CHAPTER II

MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Prohibition on chartering for bluefin tuna fishing
Article 5
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.

Submission of annual fishing plans and fishing capacity management plans ...
Article 6
1
By 15 February each year, the Secretary of State must transmit to the ICCAT Secretariat:
a
an annual fishing plan for ... bluefin tuna fishing by UK fishing boats in the ICCAT Convention area ...;
b
an annual fishing capacity management plan detailing the United Kingdom bluefin tuna fishing capacity and how this is commensurate with the United Kingdom’s ICCAT allocated bluefin tuna quota.
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Annual fishing plans
Article 7
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.

Allocation of fishing opportunities
Article 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annual fishing capacity management plans
Article 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annual farming management plans
Article 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arts. 8-10 omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(8)
Word in Art. 6 heading substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(a)(i)
Words in Art. 6 heading omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(a)(ii)
Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(i)
Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(ii)
Words in Art. 6(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(iii)(aa)
Words in Art. 6(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(iii)(bb)
Words in Art. 6(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(iii)(cc)
Words in Art. 6(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(iv)(aa)
Words in Art. 6(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(iv)(bb)
Words in Art. 6(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(iv)(cc)
Words in Art. 6(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(b)(iv)(dd)
Art. 6(2) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(c)
Art. 6(3) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(6)(c)
Art. 5 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(5)
Art. 7 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 6(7)