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Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore
Member States shall ensure that the total fishing effort for bigeye tuna ( Thunnus obesus ), yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares ), skipjack tuna ( Katsuwonus pelamis ) and south Pacific albacore ( Thunnus alalunga ) in the WCPFC Convention Area is limited to the fishing effort provided for in fisheries partnership agreements between the Union and coastal States in that region.
Closed area for FAD fishing
1. In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20° N and 20° S, fishing activities of purse-seine vessels making use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) shall be prohibited between 00:00 hours of 1 July 2012 and 24:00 hours of 30 September 2012. During that period, a purse-seine vessel may only engage in fishing operations within that part of the WCPFC Convention Area if it carries onboard an observer to monitor that at no time does the vessel: (a) deploy or service a FAD or associated electronic device; (b) fish on schools in association with FADs. 2. All purse-seine vessels fishing in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area referred to in paragraph 1 shall retain onboard and land or tranship all bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna caught. 3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the following cases: (a) in the final set of a trip, if the vessel has insufficient well space left to accommodate all fish; (b) where the fish is unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size; or (c) when a serious malfunction of freezer equipment occurs.
Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries
The fishing by purse-seine vessels for bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna shall be prohibited in the following high seas areas: (a) the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the EEZ of Indonesia, Palau, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea; (b) the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the EEZ of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish
The maximum number of EU vessels authorised to fish for swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area shall be as indicated in Annex VII.
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