Regulations for Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels Proceeding to the Indian Ocean for Fishing Operation Article 65

For any fishing vessel that receives any observer assigned by the competent authority, any foreign country with which the fisheries cooperation is engaged, or any international fisheries organization, the concerned distant water fisheries operator shall comply with the following:(1) To notify the competent authority in writing seven working days before the date of intended port entry or departure.(2) To embark and disembark the observer at the time and place informed by the competent authority.(3) To provide the observer, while onboard the vessel, with food, accommodation, adequate sanitary amenities, and medical facilities of a reasonable standard equivalent to those normally available to an officer onboard the vessel.(4) To instruct the captain and crew of the vessel matters related to the cooperation with or assisting the observer in carrying out the duties, and to ensure the observer’s safety.In case that the fishing vessel as referred to in the preceding paragraph does not hire privately-contracted armed security pursuant to the Regulations on Hiring Privately-Contracted Armed Security by Fishery Operators, such a fishing vessel shall not enter or transit through the Indian Ocean north of 5°S and west of 60°E.