THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING COOPERATIVE ACTION AGAINST SPECIFIC FISHING VESSELS THAT ARE DIMINISHING EFFECTIVENESS OF TUNA CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES (Masayuki Komatsu)

Masayuki Komatsu
Counsellor
Fisheries Policy Planning Department
Fisheries Agency of Japan

Komatsu, M. The Importance of Taking Cooperative Action Against Specific Fishing Vessels that are Diminishing Effectiveness of Tuna Conservation and Management Measures. Document AUS:IUU/2000/5. 2000. 28 p. ABSTRACT This paper addresses the problem of IUU fishing by certain large scale tuna longline fishing vessels, flagged to States and fishing entities both Party and non-Party to international tuna fishery conservation and management conventions and collectively termed “IUU/FOC vessels”. The paper details the actual measures regional fisheries management organizations have adopted to counter the problem posed by IUU/FOC vessels, as well as specific steps taken by the Government of Japan. The paper emphasizes the importance of greater State participation in the elimination of IUU fishing, and calls for all affected countries to take similar steps against these particular vessels.

PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

This paper has been prepared as one in a series of specialist background papers for the Expert Consultation on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Organized by the Government of Australia in Cooperation with FAO, Sydney, Australia, 15-19 May 2000. It is expected that this series of papers and the expert consultation will contribute to the elaboration of an international plan of action (IPOA) to deal effectively with all forms of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the development of which is being undertaken in accordance with a decision of the 1999 FAO Ministerial Meeting on the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of FAO or of any of its Members.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (“FAO”) and regional fisheries management organizations are increasingly emphasizing the importance of States taking cooperative action against fishing vessels that are undermining established fishery conservation and management measures. This includes flag-of-convenience vessels (“FOC vessels”) that are registered in a country which is not a member of a particular regional fisheries management organization, and which does not require its vessels to observe the particular organization’s conservation and management measures. These vessels choose their flag States, usually by reflagging, with the apparent aim of circumventing the conservation and management measures of the regional fisheries management organizations. There are other vessels that fly the flag of a State that belongs to the applicable regional fisheries management organization, but the State is either unable or unwilling to prevent the vessels from engaging in Illegal, Unregulated or Unreported (“IUU”) fishing activities that undermine the organization’s conservation and management measures. Collectively, vessels falling into either category may be described as IUU/FOC vessels.

The problem of IUU/FOC vessels is particularly significant in the large-scale tuna longline fisheries. Over the past decade, the regional fishery management organizations have taken a number of steps to eliminate these destructive fishing practices because their continued presence poses a threat to the sustainable utilization of fishery resources. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (“ICCAT”) and the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (“CCSBT”) have adopted documentation procedures to monitor the source of all subject fish imported by member States. ICCAT has recommended that member States place a ban on the import of specific kinds of tuna from certain States. With respect to the activities of IUU/FOC vessels, both ICCAT and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (“IOTC”) have resolved that its member States encourage their citizens to voluntarily refrain from conducting business with vessels that undermine fishery conservation and management practices.

The attention of the tuna organizations have focused particularly on 345 IUU/FOC vessels identified by ICCAT as posing the most specific threat to the management of large-scale tuna longline fisheries. Effective action against these vessels is difficult because the name of the vessels and their country of registration may change frequently, and flag States may fail to effectively oversee the practices of these vessels. Japan has made a maximum effort to counter the threat from these vessels by taking a number of specific steps. It urges all other affected countries to take similar steps against these particular vessels. Only with the active cooperation of a number of States can concrete progress be made in eliminating the destructive fishing practices of these particular vessels.

This paper reviews the nature of the threat posed by IUU/FOC vessels, and the actual measures regional fisheries management organizations have adopted to counter this threat. It details the specific actions Japan has taken to address the problem posed by the activities of the vessels identified, and the specific actions that it encourages other States to take against the same vessels in light of the growing acceptance of the need and justification for such action under international law.

SUGGESTIONS FOR IPOA TEXT

To further promote consensus among States, and to further encourage States to comply with the recommendations of fisheries organizations on IUU/FOC practices, the FAO should reaffirm and make more specific its previous initiatives. This would encourage cooperative action by more States to eliminate the practices of IUU/FOC vessels. However, the actions already taken by the FAO, fisheries organizations, and States that negotiated the FAO Compliance Agreement have clearly identified the direction in which international law is going. It underlines the responsibilities today of all States to address the problem of IUU/FOC vessels. Since the ICCAT list of 345 IUU/FOC vessels poses the clearest and most immediate threat to fishery conservation measures in the tuna fisheries, Japan urges all States to join with it in promptly taking specific measures to address the practices of these vessels. In particular, all States, whether or not they are members of the particular tuna fisheries organization, should take the following actions with respect to the 345 IUU/FOC vessels on ICCAT's list:

(a) Cooperate in monitoring the activities of the IUU/FOC vessels, and provide other States information about the vessels, including their names, countries of registration, and fishing areas. It is essential that a wide array of countries cooperate in this monitoring activity because the IUU/FOC vessels may change their registration or fishing activities frequently.

(b) All States that are members of fisheries organizations should ensure that any of their own vessels on the ICCAT list comply fully with any conservation and management measures adopted by that organization. When countries fail to sufficiently oversee the activities of its own fishing vessels, the fisheries organization should draw the problem to the attention of the government. If the activities of the fishing vessels do not change, the other members of the fisheries organization should adopt, upon the recommendation of the organization, non-discriminatory trade restrictions consistent with the requirements of the WTO. This should include action banning the import of the fish caught by vessels registered with the member State, and denying port entry to the State's fishing vessels.

(c) The vessels of States that do not belong to a fisheries organization should only operate in that fishery if it is consistent with the conservation measures of the organization. As a practical matter, whenever the fisheries organization has adopted catch restrictions, vessels on ICCAT's list from non-member States are unlikely to be able to fish in a way that does not diminish the effectiveness of the organization's conservation measures.

(d) When the vessels on ICCAT's list are registered in non-member States, and their practices diminish the effectiveness of a fisheries organization's conservation measures, member States should take appropriate action upon the recommendation of the organization. If the government of the non-member State fails to respond to requests from the organization to exercise greater control over its flag vessels, action should include non-discriminatory trade measures such as an import ban on the fish caught by the IUU/FOC vessels, and a prohibition on port calls. Japan fully recognizes the economic importance of these vessels to some developing countries, but the world community should find other ways to promote the economy of those countries, since the continued activities of IUU/FOC vessels are so destructive of international fishery conservation efforts.

(e) States should urge their importers, transshippers, consumers and equipment suppliers voluntarily to forego doing business with the vessels identified on ICCAT's list.

(f) States with jurisdiction over the individuals or companies exercising ultimate ownership control of IUU/FOC vessels should exercise control over the vessel, even if the vessel operates under the flag of another country. The States where the actual owners are to be found should act to ensure the vessels are scrapped, or at least that they are registered in a State which ensures that they will not operate in a way inconsistent with the applicable fishery conservation regimes.

(g) The flag State should require the vessel's owner to obtain government approval before the vessel is reflagged in any other country. This is necessary to ensure that the vessel is not reflagged in a State that does not ensure compliance with the conservation measures of fisheries organizations.

1. The destructive activities of IUU/FOC fishing vessels pose a crucial challenge to the world's management of the high seas fisheries. The following summarizes the need for effective management of high seas, particularly for tuna fisheries. It emphasizes the importance of focusing as a practical matter on a precise category of vessels that are posing the most immediate and clearest threat to the effective implementation of conservation and management of the high seas tuna fisheries.

