Regulations for Tuna Longline or Purse Seine Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Pacific Ocean for Fishing Operation Article 33

In case that a catching vessel is under any of the following circumstances, the competent authority shall grant quota of the current year in accordance with the percentage that the number of month(s) the catching vessel actual fishes accounts for the whole year; shall retrieve the quota on a pro-rata basis from the catching vessel which has been granted the quota; or shall deduct the quota allocated for the following year in the event that the quota of the current year is unable to be retrieved from the catching vessel:(1) The competent authority suspends its fishing license for one month or above.(2) It is detained in port by any foreign government.For any catching vessel approved to be engaged in fisheries cooperation by means of being chartered, the quota shall not be granted to such vessel during the period of such fisheries cooperation. In case that the quota has been granted, the competent authority shall retrieve the quota of the current year in accordance with the percentage that the number of month(s) for fisheries cooperation accounts for the whole year. In case that the quota of the current year is unable to be retrieved, the competent authority shall deduct the allowed annual of such vessel in the following year.