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 Strengt.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 IV Fishing Gears and Methods, and Mitigation Measuresfor Incidental Catch

Article 24

For any catching vessel navigating through the water under national jurisdiction of any foreign country, all fishing equipment on board shall be stowed and secured, and such vessel shall not conduct activities such as arrangement of fishing gears or fishing, except that it has engaged in fisheries cooperation with the foreign country concerned.

Article 25

For any tuna longline fishing vessel fishing with the majority of hooks at a depth shallower than 100 meters, the following mitigations measures shall be used:
(1) Large circle hooks shall be used; or
(2) Fishes except for Cephalopods species shall be used as baits.
The large circle hooks as referred to in the preceding paragraph are hooks that are above 3 inches and are circular or oval in shape. The point is turned perpendicularly back to the shank. These hooks shall have an offset not to exceed 10 degrees.

Article 26

Except for fishing vessels of seasonal sharks group, any tuna longling fishing vessel shall not use shark lines as shown in Appendix 11.

Appendix 11 Figure of Shark Line.PDF

Article 27

Any tuna longline fishing vessel shall carry on board the line cutter, de-hooker and scoop/dip net, formats of which are as shown in Appendix 12, to release incidentally caught seabirds and sea turtles.

Appendix 12 De-hooker（left）and Scoop net（right）.PDF

Article 28

Any tuna longline fishing vessel fishing in the WCPFC Convention Area shall use the seabird mitigation measures, specifications of which are as shown in Appendix 13, in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) When fishing in the WCPFC Convention Area north of 23°N, the tuna longline fishing vessel shall use at least two seabird bycatch mitigation measures which may be the installation of two sets of tori lines or one set of tori line together with one of the following measures: weighted branch lines, night setting, management of offal discharge, blue dyed bait and deep setting line shooter.
(2) When fishing in the WCPFC Convention Area south of 30°S, the tuna longline fishing vessel shall use at least two seabird bycatch mitigation measures, one of which shall be tori lines, and the other shall be weighted branch lines or night setting.
(3) Starting from 1 January 2020, tuna longline fishing vessels fishing in the WCPFC Convention Area between south of 20°S and north of 30°S shall use tori lines for seabird mitigation.
Any tuna longline fishing vessel fishing in the IATTC Convention Area south of 30°S and north of 23°N, as well as the area bounded by the coastline at 2°N, west to 2°N-95°W, south to 15°S-95°W, east to 15°S-85°W, and south to 30°S shall use at least two different seabird bycatch mitigation measures, one of which shall be tori lines and the other shall be night setting, weighted branch lines, management of offal discharge or line shooting device. The area is as shown in Appendix 14, and the specifications of the seabird mitigation measures are as shown in Appendix 15.