1.1 Overall Nature of Problem Requiring International Cooperation

2. At present, many fish stocks are at or near a state of decline throughout the world due to excessive fishing. To cite just one set of FAO figures in its 1998 press release, about 35% of major fish stocks are overfished, another 25% are fully utilized and 40% are under utilization.

3. The large-scale tuna longline fisheries are among the fisheries most seriously threatened because most of tuna species are said to be fully exploited or overfished. To make matters worse, capacity in this fishery has expanded rapidly, and concerns have been expressed about excessive catch. (see Appendix 1) It is not possible for coastal States alone to manage resources of tuna and tuna-like species since they are highly migratory fish species. It is therefore necessary for regional fisheries management organizations to take conservation and management measures, including non-discriminatory trade restrictive measures if appropriate (hereafter collectively “conservation and management measures”). The regional fisheries management organizations (hereafter “fisheries organizations”) that have been particularly active in conservation and sustainable utilization of the tuna resources are ICCAT, and the IOTC.

4. FAO's 1999 International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity identified the tuna longline fisheries as some of the fisheries in which there was a special need to reduce fishing capacity. Specifically, the International Plan of Action called for immediately reducing the fishing capacity in these fisheries by 20%-30%.

5. Following the adoption of the FAO Plan of Action, Japan acted decisively to fulfill its responsibility as the world's largest tuna fishing and consuming nation. It decided to reduce the number of its large-scale tuna longline fishing vessels by 132 (or 20% of all Japanese large-scale tuna longline fisheries), and to scrap all the resulting excess fishing vessels by February 2000. Previously, in 1980 and 1981, Japan also reduced by 300 the number of its large-scale tuna longline fishing vessels by revoking the fishing licenses of these vessels. However, the owners of these vessels did not scrap the vessels, but exported them to foreign countries as second hand vessels, thereby further contributing to the global over capacity of fishing vessels. Accordingly, this time Japan decided to accomplish the desired reduction of its large scale tuna longline vessels by scrapping the vessels. (see Appendix 2)

6. The over capacity problem can not be resolved just by Japan acting to reduce the number of vessels. Other countries with substantial capacity must take similar steps. Japan has therefore urged other large-scale tuna longline fishery countries or entities, such as Taiwan and Korea, to undertake a concerted vessel reduction program to achieve the conservation and sustainable utilization of tuna resources. This effort has begun to show some positive results.

7. A successful capacity reduction program by itself, however, can not eliminate all threats to the world's high seas fisheries. Such efforts are ineffective if IUU/FOC vessels continue fishing practices that diminish the conservation measures of the fisheries organizations. In these instances these vessels simply harvest the fish that are left unharvested by the restraint of other States. It is therefore crucial to address the problem of the vessels fishing in illegal, unregulated, or unreported ways that diminish the conservation efforts of fisheries organizations.

1.2 Identification of Fishing Vessels Diminishing Conservation Measures

8. In the case of the long-line tuna fisheries, considerable attention has been focused on identifying specific vessels whose practices have the most serious adverse impact on the conservation and management measures of the tuna fisheries organizations. ICCAT at its November 1999 meeting officially confirmed a list of 345 vessels engaging in fishing practices that require the most immediate attention of all concerned States. (See Appendix 3.) The vessels on the list fall into two basic categories. One category includes vessels registered in States that are members of the responsible fisheries organization, but which nevertheless fish in ways that are inconsistent with the conservation measures of the fisheries organization. ICCAT's list includes the name of 61 vessels registered with 4 of ICCAT’s contracting parties (Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, and Trinidad and Tobago). The governments of these States, in the view of ICCAT, have failed to realize that their vessels are engaging in destructive fishing practices, or they are aware of these practices but have failed to act effectively to end the practices by its vessels.

9. A second category of vessels on ICCAT's list includes vessels registered, usually by reflagging, in a State which does not belong to the relevant fisheries organization, and which does not impose effective limits on the vessels’ fishing activities. In essence, these vessels fly a flag of convenience not for the historical reasons usually attributed to that term (such as cargo vessels that register in states where registration taxes are relatively inexpensive), but to avoid complying with the same conservation and management measures that other vessels in the same fishery must observe. It is often difficult to identify those who are truly responsible for the operation of these vessels.

10. For convenience this paper uses the term “IUU/FOC vessels” to describe vessels that fall into one or the other of these two categories of vessels, and that by their activity diminish the important conservation efforts of fisheries organizations.

11. A review of some of the characteristic of the 345 IUU/FOC vessels on the ICCAT list illustrates the difficulty of eliminating the destructive effect of IUU/FOC fishing. The review underlines the need for a wide range of States to work cooperatively together in order to address the problem. Japan's analysis of the 345 vessels on ICCAT's list suggests the following:

(a) The citizenship of the actual owning interests in the fishing vessels and the country of registration are not usually the same. Even when they are identical, the owning entity is usually controlled by interests in other countries.

(b) Many of the vessels carry Chinese names, and the real owners of the vessels are mostly Taiwanese, even if they are registered in another country.

(c) The vessels are registered in countries where such registration is easily accomplished. For example, this includes countries in which registration can often be done at the government's overseas consulate, and without any notification to the government's fisheries authority.

(d) The owners change the vessel's country of registration frequently. Some of the vessel owners may actually change their registration from a non-member State to a member State if they conclude that regulation of the vessel's activities by that State have become more favorable.

(e) More than half of the vessels on ICCAT's list were built and registered in Japan, and subsequently sold and reflagged as second-hand fishing vessels in other countries. Others were built in Taiwan.

(f) Since Japan accounts for almost 90% of the world’s sashimi market, most of the catch of the vessels is shipped to Japan to be sold as sashimi. Japan estimates that approximately 40 thousand tons of tuna (except albacore) sold to Japan in 1999 were initially caught by the IUU/FOC vessels on ICCAT's list.

(g) The vessels use overseas ports as bases for refueling, and for other purposes in the same way as other fishing vessels.(see Appendix 4)

2. ACTIONS BY FISHERY ORGANIZATIONS TO CURB ACTIVITIES OF IUU/FOC FISHING VESSELS

13. The world community in the past decade has come to increasingly recognize that fisheries organizations and their members and cooperating States have both the ability and the obligation to address the problem caused by IUU/FOC vessels. Other countries need to increase their cooperation with the measures recommended by the fisheries organizations in order for them to become more effective. Nevertheless, the actions taken to date create important precedents that should encourage wider participation by other countries. The following discusses the actions taken to date by fisheries organizations and States to curb the practices of IUU/FOC vessels in the high seas tuna fisheries.

2.1 Actions by Organizations Overseeing Tuna Long-line Fisheries

14. Since 1992 the members of several tuna fisheries organizations have committed themselves to taking meaningful and specific actions to promote the effectiveness of their conservation efforts. Step-by-step, the fisheries organizations have increased their ability to combat the harmful effect of IUU/FOC fishing practices. By doing so they have promoted general acceptance of the legitimacy of such actions under international law. The measures adopted to date include the following:

(a) At the 8th Special Meeting of ICCAT in 1992, contracting parties decided to introduce a country-of-origin certificate system for Atlantic bluefin tuna. Its purpose is to better understand the nature and extent of the practices of IUU/FOC vessels, and to better enable ICCAT to draft measures to address these practices. Under the procedures adopted in 1992, and refined in subsequent ICCAT resolutions, any vessel exporting tuna to the contracting parties are to provide an “ICCAT bluefin tuna statistical document.” The vessel's flag State must validate it unless alternative measures specified by ICCAT are taken. Items to be included in the statistical document are: (i) name of the country issuing the certificate, (ii) name of importers and exporters, (iii) name of the fishing vessel, (iv) area where fishing occurred, (v) fishing method used, (vi) weight of the fish and the form in which it is being imported, and (vii) place of export.

