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

1. 1.

   Article 1(2) is deleted;

2. 2.

   the following Article is inserted:

   Article 30aClosed areas for purse-seine fisheries

   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.