Regulations for Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Atlantic Ocean for Fishing Operation Article 62
For any tuna longline fishing 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 14) and submit it to the competent authority for approval by the following deadline; for any application of landing eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna, an Advance Notice of Landing shall also be submitted to the port State; and in case that the last day for completing 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 tuna longline fishing 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 tuna longline fishing vessel with the catch subsequently being transported by commissioning a container vessel, the distant water fisheries operator or the captain of such tuna longline fishing vessel shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.(3) For the landing conducted by a carrier vessel, the distant water fisheries operator of a tuna longline fishing vessel shall submit it no later than three days before the estimated date for landing.Tuna longline 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 50, paragraph 3, or any fishing vessel that lands in port Shimizu 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.Any tuna longline fishing vessel that is approved to be chartered for the fisheries cooperation with a foreign country may land at the port(s) of such a foreign country when operating in the water thereof, in accordance with the manner approved by such country. For eastern bluefin tuna, however, no chartering operation is permitted to catch or retain eastern bluefin tuna.Appendix 14 Advance Notice of Landing Landing Declaration for Catches of Distant Water Fishing Vessels.odt