Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 is amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 1(2) is deleted;

2. 2..

   the following Article is inserted:

   ‘Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries

   Article 30a

   The fishing by purse-seine vessels for bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna shall be prohibited in the following high seas areas:

   1. (a)

      the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the exclusive economic zones of Indonesia, Palau, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea;

   2. (b)

      the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the exclusive economic zones of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.’;

3. 3..

   Annex IA is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;

4. 4..

   Annex IB is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation;

5. 5..

   Annex IH is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation;

6. 6..

   Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex IV to this Regulation.