Regulations for Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Indian Ocean for Fishing Operation Article 41

The number(s) of any fish species of no economic value or no utilizing value caught by any tuna longline fishing vessel shall be discarded immediately, and number(s) discarded shall be duly recorded on the logbooks and the E-logbook system.For any tuna longline fishing vessel to discard any spoiled catch, it shall notify the competent authority, in advance of the discard, of the species, amount, and fishing period, and provide proving documents for examination after the discard.In case that the catch discarded pursuant to the preceding paragraph is fish species with catch limit, the amount discarded shall be counted against the amount of the quota used.