(b) At the 9th ICCAT Special Meeting in 1994, the contracting parties adopted an action plan to identify non-contracting parties with vessels engaging in fishing activities that diminish conservation measures for Atlantic bluefin tuna. The resolution anticipates that ICCAT will request the non-contracting parties to rectify the fishing practices of their flag vessels. The resolution indicates that for those non-contracting parties that subsequently fail to act, ICCAT will recommend that the contracting parties take “non-discriminatory trade restrictive measures” to bar trade with that country in bluefin tuna. Based on this action plan, ICCAT has identified Belize, Honduras and Panama as countries diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT's conservation measures. In 1996 ICCAT recommended that all contracting parties ban the imports of Atlantic bluefin tuna from these three countries, none of which at the time were members of ICCAT.

(c) At the 11th Special Meeting of ICCAT in 1998 a resolution containing the following items were adopted at the initiative of Japan and other contracting parties:

(i) The resolution requested not only all contracting parties, but also cooperating non-contracting parties, to collect import or landing data and associated information in order that ICCAT and those participating in ICCAT could better understand the activities of the vessels fishing in illegal, unregulated or unregulated ways.

(ii) It called on all contracting parties and non-contracting parties to take corrective actions when the vessels registered by them were engaging in fishing activities diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT's conservation and management measures. The resolution noted that this included action revoking the vessel's registration or fishing license.

(iii) It reaffirmed that ICCAT, based on the data collected, will recommend to its contracting parties that they take effective measures against both contracting parties and non-contracting parties that permit their vessels to engage in practices diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT conservation and management measures. The resolution noted that this included contracting parties adopting upon ICCAT's recommendation “non-discriminatory trade restrictive measures.”

(d) At the 16th regular meeting of ICCAT in November 1999, the contracting parties endorsed a broad variety of mandatory and voluntary steps against both contracting parties and non-contracting parties to reduce the adverse effect of IUU/FOC vessels. These steps included the following:

(i) As noted earlier, it identified 345 tuna longline fishing vessels currently engaging in IUU/FOC fishing activities.

(ii) ICCAT also identified 11 flag States with vessels on the list as States engaging in fishing activities that diminish the effectiveness of resource management measures. These included 8 non-contracting parties (Belize, Cambodia, Honduras, Kenya, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, and Saint Vincent) and 3 contracting parties (Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, and Trinidad and Tobago). The ICCAT resolution urged those 11 States to improve the fishing practices of the IUU/FOC vessels registered with them.

(iii) More generally, ICCAT called on all parties and entities, whether contracting parties or non-contracting parties, to ensure that their flag vessels do not engage in activities that diminish the conservation efforts of fisheries organizations. It indicated that parties and entities should, among other actions, deny or revoke the fishing licenses of vessels that engage in such activities.

(iv) It recommended that contracting parties prohibit importation of Atlantic bluefin tuna from Equatorial Guinea. It also adopted a recommendation that contracting parties establish a ban on the importation of Atlantic swordfish from Belize and Honduras, thus endorsing trade sanctions with respect to imports from both contracting parties and non-contracting parties.

(v) Finally, ICCAT called on contracting parties and non-contracting parties to encourage their citizens to voluntarily takes steps on their own to avoid transactions with the 345 vessels on ICCAT's list. Specifically, it recommended that such parties and entities urge its importers and transporters not to import, and the general public not to purchase, fish from such vessels. It also indicated that the parties and entities should ask manufacturers of navigation equipment to voluntarily agree not to sell their products for use on the vessels.

(e) At its 5th Annual Meeting in February 1999, the CCSBT adopted a resolution directed at eliminating FOC fishing activities. It urged contracting parties to adopt actions that would ensure, in accordance with their domestic law and international law, that their nationals and companies do not engage in fishing activities that are not in compliance with internationally agreed conservation and management measures. The CCSBT also adopted a resolution which welcomed Japan’s announcement in 1998 of a planned reduction of twenty percent in the number of its distant water long-line tuna fishing vessels. It called on other distant water fishing nations and fishing entities, operating substantial long-line tuna fleets in areas within the global range of SBT, to take similar measures.

(f) At its 6th Annual Meeting in November 1999, the CCSBT adopted a documentation system, effective June 1, 2000. Under this system contracting parties will require that any bluefin tuna imported into the country have a document validated by the governmental authorities of the exporting country. The document is to contain data similar to what ICCAT's documentation system requires. This includes the name of the fishing vessel that caught the tuna, the fishing area, and the fishing method. It is expected that this system will provide additional information generally about the fishing activities of States not parties to the CCSBT, and the activities of IUU/FOC vessels in particular.

(g) At a continuation of its 6th Annual Meeting in March 2000, the CCSBT adopted a plan of action to identify non-parties with vessels engaging in fishing activities that diminish conservation and management for Southern Bluefin Tuna, similar to one adopted by ICCAT in 1994. Under the plan the CCSBT may recommend import restrictions, consistent with the parties' international obligation, on SBT products from the non-cooperative non-parties.

(h) The 3rd IOTC meeting in December 1998 adopted a resolution concerning registration of the vessels fishing for tropical tunas in the IOTC area of competence. It stated that contracting parties, and non-contracting parties cooperating with the IOTC, should submit to the IOTC Secretary a list of their respective vessels greater than 24m length overall. The IOTC Secretary will compile for future consideration information on the fishing vessels not included on the lists from contracting parties and non-contracting parties cooperating with it. The meeting also adopted a resolution urging all non-contracting parties to become contracting parties.

(i) At its 4th meeting in December 1999 the IOTC adopted a resolution that was similar in a number of respects to the resolution adopted by ICCAT the previous month. It called on contracting parties, and non-contracting parties cooperating with the IOTC, to revoke fishing licenses, and take other steps to ensure that their vessels do not engage in fishing activities that undermine the effectiveness of the conservation measures of fisheries organizations. The resolution stated that contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties “shall refuse” landing and transshipment by “FOC vessels” diminishing the effectiveness of conservation and management measures. It called on contracting parties and non-contracting parties to encourage their importers, transporters, and suppliers, as well as consumers, not to do business with, or purchase fish from, vessels carrying out “FOC fishing activities.” Furthermore, the IOTC Secretariat will monitor the activities of these vessels at the ports because many IUU/FOC fishing vessels operating in the Indian Ocean are using ports in the region. The measures do not apply to Taiwanese flag vessels since the IOTC can not at this time obtain the necessary data directly from Taiwan.

15. The actions described above were all taken at the same time as States in a variety of other fora acted to protect the effectiveness of other conservation measures. These other actions demonstrate the breadth of the growing consensus among countries about the importance and obligation of States to act to protect high seas fisheries.

(a) The FAO Compliance Agreement, though it has not yet come into force, details the obligation of all flag States to exercise effective control over its fishing vessels. For example, it unequivocally states that it is the obligation of each State to ensure that its vessels do not diminish the effectiveness of a fisheries organization's conservation and management measures. It imposes this obligation whether or not the State is a member of the particular fisheries organization. It also charges each State with responsibility for closely controlling its flag vessels fishing on the high seas. In addition, it requests each State to provide it with information concerning its flag vessels in order to facilitate the identification of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

(b) At the 23rd session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries in February 1999, concerns were expressed about the negative impact of the fishing activities of IUU/FOC vessels, and the need to eliminate such practices. The session adopted the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity. This Plan states that all States should recognize “the need to deal with the problem of those States which do not fulfil their responsibilities under international law as flag States with respect to their fishing vessels, and in particular...vessels which may operate in a manner that contravenes or undermines the relevant rules of international law and international conservation and management measures.” Though the plan is voluntary, it establishes a general standard which all States can reasonably be expected to meet in managing its fishery policies. Among the specific actions encouraged were the following:

(i) States should take steps to promote the exchange of information concerning activities of fishing vessels not complying with the conservation measures of fisheries organizations.

