Regulations for Tuna Longline or Purse Seine Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Pacific Ocean for Fishing Operation - Chapter - Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan)

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Title：	Regulations for Tuna Longline or Purse Seine Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Pacific Ocean for Fishing Operation CH
Category：	Ministry of Agriculture（農業部）
Attachment：	Appendix 1 Area of Competence of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.pdf Appendix 2 Area of Competence of the Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica.pdf Appendix 3 Bigeye Tuna Fishing Areas forLarge Scale Lonliners in the Pacific Ocean.pdf Appendix 4 Albacore Tuna Fishing Area for Large Scale Longliners in the Pacific Ocean.pdf Appendix 5 Fishing Area for Small Scale Longliners in the Pacific Ocean.pdf Appendix 6 Application Form for Large Scale Longliners Operating in the Pacific Ocean.pdf Appendix 7 Application Form for Small Scale Longliners Operating in the Pacific Ocean.pdf Appendix 8 Application Form for Tuna Purse Seine Fishing Vessels Operating in the Pacific Ocean.pdf Appendix 9 Application Form for Carrier Vessels of the Republic of China.pdf Appendix 10 Specification of Width, Height and Color of Characters for Vessel Markings.pdf Appendix 11 Figure of Shark Line.pdf Appendix 12 De-hooker (left) and Scoop net (right).pdf Appendix 13 Specification of Seabirds Mitigation Measures in the WCPFC Convention Area.pdf Appendix 14 Areas to Use Seabird Mitigation Measures in the IATTC Convention Area.pdf Appendix 15 Specifications for Seabird Mitigation Measures in the IATTC Convention Area.pdf Appendix 16 Facsimile Form for Vessel Position and Fishing Operation Information.pdf Appendix 17 WCPFC EHSP Sighting Report.pdf Appendix 18 Designated Ports for Catching Vessels to Land or Transship in the Pacific Ocean.pdf Appendix 19 Information to Be Submitted for Carrier Vessels Intending to Transship in Port or at Sea.pdf Appendix 20 WCPFC TRANSSHIPMENT NOTIFICATION.pdf Appendix 21 IATTC Transshipment Notification.pdf Appendix 22 TRANSSHIPMENT NOTIFICATION FOR TUNA PURSE SEINER.pdf Appendix 23 WCPFC TRANSHIPMENT DECLARATION.pdf Appendix 24 IATTC TRANSHIPMENT DECLARATION.pdf Appendix 25 TRANSSHIPMENT DECLARATION AND LANDING NOTIFICATION FOR TUNA PURSE SEINER.pdf Appendix 26 Advance Notice of Landing／ Landing Declaration for Catches of Distant Water Fishing Vessels.pdf Appendix 27 Notification Form of Entry into or Exiting High Seas.pdf Appendix 28 Discard Notification of Purse Seiner Catches.pdf Appendix 29 Report on Incidental Catch by Purse Seine Fishing Vessels.pdf Appendix 30 The conversion factors between the weights of processed fish and round fish.pdf

Chapter XII Special Management Measures for High Risk Fishing Vessels

Article 94

Matters related to the management of high risk fishing vessels categorized by the competent authority shall be governed by this Chapter. Matters not stipulated in this Chapter shall be governed by these Regulations.

Article 95

Any distant water fisheries operator of the high risk fishing vessels shall, starting from the date that the competent authority informs the distant water fisheries operator of such vessel, comply with the special management measures as follows:
(1) Any high risk fishing vessel shall not engage in fisheries cooperation by means of being chartered to any foreigner.
(2) For each fishing trip of such vessel, the observer dispatched by the competent authority shall be carried on board, or the functional electronic monitoring equipment shall be installed on board before leaving a port. For such vessel that has carried on board the observer who meets the requirement of the international fisheries organization(s), it shall be exempted.
(3) Vessel positions shall be transmitted in accordance with Chapter VI.
(4) Catch reports shall be conducted in accordance with provisions stipulated in Chapter VII.
(5) Such vessel shall not conduct at-sea transshipment.
(6) For transshipment in port, the Transshipment Notification shall be filled in to apply for the approval of the competent authority, no later than seven days before the estimated date for transshipment.
(7) For landing in port, the Advance Notice of Landing shall be filled in to apply for the approval of the competent authority, no later than seven days before the estimated date for landing.
(8) In case of transshipment or landing in port, inspections shall be conducted by the competent authority or the independent third party.

Article 96

In the event that any high risk fishing vessel does not violate any regulation for one year starting from the date of being listed as high risk fishing vessel, such vessel shall be de-listed and exempted from the special management measures.