased the incidence of fine crossing
situations near the terminations due to converging and diverging
traffic. Caution is therefore necessary when navigating in areas near

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