(ii) States should require its flag vessels to obtain the government's specific approval before any vessel's owner transfers registration to the jurisdiction of another State. The resolution also calls on flag States to prevent the transfer of its fishing vessels to new fishing areas in a manner inconsistent with the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.

(c) At the Ad-hoc Workshop of the APEC Fisheries Working Group on Fisheries Management, held in July 1999, member economies adopted recommendations on “fishing capacity for large scale tuna longline,” the “issue of flag of convenience” and “illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.” These actions recommended that each APEC member economy, among other measures, (1) take action to reduce its large scale tuna longline fleet through a fleet reduction plan where there was a recognized problem of excessive fishing capacity; (2) discourage its nationals and companies from engaging in activities on fishing vessels that are undermining fishery conservation and management regimes, and to promote international cooperation for progressively eliminating such activities; (3) participate fully in efforts to deal effectively with all forms of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, including fishing vessels flying “Flags of Convenience.”

16. Mindful of the importance of eliminating the destructive practices of IUU/FOC vessels, Japan has made a maximum effort to address the problem. The variety of steps it has taken pursuant to the recommendations of the fisheries organizations include the following:

(a) Acting in accordance with ICCAT's 1996 recommendations, Japan enacted the “Special Law on Measures to Reinforce Conservation and Management of Tuna Resources (Tuna Law).” In accordance with this law, the Government of Japan prohibited in September 1997 the importation of Atlantic bluefin tuna from Belize and Honduras, and took the same action barring Atlantic bluefin tuna from Panama, effective January 1998. Furthermore, the process is now underway within the Japanese government to impose similar, non-discriminatory trade restrictions with respect to Atlantic bluefin tuna from Equatorial Guinea, and Atlantic swordfish from Belize and Honduras.

(b) The Government of Japan prohibits port calls by tuna longline fishing vessels registered in Panama, Belize and Honduras. This is because these three countries were designated by ICCAT as countries diminishing the effectiveness of resource management measures regarding Atlantic bluefin tuna.

(c) In accordance with the November 1999 ICCAT resolution, the Government of Japan has also extended guidance to Japanese importers, transporters, and equipment manufacturers, asking them voluntarily to refrain from transactions involving any of the 345 vessels identified by ICCAT that are not already barred by law from selling their fish in Japan. (See Appendix 5.) At the same time, information about the guidance and the vessels involved has been listed on the worldwide web http://www.maff.go.jp to inform interested parties and the general public.

(d) In order to improve monitoring of the fishing activities by IUU/FOC vessels, the Government of Japan since November 1999 has required importers, transporters and other parties concerned to report certain information about any imported tuna. This includes reporting the name of the fishing vessel catching the fish, the vessel's country of registration, and the area in which the fish was caught. (See Appendix 6.) Compliance with this reporting requirement is mandatory. Through these means, the Government of Japan intends to closely monitor the movement of IUU/FOC vessels and their catch.

(e) Since January 1, 1999, the Government of Japan has required Japanese nationals to obtain the Government's permission before working aboard non-Japanese flag fishing vessels operating in the Atlantic bluefin tuna and southern bluefin tuna fishing areas. The goal of this measure is to prevent Japanese nationals from becoming involved in the activities of IUU/FOC vessels, either as fishing masters or as crew. It is also the intent of the Government to deny permission to any Japanese to work aboard a foreign fishing vessel in any other fishery, if the vessel's flag State is not a member of the fisheries organization regulating that fishery. (see Appendix 7.)

(f) Since in many instances the ultimate owners of the vessels on ICCAT's list of 345 vessels are Taiwanese, Japan has consulted with the Taiwanese through industry channels more than 10 times over the past two years. To date, the following agreements have been reached with respect to vessels on that list:

(i) fishing vessels which were constructed in Japan and which are now under the ultimate ownership of Taiwanese citizens should be scrapped, using funds provided by Japan.

(ii) fishing vessels constructed in Taiwan should be registered in Taiwan, subject to Taiwanese regulation, or they should be scrapped, as Taiwanese authorities determine.

(g) In its 1999 White Paper on Fisheries, the Government of Japan pointed out the problem of how fishing vessels of countries that have not joined the fisheries organizations diminish the effectiveness of those organizations' conservation and management measures. It also identified for the benefit of the public the non-member countries whose vessels are engaging in these kinds of activities.

(h) With the amendment of the Japan Agricultural Standard Law in 1999, all food sold for the general public, beginning in July 2000, will be required to carry a label with certain information. The label on perishable fish products must indicate, among other matters, the “place of origin.” This information on the nationality of the vessel that caught the fish will help the general public to avoid purchasing “unfair products” which originate from IUU/FOC fishing vessels.

(i) The people of Japan recognize that as a major consumer of tuna imported from all over the world they can play a particularly effective role in promoting the effective conservation and management of tuna and tuna like species. For this reason, Japan is examining the possibility of establishing the non-governmental International Tuna Fishery Management Organization. It would determine whether any tuna and tuna like species to be imported into Japan has been caught by IUU/FOC vessels. The organization would also maintain a list of tuna fishing vessels that do not engage in IUU/FOC fishing practices.

4. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO IUU/FOC FISHING ACTIVITIES

18. As detailed above, during the past decade fisheries organizations have taken a significant number of steps to protect the high seas fisheries against IUU/FOC fishing practices of both member and non-member States. In addition to the very broad membership of the FAO, some 41 States or other entities belong to at least one of the following three tuna fisheries organizations: ICCAT, CCSBT, or IOTC. The great majority of these States or entities supported resolutions in these organization adopting specific action to address the problem of IUU/FOC vessels. This shows that support for such measures is widespread. As noted above, similar fisheries organizations, responsible for other fisheries and with other member States, have taken similar action of their own to address the problem of fishing practices that undermine the organization's conservation and management measures.

19. To further promote consensus among States, and to further encourage States to comply with the recommendations of fisheries organizations on IUU/FOC practices, the FAO should reaffirm and make more specific its previous initiatives. This would encourage cooperative action by more States to eliminate the practices of IUU/FOC vessels. However, the actions already taken by the FAO, fisheries organizations, and States that negotiated the FAO Compliance Agreement have clearly identified the direction in which international law is going. It underlines the responsibilities today of all States to address the problem of IUU/FOC vessels. Since the ICCAT list of 345 IUU/FOC vessels poses the clearest and most immediate threat to fishery conservation measures in the tuna fisheries, Japan urges all States to join with it in promptly taking specific measures to address the practices of these vessels. In particular, all States, whether or not they are members of the particular tuna fisheries organization, should take the following actions with respect to the 345 IUU/FOC vessels on ICCAT's list:

(a) Cooperate in monitoring the activities of the IUU/FOC vessels, and provide other States information about the vessels, including their names, countries of registration, and fishing areas. It is essential that a wide array of countries cooperate in this monitoring activity because the IUU/FOC vessels may change their registration or fishing activities frequently.

(b) All States that are members of fisheries organizations should ensure that any of their own vessels on the ICCAT list comply fully with any conservation and management measures adopted by that organization. When countries fail to sufficiently oversee the activities of its own fishing vessels, the fisheries organization should draw the problem to the attention of the government. If the activities of the fishing vessels do not change, the other members of the fisheries organization should adopt, upon the recommendation of the organization, non-discriminatory trade restrictions consistent with the requirements of the WTO. This should include action banning the import of the fish caught by vessels registered with the member State, and denying port entry to the State's fishing vessels.

