Regulations for Fishing Vessels Conducting Squid Jigging Fishery Article 36
For any squid jigging fishing vessel landing its catch in a domestic or foreign port, the following person(s) shall fill in the landing notification (as shown in Appendix 7), and submit it to the competent authority for approval by the following deadline; and 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:(1) For the landing conducted by a squid jigging fishing vessel, its distant water fisheries operator or captain shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.(2) For the landing conducted by a squid jigging fishing vessel with the catch subsequently being transported by commissioning a container vessel, the distant water fisheries operator or the captain of such squid jigging vessel shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.(3) For the landing conducted by a carrier vessel, the distant water fisheries operator of a squid jigging fishing vessel shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.(4) For the landing conducted by a carrier vessel with the catch subsequently being transported by commissioning a container vessel, the distant water fisheries operator of a squid jigging fishing vessel shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.Fishing vessels approved by the competent authority to conduct landing may land the catch within seven days from the date approved to conduct landing. For any fishing vessel that is approved to land in the domestic port as referred to in Article 25, paragraph 2, the landing may be conducted within 11 days.For any landing that cannot be conducted within the timeframe as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the (distant water fisheries) operator or the captain concerned may apply for the change of landing date before the end of the timeframe, and the landing shall only be conducted after obtaining the approval from the competent authority. Any application made after the timeframe shall be denied.For any squid jigging fishing vessel whose catch is landed in a foreign port and transported to a domestic port by a container vessel, the distant water fisheries operator of such squid jigging vessel shall, no later than three days before the container vessel’s port entry, notify the competent authority of the time for port entry and the name of the port.Fishing vessels may only apply for navigating from the fishing area to the port(s) of Mainland China for landing in accordance with paragraph 1 after the completion of fishing operations in the current year, and shall not load any object from the Mainland China.Appendix 7 Landing Notification/ Landing Declaration for Catches of Distant Water Fishing Vessels.odt