Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604:clause:3_12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 12
Character Range: 147545–148556

12  Conservation and Management of Sharks
12.1  A person using a boat to fish for highly migratory fish stocks in the Convention Area for fishing must:
 (a) retain on board the boat, until the point of first landing or transhipment, each part of a shark, except the head, guts and skins of the shark; and
 (b) unless the flag state of the boat does not require the person to do so, offload shark fins and carcasses together at the point of first landing; and
 (c) If paragraph (b) does not apply, the person must ensure that the total weight of shark fins kept on board the boat does not, at any time until the first point of landing, exceed 5 percent of the total weight of sharks kept on board the boat.
12.2  A person using a longline fishing boat to fish for tuna and billfish in the Convention Area must ensure that:
 (a) the boat does not use or carry wire trace as:
 (i) a branch line; or
 (ii) a leader; or
 (b) the boat does not use a branch line that runs directly off a longline float or drop line.