(c) The vessels of States that do not belong to a fisheries organization should only operate in that fishery if it is consistent with the conservation measures of the organization. As a practical matter, whenever the fisheries organization has adopted catch restrictions, vessels on ICCAT's list from non-member States are unlikely to be able to fish in a way that does not diminish the effectiveness of the organization's conservation measures.

(d) When the vessels on ICCAT's list are registered in non-member States, and their practices diminish the effectiveness of a fisheries organization's conservation measures, member States should take appropriate action upon the recommendation of the organization. If the government of the non-member State fails to respond to requests from the organization to exercise greater control over its flag vessels, action should include non-discriminatory trade measures such as an import ban on the fish caught by the IUU/FOC vessels, and a prohibition on port calls. Japan fully recognizes the economic importance of these vessels to some developing countries, but the world community should find other ways to promote the economy of those countries, since the continued activities of IUU/FOC vessels are so destructive of international fishery conservation efforts.

(e) States should urge their importers, transshippers, consumers and equipment suppliers voluntarily to forego doing business with the vessels identified on ICCAT's list.

(f) States with jurisdiction over the individuals or companies exercising ultimate ownership control of IUU/FOC vessels should exercise control over the vessel, even if the vessel operates under the flag of another country. The States where the actual owners are to be found should act to ensure the vessels are scrapped, or at least that they are registered in a State which ensures that they will not operate in a way inconsistent with the applicable fishery conservation regimes.

(g) All flag State should require the vessel's owner to obtain government approval before the vessel is reflagged in any other country. This is necessary to ensure that the vessel is not reflagged in a State that does not ensure compliance with the conservation measures of fisheries organizations.

APPENDIX 1

Number of Large Scale Tuna Longline Vessels (Transition from 1985 to 1999)

	Japan	Republic of Korea	Chinese Taipei	Indonesia	Other Countries	Total
1985	773	156	N.A.	22	77	N.A.
1986	771	167	N.A.	24	93	N.A.
1987	770	189	N.A.	46	103	N.A.
1988	759	199	N.A.	54	128	N.A.
1989	764	196	N.A.	75	132	N.A.
1990	758	203	N.A.	78	171	N.A.
1991	743	194	497	39	195	1,668
1992	724	185	522	43	177	1,651
1993	722	174	522	46	152	1,616
1994	701	184	588	36	183	1,692
1995	703	201	570	43	203	1,720
1996	674	200	569	37	190	1,670
1997	661	202	567	30	213	1,673
1998	663	209	569	28	237	1,706
1999	528	N.A.	N.A.	27	248	N.A.

Notes:

Figures of Indonesia and “Other Countries” are estimated by the amount of the import of tuna to Japan as Sashimi “Other Countries” includes Honduras, Belize, Equatorial Guinea and so on.

APPENDIX 2

Pictures of the “Srapping Scene” (1)

Pictures of the “Srapping Scene” (2)

