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Fishing effort limitations
Member States shall ensure that the total fishing effort for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south pacific albacore in the WCPFC Area is limited to the fishing effort provided for in fisheries partnership agreements between the Community and coastal States in the region.
Closed area for FAD fishing
1. In the part of the WCPFC Area located between 20 o N and 20 o S, fishing activities of purse seine vessels making use of FADs shall be prohibited between 00:00 hours on 1 August 2009 and 24:00 hours on 30 September 2009. During this period, a purse seine vessel may only engage in fishing operations within that part of the WCPFC Area, if it carries onboard an observer to monitor that at no time does the vessel: — deploy or service a FAD or associated electronic device, — fish on schools in association with FADs. 2. All purse seine vessels fishing in the part of the WCPFC Area referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 1 shall retain onboard and land or tranship all bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna. 3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the following cases: — in the final set of a trip, if the vessel has insufficient well space left to accommodate all fish, — when the fish is unfit for human consumption for reasons other than those connected with size, or — when a serious malfunction of freezer equipment occurs.
Management plans for the use of FADs
1. Member States whose vessels are authorised to fish in the WCPFC Area shall develop management plans for the use of anchored or drifting FADs. Those management plans shall include strategies to limit the interaction with juvenile bigeye and yellowfin tuna. 2. Management plans referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted to the Commission not later than 15 October 2009. The Commission shall compile those management plans and submit a Community management plan to the WCPFC Secretariat not later than 31 December 2009.
Maximum number of vessels fishing for swordfish
1. The number of Community vessels fishing for swordfish in areas south of 20 o S of the WCPFC Area shall not exceed 14 vessels. Community participation shall be limited to vessels flying the flag of Spain. 2. The total catch limit for swordfish in the area referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 3 107 tonnes.
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