Regulations for Fishing Vessels Conducting Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Article 41
For an application of southern bluefin tuna Catch Monitoring Form, applicants shall complete and submit an application form to the competent authority with the enclosure of the following documents:A Notification Sheet of Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch as certified by the Tuna Association. The format of the Notification Sheet is as shown in Appendix 6.A certificate showing the detailed amount of southern bluefin tuna transshipped by a carrier vessel.A certificate issued by the Tuna Association proving the concerned distant water fisheries operator has paid the reimbursement for the vessel reduction program in respect of the amount of catch of frozen tuna and billfish recorded in the transshipment declaration.The Catch Tagging Form.Three copies of southern bluefin tuna Catch Monitoring Form with completed information in printing.For any southern bluefin tuna catch that has been transshipped, the following persons shall confirm and jointly sign the transshipment column in the Catch Monitoring Form:For at-sea transshipment: the captains of the concerned fishing vessel and carrier vessel as well as the regional observer.For in-port transshipment: the captains of the concerned fishing vessel and carrier vessel.Appendix 6 Notification Sheet of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Caught by Fishing Vessel.PDF