APPENDIX 3

LIST OF LONGLINE VESSELS BELIEVED TO BE ENGAGED IN UNREGULATED AND UNREPORTED ACTIVITIES

	Flag Country	Name of Vessel	Owners Name	Owners Address	Expected Area of Catch
1	BELIZE	ALLAN NO.627	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
2	BELIZE	ANDREW NO.708	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
3	BELIZE	BOB No. 227	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
4	BELIZE	CHEN CHIEH NO.88	FESOUERA CHEN CHIN CHKRN S.A.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
5	BELIZE	CHEN FA NO. 1	CHEN FA S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
6	BELIZE	CHI YANG	CHIN FU FISHERY CO.LTD.S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
7	BELIZE	CHIEN CHANG NO.126	CHIEN CHANG FISHERY CORP.	PANAMA	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
8	BELIZE	CHIEN CHANG NO.136	CHIEN CHANG FISHERY CORP.	PANAMA	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
9	BELIZE	CHIEN CHUN NO.8	GREAT OCEAN ENTERPRISE S.A.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
10	BELIZE	CHIEN CHUNG NO. 602			ATLANTIC
11	BELIZE	CHIN CHENG MING	CHIN FU FISHERY CO.LTD.S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
12	BELIZE	CHIN I WEN	CHIN HSIANG MING FISHERY CO.LTD.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC
13	BELIZE	CHIN YOU MING	CHIN FU FISHERY CO.LTD.S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
14	BELIZE	CHUN I NO. 307	CHUN HUEA FISHERRY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
15	BELIZE	CHUN I NO. 316	CHUN JINN FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
16	BELIZE	CHUN YING NO. 636	HER JYE OCEANIC S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
17	BELIZE	CHUN YING NO. 777	CHUN YING FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
18	BELIZE	CITI NO.8	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	PACIFIC & INDIAN
19	BELIZE	DAI HO	DAI HO FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
20	BELIZE	FONG KUO NO.16	F.K.OVERSEAS FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
21	BELIZE	FONG KUO NO.3	F.K.OVERSEAS FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
22	BELIZE	FONG KUO NO.33	F.K.OVERSEAS FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
23	BELIZE	FONG KUO NO.36	F.K.OVERSEAS FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
24	BELIZE	FONG KUO NO.6	F.K.OVERSEAS FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
25	BELIZE	FU YUAN NO.11	FU YUAN FISHING OVERSEAS S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
26	BELIZE	FU YUAN NO.3	FU YUAN FISHING OVERSEAS S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
27	BELIZE	FWU JI	FWU JI FISHERY CO.LTD	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
28	BELIZE	GENNY NO.8	PESQUERA CHIN CHENG S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
29	BELIZE	HAU SHEN NO.202	HAU YOW FISHERY CO.LTD.	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC/INDIAN
30	BELIZE	HENG FA NO.18			INDIAN
31	BELIZE	HSIANG CHANG NO.101	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD.	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
32	BELIZE	HSIANG FA NO.18	HSIANG FA FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
33	BELIZE	HSIANG FA NO.26	HSIANG FA FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
34	BELIZE	HSIANG PAO	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD.	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
35	BELIZE	HSIANG SHENG	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
36	BELIZE	HSIEH YUNG NO.636	HSIEH YUNG FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC & INDIAN
37	BELIZE	HUNG CHIA NO.202			INDIAN
38	BELIZE	HUNG CHING NO.212	HUNG CHING FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
39	BELIZE	HWA CHIN NO.202			ATLANTIC
40	BELIZE	JACKY NO.11	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
41	BELIZE	JAIN YUNG NO.202	JAIN YUNG FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
42	BELIZE	JEFFREY NO.131	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	PACIFIC & INDIAN
43	BELIZE	JEFFREY NO.168	FULLING TUNA FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
44	BELIZE	JEFFREY NO.28	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
45	BELIZE	JEFFREY NO.328	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	INDIAN
46	BELIZE	JEFFREY NO.618	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	INDIAN
47	BELIZE	JEFFREY NO.816	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	INDIAN
48	BELIZE	JOHNNY NO.137	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
49	BELIZE	JUI YING NO.666	RUEY SHING OCEANIC S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
50	BELIZE	LIEN HORNG NO.777	LIEN HORNG FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
51	BELIZE	LIEN TAI	LIEN TAI CORP.	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC
52	BELIZE	LUNG CHANG NO.3	UNION OCEAN FISHERY CO.LTD.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
53	BELIZE	LUNG SOON NO.22			INDIAN
54	BELIZE	NATIONAL N0.21	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
55	BELIZE	NATIONAL NO.101 (HUI TA NO.101)	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
56	BELIZE	NATIONAL NO.202	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
57	BELIZE	NATIONAL NO.206	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
58	BELIZE	NATIONAL NO.236 (HSIANG YI NO.236)	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
59	BELIZE	PETER NO.617	SEVEN SEAS MARINE S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
60	BELIZE	PING SHIN NO.201	PING SHIN OVERSEAS S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
61	BELIZE	PING YUAN NO.201	PING SHIN OVERSEAS S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
62	BELIZE	SHANG YUN	OVERSEAS FISHERY CO.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC
63	BELIZE	SHINE YEAR	CHEN TING CHOU	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
64	BELIZE	SHINN MANN NO.11	SHINN MANN FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
65	BELIZE	SHINN MANN NO.21	SHINN MANN FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
66	BELIZE	SHINN MANN NO.666	SHINN MANN FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
67	BELIZE	SHUN KUO	CHIN FU FISHERY CO.LTD.S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
68	BELIZE	SHUN LIEN	CHIN FU FISHERY CO.LTD.S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
69	BELIZE	SHUN MEI	CHIN FU FISHERY CO.LTD.S.A.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC
70	BELIZE	SHUN YING			ATLANTIC
71	BELIZE	SHUN YU	SHUN YU FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC
72	BELIZE	SI HONG NO.128	SI TAI FISHERY CO., LTD.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
73	BELIZE	SI TAI NO.326	SI UNION FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	INDIAN
74	BELIZE	SOUTH STAR	GRAND FOREST MARITIME S.A.	BELIZE	PACIFIC
75	BELIZE	TRANS CARIBBEAN NO.116	FISHERIES INT. SEAFOOD HANDLERS LTD.	SPAIN	ATLANTIC
76	BELIZE	TRANS CARIBBEAN NO.127	FISHERIES INT. SEAFOOD HANDLERS LTD.	SPAIN	ATLANTIC
77	BELIZE	TRANS CARIBBEAN NO.137	FISHERIES INT. SEAFOOD HANDLERS LTD.	SPAIN	ATLANTIC
78	BELIZE	TRANS CARIBBEAN NO.21	FISHERIES INT. SEAFOOD HANDLERS LTD.	SPAIN	ATLANTIC
79	BELIZE	TRANS CARIBBEAN NO.701	FISHERIES INT. SEAFOOD HANDLERS LTD.	SPAIN	ATLANTIC
80	BELIZE	VICTORY NO.8	VICTORIA FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
81	BELIZE	VICTORY NO.88	VICTORIA FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
82	BELIZE	WEN SHENG NO.16			ATLANTIC & INDIAN
83	BELIZE	ZHONG XIN NO.16	ZHONG XIN FISHERY CO.LTD.	TAIWAN	PACIFIC
84	CAMBODIA	EVER LUCK	EVER LUCK FISHERY CO.LTD.	MALAYSIA	ATLANTIC
85	CAMBODIA	FWU JI NO.1	FWU JI FISHERY CO.LTD	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC
86	CAMBODIA	LONG THE	CHARNG HER FISHERY CO.LTD.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
87	E.GUINEA	ABUNDANCIA	PESQUERA EXITO S.A.	E.GUINEA	INDIAN
88	E.GUINEA	CHANG YOW NO.212	PESQUERA CHANG YOW S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
89	E.GUINEA	CHEN CHIEH NO.726	CHEN CHIN CHENG FISHERY CO.LTD.S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
90	E.GUINEA	CHEN CHIEH NO.736	CHEN CHIN CHENG FISHERY CO.LTD.S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
91	E.GUINEA	CHEN CHIEH NO.8			INDIAN
92	E.GUINEA	CHI MAN	CHI MAN FISHERY S.A.		ATLANTIC
93	E.GUINEA	CHIA YING NO.6	PESQUERA HAPPY SUN S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
94	E.GUINEA	COLUMBUS	PESQUERA COLUMBUS S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC
95	E.GUINEA	DONG YIH NO.688	DONG YIH FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	INDIAN
96	E.GUINEA	EVER RICH	LIN CHING ISANG	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC
97	E.GUINEA	EXITO	PESQUERA EXITO S.A.	E.GUINEA	INDIAN
98	E.GUINEA	FORTUNA NO.1	NAVIERA FORTUNA S.DE R.L.		ATLANTIC & INDIAN
99	E.GUINEA	HAI MING NO.1	HAI MING FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC & INDIAN
100	E.GUINEA	HAI ZEAN NO.11	HAI ZEAN FISHERY S.DE R.L.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
101	E.GUINEA	HAI ZEAN NO.3	HAI ZEAN FISHERY S.DE R.L.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
102	E.GUINEA	HAI ZEAN NO.31	PESOUERA HUNG LIN S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
