CHAPTER IIU.K.MANAGEMENT MEASURES

[F1Article 5U.K.Prohibition on chartering for bluefin tuna fishing

1.A chartered UK fishing boat must not target bluefin tuna in the ICCAT Convention area.

2.The prohibition in paragraph 1 does not apply in relation to a chartered recreational fishing boat which is used in accordance with any requirements set out in Chapter IV.]

Article 6U.K.Submission of annual fishing plans [F2and] fishing capacity management plans F3...

1.By [F415 February] each year, [F5the Secretary of State must transmit to the ICCAT Secretariat]:

(a)an annual fishing plan for F6... bluefin tuna [F7fishing by UK fishing boats in the ICCAT Convention area] F8...;

(b)an annual fishing capacity management plan [F9detailing the United Kingdom bluefin tuna] fishing capacity [F10and how this] is commensurate with [F11the United Kingdom’s ICCAT] allocated [F12bluefin tuna] quota.

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Textual Amendments

[F15Article 7U.K.Annual fishing plans

1.Where the Secretary of State has submitted a bluefin tuna fishing plan to ICCAT in respect of a particular fishing season, the fisheries authorities must, jointly, manage their fisheries and the UK fishing boats they have licensed in a manner which is consistent with the plan, once endorsed by ICCAT.]

F16Article 8U.K.Allocation of fishing opportunities

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F16Article 9U.K. Annual fishing capacity management plans

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F16Article 10U.K. Annual farming management plans

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