Regulations for Tuna Longline or Purse Seine Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Pacific Ocean for Fishing Operation Article 86-1

Any tuna purse seine fishing vessel shall not deployed at sea, at any one time, more than 350 drifting FADs with activated instrumented buoys.An instrumented buoy as referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be clearly marked the reference number allowing its identification, and shall be activated exclusively on board the fishing vessel.Any distant water fisheries operator shall, before activating an instrumented buoy as referred to in paragraph 1, report the information on the brand, type and reference number of such instrumented buoy to the competent authority.