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have taken, in the first year, the amount of fish actually taken in that year, as well as being considered to have taken an additional amount in the second year.
15 Right to use a boat for scientific research
 (1) A person may use a boat in the fishery area for scientific research about the fishery only if the person is, or is acting for, the holder of a scientific permit that authorises the use of the boat in the fishery area for that purpose.
Note 1   See section 33 of the Act about the grant of a scientific permit.
Note 2   Scientific permits may be issued under the Act to cover research that does not target target species.
 (2) However, a person who holds a scientific permit and a statutory fishing right, or statutory fishing rights, must not take more fish from the fishery area than is allowed for the statutory fishing rights by section 13.
Part 4 Statutory fishing rights
Division 4.1 Registration of eligible persons for grant of statutory fishing rights
16 Conditions for registration (Act s 26)
 (1) Subsection (2) applies if AFMA publishes a notice under section 24 of the Act:
 (a) declaring that AFMA intends to grant statutory fishing rights for Patagonian toothfish other than by tender; and
 (b) specifying a date (the notice date) for the purposes of subsection (2).
 (2) A person satisfies the conditions for registration as an eligible person for the grant of a statutory fishing right for Patagonian toothfish if, on the notice date, the person is the holder of a fishing concession that allows the holder to fish for Patagonian toothfish in either sector of the fishery.
 (3) Subsection (4) applies if AFMA publishes a notice under section 24 of the Act calling for tenders in respect of the grant of statutory fishing rights for the taking of Patagonian toothfish in a sector of the fishery area.
 (4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), a person satisfies the conditions for registration as an eligible person for the grant of a statutory fishing right for Patagonian toothfish in a sector of the fishery area if the person has made an application for registration accompanied by a tender in accordance with subsection 27 (3) of the Act.
 (5) A person convicted of any breach of a fisheries regulation law, whether in Australia or elsewhere, is not entitled to register under subsection (4) unless the conviction is disclosed and the written approval of AFMA to register is obtained.
Note   For offences in relation to making false or misleading statements in applications, see section 136.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (6) A person associated with a vessel on any IUU vessel list is