103	E.GUINEA	HSIANG JANG NO.11	ATLANTIC FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
104	E.GUINEA	HSIANG JANG NO.111	KWO JENG PRODUCTOS MARINOS S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
105	E.GUINEA	HSIANG JANG NO.112	KWO JENG PRODUCTOS MARINOS S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
106	E.GUINEA	HSIANG JANG NO.22	ATLANTIC FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
107	E.GUINEA	HSIANG JANG NO.66	ATLANTIC FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
108	E.GUINEA	HSIN HUA NO.103	PESQUERA HSIN HUA FISHERY CO.LTD.	E.GUINEA	INDIAN
109	E.GUINEA	HUNG YU NO.212	PESQUERA COLUMBUS S.A.	E.GUINEA	INDIAN
110	E.GUINEA	HUNG YU NO.606	HUNG YU FISHERY CO.LTD.	KOREA	INDIAN
111	E.GUINEA	HWA MAO NO.202	HWA MAO FISHERY CO.S.A.	E.GUINEA	INDIAN
112	E.GUINEA	I MAN HUNG NO.166	CHUN FAR FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
113	E.GUINEA	JIN CHENG HORNG	NAVIERAGE KO YUAN FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
114	E.GUINEA	JIYN HORNG NO.116	JIYN HORNG OCEAN ENTERPRISE CO.LTD.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
115	E.GUINEA	JIYN HORNG NO.116	JIYN YEONG FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	INDIAN
116	E.GUINEA	KAE SA	CHIN CHING FISHERY CO.LTD.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
117	E.GUINEA	KAE SHYUAN	CHIN MAN FISHERY CO.LTD.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
118	E.GUINEA	KUANG HORNG	CHUEN SONG FISHERY S.DE R.L.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
119	E.GUINEA	LUNG SOON NO.212	EXITO FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC & INDIAN
120	E.GUINEA	LUNG SOON NO.282	EXITO FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC
121	E.GUINEA	LUNG SOON NO.662	EXITO FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	INDIAN
122	E.GUINEA	PESQUERA NO.68	CHOYU FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
123	E.GUINEA	SHANG SHUN NO.622	EXITO FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC
124	E.GUINEA	SHIN KAI NO.6	SHIN KAI FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC
125	E.GUINEA	SHING YANG	CHEN CHONG HSIN	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
126	E.GUINEA	SHUN YING	CHEN CHONG HSIN	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
127	E.GUINEA	SUN RISE NO.313	SINGAROPE CORP.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
128	E.GUINEA	VIKING NO.1	VIKING FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
129	E.GUINEA	WEI CHING	WEI CHING OCEAN ENTERPRISE S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
130	E.GUINEA	WEN SHENG NO.202	WEN SHENG FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
131	E.GUINEA	YI HSIN NO.101	YI FA FISHERY S.DE R.L.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
132	E.GUINEA	YIH SHUEN NO.212			INDIAN
133	E.GUINEA	YUH HUNG NO.212			INDIAN
134	E.GUINEA	ZAHRA NO.1	OFFSHORE RESOURCES S.A.	E.GUINEA	ATLANTIC
135	E.GUINEA	ZHONG I NO.63	ZHONG I FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC
136	E.GUINEA	ZHONG I NO.83	ZHONG I FISHERY S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC
137	E.GUINEA	ZHONG I NO.85	PESQUERA ZHONG I S.A.	E.GUINEA	PACIFIC
138	GHANA	HSIANG PAO NO.601	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
139	GUINEA	AL RABAT AL AMAMI	ACDC COMMERCIAL PANAMA	PANAMA	ATLANTIC
140	GUINEA	CHEN CHIEH NO.736	SRION COMMERCIAL LTD.	SPAIN	ATLANTIC
141	GUINEA	JIN FENG NO.6			ATLANTIC
142	GUINEA	SEA QUEEN NO.16	THIANGUI S.A.	GUINEA	ATLANTIC
143	GUINEA	ZARQA AL YAMAMA	ACDC COMMERCIAL PANAMA	PANAMA	ATLANTIC
144	HONDURAS	CHWAN YI NO.1	JI HE YI FISHERY CO.LTD.	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
145	HONDURAS				INDIAN
146	HONDURAS	AMBER NO.9	VENUS MARINES LTD.	VIRGIN IS.	PACIFIC
147	HONDURAS	ANDREW NO.132	YU AN FISHERY CO.LTD.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
148	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC KAEI NO.25	ATLANTIC PEZ S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
149	HONDURAS	BOBBY NO.3	CHIANG CHUNG HUNG	HONDURAS	INDIAN
150	HONDURAS	CHANG SHENG NO.1	CHANG SHENG FISHERY CO.LTD.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
151	HONDURAS	CHI FUW NO.6	SONG MAW FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
152	HONDURAS	CHI HUNG NO.121	CHI HUNG S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
153	HONDURAS	CHI HUNG NO.21			ATLANTIC
154	HONDURAS	CHIEN CHANG NO.66	CHIEN CHANG PESCA S.A.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
155	HONDURAS	CHIN CHANG MING	CHIN HSIANG MING FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
156	HONDURAS	CHIN CHENG MING			ATLANTIC
157	HONDURAS	CHIN CHIN MING	CHIN YUAN HORNG S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
158	HONDURAS	CHIN HSIANG MING	CHIN HSIANG MING FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
159	HONDURAS	CHIN I MING	CHIN YUAN HORNG S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
160	HONDURAS	CHIN YUAN HORNG	CHIN YUAN HORNG S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
161	HONDURAS	CHO YU NO.3	ARMADORA PESQUERA CHOYU S.DE R.L.	AMERICA	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
162	HONDURAS	CHUN FA	CHUN FA FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
163	HONDURAS	DAE SUNG NO.16	INTER SURGO S.A.	SPAIN	PACIFIC
164	HONDURAS	EDEN NO.18	KINGFISH FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
165	HONDURAS	FELIZ NO.103	SOCIEDAD FELIZ FISHING S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
166	HONDURAS	FLAIR NO.3	KINGFISH FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
167	HONDURAS	FORTUNA NO.1	FORTUNA FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
168	HONDURAS	FORTUNA NO.11	FORTUNA FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
169	HONDURAS	FORTUNA NO.12	FORTUNA FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
170	HONDURAS	FORTUNA NO.2	FORTUNA FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
171	HONDURAS	FORTUNA NO.21	FORTUNA FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
172	HONDURAS	FORTUNA NO.22	FORTUNA FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
173	HONDURAS	FU AN NO.6	FU AN OCEAIC ENTERPRISE S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
174	HONDURAS	FWU HUAN	FWU HUAN FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
175	HONDURAS	GOLDEN LAKE NO.23	GOLDEN LAKE CO.LTD.	SPAIN	PACIFIC
176	HONDURAS	HAW HUA	HAW HUA FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
177	HONDURAS	HER HSIANG	HER MAN FISHERY CO.LTD.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
178	HONDURAS	HER MAN	HER MAN FISHERY CO.LTD.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
179	HONDURAS	HO MAN NO.3			INDIAN
180	HONDURAS	HO MAN			INDIAN
181	HONDURAS	HONG SHUN NO.66	HONG SHUN FISHERY CORP.	SINGAPORE	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
182	HONDURAS	HORNG SHIN			ATLANTIC
183	HONDURAS	HSIANG CHANG NO.102	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
184	HONDURAS	HSIANG CHANG NO.132	DAIWA MARINE INTERNATIONAL S.DE R.L.	JAPAN	PACIFIC
185	HONDURAS	HSIANG CHANG NO.606	DAIWA MARINE WORLD S.DE R.L.	JAPAN	PACIFIC
186	HONDURAS	HSIANG PAO NO.101	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
187	HONDURAS	HSIANG PAO NO.102	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
188	HONDURAS	HSIEH YUNG NO.366			INDIAN
189	HONDURAS	HSIN I CHANG NO.326	DALIAN OVERSEAS FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
190	HONDURAS	HUA CHUNG NO.707	HUA I FISHERY CO.LTD.	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
191	HONDURAS	HUA CHUNG NO.808	HUA CHUNG PESCA S.A.	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
192	HONDURAS	HUNG YU NO.112	HUNG WOEI FISHERY S.A.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
193	HONDURAS	JAIN LIH NO.202	JAIN LIH FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
194	HONDURAS	JAIN YUNG NO.202	JAIN YUNG FISHERY S.A.	BELIZE	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
195	HONDURAS	JASMINE NO.9	KOJE ENGINEERING & TRADING PTE.LTD.	SINGAPORE	PACIFIC
196	HONDURAS	JI CHIN NO.2	HUNG CHIN FA	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
197	HONDURAS	JIN CHENG HORNG			INDIAN
198	HONDURAS	JIYN HORNG NO.106	JIYN HORNG OCEAN ENTERPRISE CO.LTD.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
199	HONDURAS	LU SOON	LUNG SOON SHIPPING CORP.	SINGAPORE	INDIAN
200	HONDURAS	LUNG SOON NO.122	SIONG SOON SHIPPING CORP.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
201	HONDURAS	LUNG SOON NO.126			INDIAN
202	HONDURAS	LUNG SOON NO.22	SIONG SOON SHIPPING CORP.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
203	HONDURAS	MENG LI NO.101	MENG LI FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
204	HONDURAS	MENG LI NO.201	MENG LI FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
205	HONDURAS	MENG LI NO.301	MENG LI FISHERY S.DE.R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
206	HONDURAS	NEW STAR NO.1	MISHIMA FISHERY CO.LTD.	PANAMA	PACIFIC
207	HONDURAS	OCEAN MASTER NO.1	OCEAN MASTER FISHERIES S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
208	HONDURAS	ORIENTE NO.7	EL ORIENTE S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
209	HONDURAS	PAI YU NO.6	PAILUNG FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
