In case of any of the following circumstances, the fishing license of the fishery operator and the Certificate of Fishing Vessel Officers or the Fishing Vessel Crew Identification of the fishery employee shall be subject to suspension for a period of one year and under, pursuant to Article 10 of the Act; and in case of severe violation, the fishing license of the fishery operator and the Certificate of Fishing Vessel Officers or the Fishing Vessel Crew Identification shall be subject to revocation:
(1) Catching, retaining, transshipping, landing or selling any Pacific bluefin tuna less than 30 kilograms, in violation of Article 5.
(2) Any fishing vessel that catches Pacific bluefin tuna with the longline fishing gears without the authorization from the central competent authority, in violation of Article 6.
(3) Catching any Pacific bluefin tuna after the deadline as proclaimed by the central competent authority in the current year, and failing to discard the catch in accordance with Article 21.
(4) Any longline fishing vessel or fishing vessel of the other directed fisheries that domestically lands its Pacific bluefin tuna catch but fails to land in the designated ports as prescribed in Article 23.
(5) Any fishing vessel transporting the Pacific bluefin tuna caught by itself to other vessel(s) or transporting the Pacific bluefin tuna not caught by itself without the permission, in violation of Article 24.
(6) Any fishery operator that evades, obstructs, or refuses the inspection, query or measurement of the length and weight of the Pacific bluefin tuna catch conducted by personnel dispatched by the competent authority at the time of landing, in violation of Article 25, paragraph 2.

In case of any of the following circumstances, the fishery operator and the fishery employee shall be respectively subject to a fine between 30 thousand and 150 thousand New Taiwan Dollars, pursuant to Article 65 of the Act:
(1) Any longline fishing vessel that fails to apply for and obtain the Pacific bluefin tuna tag of the current year from the central competent authority before conducting Pacific bluefin tuna fishing operation, in violation of Article 15.
(2) Any longline fishing vessel that fails to immediately attach the Pacific bluefin tuna tag at the appropriate position, in violation of Article 16.
(3) Any fishing vessel of the other directed fisheries or the set net fishery that catches Pacific bluefin tuna and fails to apply for the Pacific bluefin tuna tag from the central competent authority before the landing, or fails to attach the tag at the appropriate position at the time of landing, in violation of Article 17.
(4) Any captain of any longline fishing vessel or fishing vessel of the other directed fisheries or fishery operator of the set net fishery that fails to report the number, weight, length, and the location for each Pacific bluefin tuna caught to the fishery radio station concerned within 24 hours after catching the Pacific bluefin tuna, in violation of Article 18; or any captain of longline fishing vessel that fails to report the serial number of each tag, in violation of Article 18.
(5) In the event that any tag on the Pacific bluefin tuna detaches and cannot be re-attached, any longline fishing vessel that fails to attach an unused replacement tag immediately, or that fails to report to fishery radio station the serial number of the detached tag and the replacement tag, in violation of Article 19.
(6) Before the Pacific bluefin tuna tags are exhausted during operation at sea, any longline fishing vessel that fails to obtain the approval from the central competent authority to attach the tags at the time of landing in port, in violation of Article 20.
(7) Catching any Pacific bluefin tuna after the deadline as proclaimed by the central competent authority in the current year, and failing to report the amount of discard, in violation of Article 21.
(8) Any longline fishing vessel or fishing vessel of the other directed fisheries that returns to the designated port for landing and fails to notify the fishery radio station concerned of the estimated landing port, date, and the number of the Pacific bluefin tuna caught and transported within the required timeframe as stipulated in Article 25, paragraph 1.

In case of any of the following circumstances, the offender shall be subject to a fine between 30 thousand and 150 thousand New Taiwan Dollars, pursuant to subparagraph (6) of Article 65 of the Act:
(1) Failure to prepare the Catch Document of Domestic Sales Pacific Blueifn Tuna and the transaction document(s) which can trace back to the fishery operator for the purpose of examination of the competent authority in accordance with Article 28.
(2) Failure to apply for the issuance of the Catch Document of Exported Pacific Bluefin Tuna in accordance with Article 29 for exporting Pacific bluefin tuna to any foreign country.

Related business that shall be conducted by the central competent authority in accordance with Article 25, paragraph 2; Article 26; and Article 29 to 32 may be delegated to Fisheremen’s Associations.

These Regulations shall become effective on the date of promulgation, except for Article 28 and subparagraph (1) of Article 35, which shall become effective on January 1, 2019; and except for the amended Article promulgated on August 19, 2020, which shall become effective on January 1, 2020