Regulations for Fishing Vessels Conducting Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Article 26
Tags affixed to southern bluefin tuna shall be retained on the fish body up to the first point of sale.Where a tag falls off and cannot be reattached, an unused replacement tag shall be affixed immediately, and the number of both the replacement tag and the fallen tag shall be recorded on the record sheet. Where the number of the fallen tag cannot be ascertained, the recording may be exempted. The format of the record sheet is as shown in Appendix 3.The record sheet as referred to in the preceding paragraph shall, within three days after a landing, be submitted in writing to the Tuna Association for forwarding to the competent authority for perusal.Appendix 3 Record Sheet of detached and replacement tags of southern bluefin tuna.PDF