Act Governing the Investment and Operation of Non-Republic of China (ROC) Flagged Fishing Vessels Article 8

Any person with the nationality of the ROC who engages in fishery overseas by investing in and operating any non-ROC flagged fishing vessel shall not commit any of the following serious infringements:(1) Investment in or operation of any fishing vessel as referred to in Article 4, paragraph 2.(2) Fishing without permission from the flag State concerned.(3) Conducting transshipment at sea or in port, or landing in port without authorization from the flag State concerned.(4) Fishing in waters under the jurisdiction of any coastal State without authorization therefrom.(5) Falsifying, altering, or concealing vessel names, names of registry ports, or international radio call signs.(6) Not installing on board vessel monitoring system (VMS) pursuant to regulations of the flag State concerned, intentionally causing the VMS to misreport vessel positions, or rendering VMS non-functional when fishing.(7) Continuing catching species with catch limit when the total catch of such species of a fishing vessel has exceeded the catch limit allowed by the flag State concerned..(8) Fishing in prohibited fishing areas or seasons as established by international fisheries organizations.(9) Using fishing gears as prohibited by international fisheries organizations.(10) Fishing for, retaining, transshipping, landing, or selling species as prohibited by international fisheries organizations.(11) Not submitting or filling in logbooks or catch reports, in violation of regulations of the flag States concerned, or misreporting logbooks or catch reports.(12) Failing to file reports in accordance with Article 5, or filing false reports.(13) Refusing, evading, or obstructing any observer dispatched by the flag State concerned or any international fisheries organization to conduct observation tasks.(14) Refusing, evading, or obstructing the investigation conducted by the competent authority pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 2, or the inspection conducted by the competent authority pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 3.(15) Concealing, altering, or destroying any evidence related to violation of the Act.(16) Providing catch certificate documents of a fishing vessel for the use of other fishing vessel(s), or using catch certificate documents of other fishing vessel(s) for selling catch caught by itself.(17) Falsification or alteration of catch certificate documents, using catch certificate documents not issued to the catch concerned, or intentionally using catch certificate documents that are falsified or altered to sell catch or fisheries products.(18) Participating in joint fishing with, transshipping with, or supplying any fishing vessel listed on IUU fishing vessel lists of international fisheries organizations or any stateless vessel.The prohibited fishing seasons and areas as referred to in subparagraph (8), the prohibited fishing gears as referred to in subparagraph (9), the prohibited species as referred to in subparagraph (10), and the IUU fishing vessel lists as referred to in subparagraph (18) of the preceding paragraph shall be promulgated by the competent authority.
中文原文 投資經營非我國籍漁船管理條例第8條
中華民國人投資經營非我國籍漁船,於海外從事漁業,不得有下列重大違規行為:
一、投資經營有第四條第二項各款情形之一之漁船。
二、無船籍國之漁業作業許可。
三、未經船籍國許可從事海上轉載、港內轉載或港口卸魚。
四、未經沿岸國許可進入該國管轄海域作業。
五、偽造、塗改或遮蔽船名、船籍港名或國際識別編號之漁船標識。
六、未依船籍國規定裝設船位回報器、故意使船位回報不正確或使船位回報器失去功能。
七、漁船總漁獲量已超過船籍國許可之漁獲量,仍繼續捕撈有配額限制之魚種。
八、於國際漁業組織所定之禁漁期或禁漁區作業。
九、使用國際漁業組織禁止使用之漁具。
十、捕撈、持有、轉載或卸下、銷售國際漁業組織禁止捕撈之魚種。
十一、未依船籍國規定繳交或填報漁撈日誌或漁獲通報,或漁撈日誌或漁獲通報資料填報不實。
十二、未依第五條規定辦理申報,或所申報之資料與事實不符。
十三、規避、妨礙或拒絕船籍國或國際漁業組織指派之觀察員進行觀察作業。
十四、規避、妨礙或拒絕主管機關依第七條第二項之調查或第三項之檢查。
十五、隱藏、竄改或破壞違反本條例之相關證據。
十六、提供本船申領之漁獲證明書供他船使用,或本船漁獲物持他船所領漁獲證明書銷售。
十七、偽造、變造或冒用漁獲證明書,或故意使用經偽造或變造之漁獲證明書銷售漁獲物或漁產品。
十八、與國際漁業組織列入非法、未報告及不受規範漁撈作業漁船名單之漁船或無國籍船舶聯合作業、轉載或補給。
前項第八款之禁漁期及禁漁區、第九款禁止使用之漁具、第十款禁捕魚種及第十八款非法、未報告及不受規範漁撈作業之漁船名單,由主管機關公告之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.