Where a fishing vessel has obtained an Indian Ocean Permit of the current year proceeds to the Agreement Area for fishing operations and targets oil fish, an oil fish distant water fisheries permit (hereinafter referred to as the “Oil Fish Permit” shall be applied in accordance with the following procedures and deadlines, and the application format is as shown in Appendix 8-1:(1) Where the concerned distant water fisheries operator of large scale longliner(s) is a member of the Tuna Association, he/she shall apply to the Tuna Association before 10 February of the current year, and the Tuna Association shall compile and deliver the applications to the competent authority before 20 February of the current year.(2) Where the concerned distant water fisheries operator of large scale longliner(s) is not a member of the Tuna Association, he/she shall apply to the competent authority before 20 February of the current year.(3) Where the concerned distant water fisheries operator of small scale longliner(s) is a member of the Longline Association, he/she shall apply to the Longline Association before 10 February of the current year. The Longline Association shall compile and deliver the applications to the competent authority before 20 February of the current year.(4) Where the concerned distant water fisheries operator of small scale longliner(s) is not a member of the Longline Association, he/she shall apply to the competent authority before 20 February of the current yearWhen the vessel(s) as referred to in the preceding paragraph applies for Oil Fish Permit(s), the fishing period shall be specified, and once approved by the competent authority, such period shall not change.Where a vessel, in accordance with Article 13, obtains an Indian Ocean Permit of the current year after 21 February of the same year, it may apply to the competent authority for an Oil Fish Permit for the same year, not subject to the application procedures and deadlines as prescribed in paragraph 1.Where the vessel as referred to in the paragraph 1 belongs to the bigeye tuna group or the albacore tuna group, it shall only operate within the oil fish fishing area.Appendix 8-1 Application Format for Oil Fish Distant Water Fisheries Permits.ODT