[F1Article 27U.K. Drifting FADs and supply vessels
1.Drifting FADs shall be equipped with instrumented buoys. The use of any other buoys, such as radio buoys is prohibited.
2.A purse seiner shall not follow more than 300 operational buoys at any one time.
3.The maximum number of instrumented buoys that may be acquired annually for each purse seine vessel is 500. No purse seine vessel shall have more than 500 instrumented buoys (buoy in stock and operational buoy) at any time.
4.The maximum number of supply vessels shall be two supply vessels in support of not less than five purse seiners F2.... This provision shall not apply [F3where only one supply vessel is used].
5.A single purse seiner shall not be supported by more than one single supply vessel F4... at any time.
6.[F5A fisheries administration must] not register new or additional supply vessels in the IOTC record of authorised vessels.]
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) 2020/900 of 25 June 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in 2020 in United Kingdom fishing and non- United Kingdom fishing waters.
F2Words in Art. 27(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(22)(a)(i)
F3Words in Art. 27(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(22)(a)(ii)
F4Words in Art. 27(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(22)(b)
F5Words in Art. 27(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(22)(c)