Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604:clause:3_15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 15
Character Range: 153020–154820

15  Conservation and Management Measure on the Regulation of Transhipment
15.1  A person must not tranship highly migratory fish stocks caught in the Convention Area unless:
 (a) the person has completed a transhipment declaration in the approved form; and
 (b) an observer is onboard the boat receiving the transhipment; and
 (c) the boat receiving the transhipment is only receiving product from 1 boat at a time.
15.2  However, the person may tranship highly migratory fish stocks caught in the Convention Area to another boat if the transhipping is a result of:
 (a) force majeure; or
 (b) a serious mechanical breakdown of the boat that could threaten the safety of the crew or result in significant financial loss to the person as a result of the fish spoiling.
15.3  If the person is using a purse seine boat, the person must not tranship the fish stock at sea unless the WCPFC has granted an exemption.
15.4  If the person is not using a purse seine boat, the person must not tranship the fish stock unless the person gives the following information to the Executive Director of the Commission of the WCPFC no less than 36 hours before the transhipment occurs:
 (a) the name and identification number of the offloading boat;
 (b) the name and identification number of the receiving boat;
 (c) a description of the fish including the species and its processed state (if any);
 (d) the tonnage of fish to be transhipped;
 (e) the day and time of the transhipment;
 (f) the place that the transhipment will occur including the latitude and longitude of the place;
 (g) the place or places where the fish stock was caught.
15.5  If the person is not using a purse seine boat, the person must give a transhipment declaration form to the WCPFC no later than 15 days after the transhipment occurs.