Regulations for Issuing Distant Water Fisheries Catch Certificates Article 4

For any application of catch certificate, the concerned fishing vessel or catch shall meet the following conditions:(1) The fishing vessel for the catch or fisheries products shall have a Distant Water Fisheries Permit during the period of fishing operations. For catches that have been transshipped at sea, or transshipped in port to foreign carrier vessels, the concerned carrier vessels shall have transshipment plans and apply to the competent authority for approval.(2) For any application of a Catch Origin Document as referred to in item ii of Article 3, subparagraph (2), the fishing vessel shall also complete the registration of hygiene establishments of the concerned import country.(3) For any application of a Catch Statistical Document for fresh bigeye tuna or fresh swordfish, the following conditions shall also be met:i. Such catch is caught by a tuna longline fishing vessel whose gross tonnage (GT) is under 100.ii. Such catch is preserved in ice-chilling manner.(4) For any application of an EU Catch Certificate, the concerned fishing vessel and carrier vessel shall be registered in the EU SANCO list.