Regulations for Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Atlantic Ocean for Fishing Operation Article 40

Any tuna longline fishing vessel shall not catch or retain southern bluefin tuna and eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna without permission, and in case of bycatch, such catch shall be immediately discarded and the discard amount be recorded on the logbooks and E-logbook system.Any fishing vessel permitted to catch eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna shall discard eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna less than 30 kilograms or 115 centimeters fork length, and shall record the discard amount on the logbooks and E-logbook system.In the event that the allowed individual vessel quota of the fish species with catch limit is exhausted, any tuna longline fishing vessel shall immediately discard any subsequent catch of such species and shall record the discard amount on the logbooks and the E-logbook system.