For any caching vessel landing its catch in a domestic or foreign port, the following person(s) shall complete an Advance Notice of Landing (format as shown in Appendix 26), 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 catching 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 catching vessel with the catch subsequently being transported by commissioning a container vessel, the distant water fisheries operator or the captain of such catching vessel shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.(3) For the landing conducted by a catching vessel with the catch subsequently being transported by commissioning an airplane, the distant water fisheries operator or the captain of such catching vessel shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.(4) For the landing conducted by a carrier vessel, the distant water fisheries operator of a catching vessel shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.Notwithstanding the provision stipulated in the preceding paragraph, for any tuna longline fishing vessel that employs ice-chilling method to preserve its catch and lands in a port of a foreign country with which the fisheries cooperation is engaged, or for any fishing vessel whose fishing area is within the area west of 128°E and north of 17°N during the entire fishing trip and that lands in a domestic port, its distant water fisheries operator or captain shall submit the Advance Notice of Landing no later than one day before the estimated date for landing. 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.Fishing vessels approved by the competent authority to conduct landing may land the catch within seven days starting from the date approved to conduct landing. For any fishing vessel that is under the circumstances as stipulated in Article 60, paragraph 3, or that lands in Shimizu Port of Japan, the landing may be conducted within 11 days.For any landing not being able to be conducted within the timeframe as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the distant water fisheries operator or the captain concerned may apply for changing the landing date before the end of the timeframe, and the landing may only be conducted after obtaining the approval from the competent authority. Any application made after the timeframe shall be denied.For any tuna purse seine fishing vessel, submission of a Transshipment Declaration in accordance with the relevant regulations shall be deemed as having applied for the landing approval in accordance with paragraph 1.For any tuna longline fishing vessel authorized to conduct Pacific bluefin tuna fishing operation, a notification made to the fishery radio station in accordance with Article 25 of the Regulations on the Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishing Operation for landing the Pacific bluefin tuna in a domestic port shall be deemed as having applied for the landing approval in accordance with paragraph 1Any tuna longline fishing vessel that is approved to be chartered for fisheries cooperation with a foreign country and employs ice chilling method to preserve the catch may land at port(s) of such a foreign country when operating in the water thereof, in accordance with the manner approved by such country.Appendix 26 Advance Notice of Landing／ Landing Declaration for Catches of Distant Water Fishing Vessels .pdf