Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604:clause:1_39
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 39
Character Range: 72773–74056

39  Limits on the exploratory fishery for Dissostichus species in Statistical Division 58.4.2
39.1  A person using a boat in the Convention Area for fishing must not fish for Dissostichus species in Statistical Division 58.4.2 unless the person is fishing in the exploratory longline fishery in a flagged boat of a country permitted to do so in accordance with CCAMLR Conservation Measure 41‑05, as given effect by this clause.
39.2  The person must ensure that:
 (a) toothfish caught in Statistical Division 58.4.2 in a fishing season are tagged at a rate of at least 5 fish per tonne green weight caught; and
 (c) at least 2 scientific observers are on board throughout all fishing activities, and that at least 1 of them is appointed in accordance with the CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation; and
 (d) if 3 seabirds are caught in a fishing season—longlines are set only at night, during the hours of darkness between the times of nautical twilight, for the remainder of the fishing season.
Note: See also clause 16.
39.3  The person must not fish for Dissostichus species within a SSRU in Statistical Division 58.4.2 in a fishing season if the precautionary catch limit applied to the SSRU, as specified in CCAMLR Conservation Measure 41‑05, has been reached.