Regulations on the Management and Approval of Foreign Flag Fishing Vessels Entering into Ports of the Republic of China Article 6

For a foreign flag fishing vessel seeking port entry into the Republic of China, its operator shall not be under any of the following circumstances:(1) The operator is sentenced imprisonment for violating the Act, the Fisheries Act, or the Act Governing the Investment and Operation of Non-Republic of China (ROC) Flagged Fishing Vessels, and such sentence is not yet executed, not executed completely, or is on probation whose period is not yet expired.(2) The operator is sentenced to a short-term imprisonment or criminal fine for violating the Act, the Fisheries Act, or the Act Governing the Investment and Operation of Non-Republic of China (ROC) Flagged Fishing Vessels, and such sentence is not yet executed or not executed completely.(3) The operator has not paid completely the fine imposed pursuant to the Act, the Fisheries Act, or the Act Governing the Investment and Operation of Non-Republic of China (ROC) Flagged Fishing Vessels.(4) The previous operator has not paid completely the fine imposed pursuant to the Act, the Fisheries Act, or the Act Governing the Investment and Operation of Non-Republic of China (ROC) Flagged Fishing Vessels.(5) The operator is charged by the domestic judiciary of involving in forced labor or human trafficking, or an international organization(s) or a foreign government(s) has determined that the operator is involved in forced labor or human trafficking. He/She who is acquitted or is removed from the list(s) notified by the international organization or foreign government is not subject to this provision.Port entry into Chien-Chen Fishing Harbor by foreign flag fishing vessels shall not be permitted in June, November, and December every year.In case that berths of Chen-Pin Fishing Harbor or Chien-Chen Fishing Harbor are insufficient, the competent authority may not approve port entry applications into these two ports by foreign flag fishing vessels.Where a foreign flag fishing vessel applying for port entry into the Republic of China meets the relevant requirements after examination, and, within the most recent 3 years, it has records of more than 2 instances that the whereabouts of any foreign or PRC crew entering port with the fishing vessel are unknown, or a record that, within one single instance, the number of crew whose whereabouts are unknown is more than 4 persons, yet not reaching the upper limit as prescribed in subparagraph (3) of Article 2, the competent authority may, when granting port entry permit, impose conditions specifying that if any of the following provisions is violated, the permit shall be revoked:(1) The vessel shall not stay in port for more than ten days.(2) In the event that the vessel stays for more than ten days after port entry, the foreign or PRC crew on board shall be repatriated to the origin country/area within the timeframe required by the competent authority. However, such crew of two persons or more but less than one-fifth of the total crew number may still stay on board. In case that one-fifth of the total crew number crew is less than one, it is counted as one person. In case that one-fifth of the total crew number is more than ten, it is counted as ten persons.