Regulations for Fishing Vessels Conducting Saury Fishery in North Pacific Ocean Article 16

An ALC is deemed as signal-lost in the event that the commissioned professional institution has not received positions automatically transmitted by the ALC twice consecutively. In the event that the ALC is signal-lost for three consecutive days, it is deemed as malfunction.The malfunctioning ALC shall be repaired no later than 30 days.In the event that the ALC on board is signal-lost or mal-functional, the concerned distant water fisheries operator or captain shall immediately send information related to vessel positions by facsimile to the commissioned professional institution. The vessel positions shall be recorded by automatic recording satellite navigator for perusal in later days.The transmit of vessel positions as referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be hourly for any fishing vessel.In the event of mal-functioning ALC, the use of a spare set shall be reported to the competent authority. In case that the spare set is also mal-functional, a spare set from other fishing vessel may be deployed after obtaining the competent authority’s approval.