Article 32 Transhipment

F1It is prohibited for a UK fishing boat to tranship bluefin tuna in the F2ICCAT Convention area F3unless at a designated port.

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It is prohibited for a UK fishing boat to tranship bluefin tuna at a designated port without the prior authorisation of the boat’s fisheries authority.

F7For any transhipment operations at a UK designated port or involving a UK fishing boat at a designated port outside of the UK, the masters or representatives of the receiving fishing vessels F8must, at least F972 hours before the estimated time of arrival, provide the F10fisheries authority for the designated port or the competent authority of the contracting party whose port they want to use with the F11information required by the transhipment declaration set out in Annex 3. F12. . .

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All transhipments F15at a designated port in the United Kingdom must be inspected by the F16fisheries authority for the port which must:

By way of derogation from Articles 21 and 22 of Regulation F17... 1224/2009, F18the master of a UK fishing boat which has transhipped any quantity of bluefin tuna must, whatever the length of the vessel, complete and send the ICCAT transhipment declaration to the F19boat’s fisheries authority in the format specified in Annex 3 and within 5 days of the date of the transhipment. F20The master must link the transhipment declaration with the relevant electronic bluefin tuna catch document for the bluefin tuna in question.