Regulations for Fishing Vessels Conducting Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Article 31

Southern bluefin tuna catch of any fishing vessel shall be limited to in-port transshipment or landing. Where a carrier vessel carries a regional observer on board dispatched by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) or the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and the concerned distant water fisheries operator of the fishing vessel has paid the expenses to implement the regional observer program in accordance with the applicable regulations, at-sea transshipment may be conducted.