For any carrier vessel intending to transship at sea, its (distant water fisheries) operator shall submit a transshipment plan and the relevant information (as shown in Appendix 4), and apply to the competent authority five days before the at-sea transshipment for approval. In case that the last day for filing the application is a day-off, the application shall be made on the working day before the day-off.Any foreign carrier vessel shall, with the enclosure of the relevant information as shown in Appendix 4, apply to the competent authority for approval before conducting a transshipment in port with any saury fishing vessel for the first time in the current year.In case of any addition to the list of saury fishing vessel(s) in the transshipment plan as approved by the competent authority, the application shall be submitted two working days before making such change to the competent authority for approval. The transshipment with the concerned saury fishing vessel(s) may only be conducted after the approval has been granted. Any application submitted after the prescribed deadline shall be denied.Appendix 4 Information to Be Submitted for Carrier Vessels Intending to Transship.pdf