CHAPTER XIIISPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE WCPFC AREA

Article 86Management plans for the use of FADs

1.

Member States whose vessels are authorised to fish in the WCPFC Area shall develop management plans for the use of anchored or drifting FADs. Those management plans shall include strategies to limit the interaction with juvenile bigeye and yellowfin tuna.

2.

Management plans referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted to the Commission not later than 15 October 2009. The Commission shall compile those management plans and submit a Community management plan to the WCPFC Secretariat not later than 31 December 2009.