Regulations for Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Atlantic Ocean for Fishing Operation Article 42
In case that any tuna longline fishing vessel finds any sea turtle during fishing operation, such vessel shall, where practicable, bring aboard any comatose or inactive sea turtle as soon as possible, and foster its recovery and return it to the sea at once after recovery.Any seabird, sea turtle, whale shark, cetacean, penguin, or prohibited species as announced by the competent authority and incidentally caught by any tuna longline fishing vessel shall be released when caught alive or discarded dead, and the number(s) be duly recorded on the logbooks and the E-logbook system.
中文原文 鮪延繩釣漁船赴大西洋作業管理辦法第42條
鮪延繩釣漁船作業時發現海龜，應在可行範圍內將昏迷或無反應之海龜儘速帶上船，促進其復原，於復原後即放回海中。
鮪延繩釣漁船意外捕獲海龜、海鳥、鯨鯊、鯨豚、企鵝或主管機關公告之禁捕物種時，活體應釋放，屍體應丟棄，並應於漁撈日誌及電子漁獲回報系統填報釋放或丟棄物種之個體數目。
鮪延繩釣漁船意外捕獲海龜、海鳥、鯨鯊、鯨豚、企鵝或主管機關公告之禁捕物種時，活體應釋放，屍體應丟棄，並應於漁撈日誌及電子漁獲回報系統填報釋放或丟棄物種之個體數目。