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[PSM-003014] Solomon Islands; Prior notification of port entry/landing/transhipment; Documentation requirements; Foreign vessels
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017).
46. The following information is required to be kept and reported or as the Director may require:a) information relating to fishing, related activities and research, including the: (i) expected vessel position, date and time of entry and catch on board at least 24 hours before entry to the fishery limits; (ii) vessel position, date and time of entry to and exit from the fishery limits together with weight of each species on board at those times; (iii) vessel position and weight of each species on board at such regular intervals as the Director may require; and (iv) manner of disposal of by catches and discards. (b) information relating to landing, storage, processing, buying, selling, exports and other related transactions, including: (i) the designated port where fish or fish product is landed; (ii) the giving of 24 hours’ notice of a request to land fish or fish product; and (iii) completed landing forms and landing slips within 72 hours of completion of landing.
Date of text: 10 January 2017.
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[PSM-003016] Solomon Islands; Prior notification of port entry/landing/transhipment; Port inspections; Foreign vessels
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017).
5. (1) Forms set out in Schedule 1* are prescribed for the purposes of the Act.
(2) The Director may modify a form prescribed in Schedule 1.
Date of text: 10 January 2017.
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[PSM-003018] Solomon Islands; Restrictions on landing/transhipment; Port departure requirements
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017).
52. For section 49 of the Act*, a licence is issued upon such terms and conditions set out in Schedule 3.
Date of text: 10 January 2017.
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[PSM-003010] Solomon Islands; Port entry authorization; Restrictions on port entry ; Restrictions on landing/transhipment; Restrictions on supplies and services; Foreign vessels
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017).
60. For section 88 (1)(a) and section 89 (1) of the Act*, the following standards apply: (a) fish on board the vessel was taken in contravention of the laws of any other State; (b) the flag state of the foreign fishing vessel does not confirm within a reasonable period of time, on the request of the Director, that the fish on board was taken in accordance with applicable requirements of a relevant regional fisheries management organisation; or (c) the fishing vessel has been engaged in illegal activities and that the operator, master or charterer of the vessel cannot establish: (i) that the vessel was operated in a manner consistent with the relevant conservation and management measures; or (ii) in the case of provisions of personnel, fuel, gear and other supplies at sea that the vessel provisioned was not at the time of provisioning a vessel that had engaged in illegal activities.
Date of text: 10 January 2017.
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[PSM-003011] Solomon Islands; Landing/transhipment authorization; Restrictions on landing/transhipment; Foreign vessels
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017).
61. (1) For section 61 (1) (b) of the Act*, Honiara port in Guadalcanal Province and Noro port in the Western Province are designated ports for the transhipping and loading of fish.
(2) An operator of a fishing vessel: (a) intending to engage in transhipment activities; or (b) engaging in transhipment activities, must submit to the Director an application for transhipment under section 61(1)(a) of the Act in the appropriate form in Schedule 1.
(3) An authorised fisheries officer must: (a) inspect and clear any fishing vessel that is a subject to an application for transhipment prior to, during, and after transhipment; and (b) submit to the Director an Outwards Clearance Form in Schedule 1 before a fishing vessel departs from a designated port after a transhipment activity.
(4) An operator of a fishing vessel commits an offence if the operator allows a fishing vessel to depart from a designated port in contravention of sub-regulation (3).
Date of text: 10 January 2017.
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[PSM-003012] Solomon Islands; Restrictions on landing/transhipment; Documentation requirements; Foreign vessels
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017).
62. (1) The operator of a fishing vessel must provide to the Director completed unloading forms and true copies of landing slips and dock receipts within 72 hours of completion of transhipment.
(2) In addition to sub-regulation (1), the operator must provide information on the following matters to the Director: (a) the designated port where the fish or fish products is transhipped; (b) giving of 48 hours’ notice of a request to tranship fish or fish products; (c) completed transhipment declarations; (d) full reports on the transhipment operations within 24 hours of completion of transhipment; and (e) manner of disposal of bycatches and discards.
Date of text: 10 January 2017.
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[PSM-003013] Solomon Islands; Restrictions on supplies and services; Foreign vessels
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017).
63. (1) The operator of a fishing vessel intending to engage in, or engaging in bunkering activities within the fisheries waters, must: (a) apply for bunkering from the Director in the appropriate form in Schedule 1 and obtain authorisation; (b) provide 24 hours prior notice of a request to engage in bunkering activities at a specific latitude and longitude, or such other prior notice as may be required by the Director; (c) provide the name of the vessel which will receive the bunkering, the timeframe, the volume of fuel to be transferred and such other information as may be required by the Director; (d) be liable for costs of any marine pollution incident in the fisheries waters as determined by the Director.
(2) The operator of a fishing vessel must keep the drums used for bunkering visible at all times while in the fisheries waters.
Date of text: 10 January 2017.
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[PSM-003015] Solomon Islands; Port inspections; Foreign vessels
Fisheries Management Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 2 of 2017).
65. (1) A licensed fishing vessel upon entry into a designated port must be inspected by an authorised officer.
(2) An authorised officer must require from the licensed fishing vessel an inwards port clearance and complete the necessary documentation.
Date of text: 10 January 2017.