Regulations for Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Atlantic Ocean for Fishing Operation Article 22

The annual total catch quota (unprocessed round weight, hereinafter the same when referring to “quota” in the following provisions) of the Republic of China in the Atlantic Ocean and the quota for individual tuna longline fishing vessel shall be announced by the competent authority in accordance with the conservation and management measures.In the event that the total catch amount of the species with catch limit has reached 95% of the annual total catch quota as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the competent authority may order the whole tuna longline fishing fleet to stop catching the concerned species by a deadline.The period for using the quota as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 1 January to 31 December of the current year. For eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna group, however, the period shall be 1 January to 31 May of the current year for the general fishing area, and 1 August of the current year to 31 January of the following year for the north latitude fishing area.The total remaining quota of the current year in the Atlantic Ocean may be arranged by the competent authority.