Regulations for Fishing Vessels Conducting Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Article 24

Any distant water fisheries operator shall, before the fishing operations, pay the cost of tags to the Tuna Association, and apply to the competent authority, with the submission of a payment receipt, for the issuance of southern bluefin tuna tags (hereinafter referred to as the “tags”).For any fishing vessel entering a fishing area without applying for a tag in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the competent authority shall revoke its southern bluefin tuna permit.Any southern bluefin tuna fishing vessel shall apply for the tags in accordance with the first paragraph before the tags are exhausted during operation at sea, and, in such case, the southern bluefin tuna may only be tagged at the time of landing in port after the approval from the competent authority is obtained.