210	HONDURAS	PENG SHIN	PENG SHIN FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
211	HONDURAS	PESQUERA NO.68	ARMADORA PESQUERA CHOYU S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
212	HONDURAS	RYH CHUN NO.1	FA CHUEN OCEAN FISHING S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
213	HONDURAS	RYH CHUN NO.21	RYH CHUN OCEAN FISHERY INC.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
214	HONDURAS	SHANG SHUN NO.166	LUNG SOON SHIPPING CORP.	SINGAPORE	INDIAN
215	HONDURAS	SHANG SHUN NO.66	LUNG SOON SHIPPING CORP.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
216	HONDURAS	SHENG HSING NO.606			ATLANTIC
217	HONDURAS	SHENG PAO NO.7	SAINT POWER FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
218	HONDURAS	SHUE YUNG NO.366	DALIAN OVERSEAS FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
219	HONDURAS	SHUN CHUAN NO.6	CHIN HSIANG MING FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
220	HONDURAS	SHUN HORNG	CHIN YUAN HORNG S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
221	HONDURAS	SHUN SHENG	CHIN YUAN HORNG S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
222	HONDURAS	SHUN TAI	CHIN YUAN HORNG S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
223	HONDURAS	SUN RISE NO.607	YELLOW FIN FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC
224	HONDURAS	TA YU NO.11	TA YU OCEAN ENTERPRISE S.DE R.L.	TAIWAN	PACIFIC
225	HONDURAS	TAMARA NO.8	MARINEX S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
226	HONDURAS	TIM NO.1	HOUNG KOU CHING	HONDURAS	INDIAN
227	HONDURAS	TUNG ZHAN NO.6	TUNG ZHAN FISHERY CORP.	TAIWAN	PACIFIC & INDIAN
228	HONDURAS	WEN CHANG NO.66	CHIEN CHANG PESCA S.A.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
229	HONDURAS	WIN FAR NO.236	WIN FAR MARINE INC.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
230	HONDURAS	WIN FAR NO.266	WIN FAR MARINE INC.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
231	HONDURAS	YI HSIN NO.101	YI FA FISHERY S.DE R.L.	TAIWAN	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
232	HONDURAS	YIH SHUEN NO.212	YIH SHUEN FISHERY S.A.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
233	HONDURAS	YING CHIN HSIANG NO.66	YING TSI SHYANG FISHERY S.DE.R.L.	HONDURAS	INDIAN
234	HONDURAS	YOHA NO.9	VENUS MARINES LTD.	VIRGIN IS.	PACIFIC
235	HONDURAS	YU CHA NO.201	DAIWA MARINE INTERNATIONAL S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
236	HONDURAS	YU CHA NO.606	DAIWA MARINE INTERNATIONAL S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
237	HONDURAS	YU HSIANG NO.7	YU HSIANG FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
238	HONDURAS	YU SUAN NO.102	YUNG HONG MARINE S.DE R.L.	JAPAN	PACIFIC
239	HONDURAS	YU YAO NO.201	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
240	HONDURAS	YU YAO NO.202	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
241	HONDURAS	YUNG HUANG NO.606	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
242	HONDURAS	YUNG SHU NO.606	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD.	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
243	HONDURAS	YUNG YING NO.606	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD.	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
244	HONDURAS	YUNG YU NO.102	DAIWA MARINE INTERNATIONAL S.DE R.L.	JAPAN	PACIFIC
245	HONDURAS	ZHONG XIN NO.1	DALIAN OVERSEAS FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
246	HONDURAS	ZHONG XIN NO.26	DALIAN OVERSEAS FISHERY S.DE R.L.	HONDURAS	PACIFIC
247	INDONESIA	DHALIA NO.8 (HSIANG CHANG NO.136)	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD.	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
248	KENYA	ALANA NO.1			INDIAN
249	KENYA	HSIANG CHANG NO.606			ATLANTIC
250	KENYA	UCHUMI	DONG HAW SHIP BUYLITN CO.	KOREA	INDIAN
251	MAURITIUS	HSIN HUA NO.101			INDIAN
252	PHILIPPINES	BOBBY NO.3	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
253	PHILIPPINES	CHIN CHIEH NO.888	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
254	PHILIPPINES	FONG KUO NO.6	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	PACIFIC
255	PHILIPPINES	FU YUAN NO.11	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
256	PHILIPPINES	FU YUAN NO.3	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
257	PHILIPPINES	JAIN YUNG NO.202	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
258	PHILIPPINES	JEFFREY NO.131	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	ATLANTIC & INDIAN & PACIFIC
259	PHILIPPINES	JEFFREY NO.168	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	ATLANTIC
260	PHILIPPINES	JEFFREY NO.28	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
261	PHILIPPINES	JEFFREY NO.328	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	ATLANTIC
262	PHILIPPINES	JEFFREY NO.618	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
263	PHILIPPINES	JEFFREY NO.816	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
264	PHILIPPINES	JOHNNY NO.137	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
265	PHILIPPINES	KAO FENG NO.1	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
266	PHILIPPINES	PING SHIN NO.201	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
267	PHILIPPINES	PING YUAN NO.201	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
268	PHILIPPINES	SHINN MANN NO.11	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	PACIFIC
269	PHILIPPINES	SHINN MANN NO.21	JSTMARK INTERNATIONAL FISHING INC.	PHILIPPINES	PACIFIC
270	PHILIPPINES	SHYE SHIN NO.1	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
271	PHILIPPINES	SUNG HUI	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	INDIAN
272	PHILIPPINES	YU HSIANG NO.7	SUN WARM FISHING SERVICE INC.	PHILIPPINES	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
273	SEYCHELLES	DEVELOP NO.1			INDIAN
274	SEYCHELLES	GREAT NO.1		E.GUINEA	PACIFIC & INDIAN
275	SEYCHELLES	VICTORY NO.1			INDIAN
276	SIERRA LEONE	STARLET NO.901	ESUORIM TRADE S.A.	PANAMA	ATLANTIC
277	SINGAPORE	GHAZI NO.608			INDIAN
278	SINGAPORE	LU SOON			INDIAN
279	SINGAPORE	NEW STAR NO.1	MISHIMA FISHERY CO.LTD.	PANAMA	INDIAN
280	SINGAPORE	SHANG SHUN NO.66			INDIAN
281	SINGAPORE	SHENG FAN NO.6			ATLANTIC
282	SINGAPORE	SHUN KUO			ATLANTIC
283	SINGAPORE	YU HSIANG NO.7			ATLANTIC
284	SRILANKA	LANKA STAR NO.102	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
285	SRILANKA	LANKA STAR NO.21	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
286	SRILANKA	SHENG PAO NO.5	FISHING VESSEL/MOTOR DRIVEN	TAIWAN	PACIFIC
287	SRILANKA	YU SUAN NO.101	LANKA INTERCON TRADERS LTD.	SRILANKA	PACIFIC
288	ST.VINCENT	CHANG YOW NO.212		TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
289	ST.VINCENT	CHANG YOW NO.212			ATLANTIC
290	ST.VINCENT	DHALIA NO.8	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
291	ST.VINCENT	HSANG YU	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
292	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG HER	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
293	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.11	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
294	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.11	CONTINENTAL LIMITED	ST.VINCENT	ATLANTIC
295	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.111	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
296	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.111	KWO JENG FISHERY CO.LTD.	ST.VINCENT	ATLANTIC
297	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.112	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
298	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.112	KWO JENG FISHERY CO.LTD.	ST.VINCENT	ATLANTIC
299	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.22	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
300	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.22	CONTINENTAL LIMITED	ST.VINCENT	ATLANTIC
301	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.611	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
302	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.611	SHIN TA DEEP SEA FISHERY CO.LTD.	VIRGIN IS.	ATLANTIC
303	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.612	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
304	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.612	SHIN TA DEEP SEA FISHERY CO.LTD.	VIRGIN IS.	ATLANTIC
305	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.616	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
306	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.616	SHIN TA DEEP SEA FISHERY CO.LTD.	VIRGIN IS.	ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
307	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.626	SHIN TA DEEP SEA FISHERY CO.LTD.	VIRGIN IS.	ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
308	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.66	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
309	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG JANG NO.66	CONTINENTAL LIMITED	ST.VINCENT	ATLANTIC
310	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG PAO	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
311	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG PAO NO.101	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
312	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG PAO NO.102	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
313	ST.VINCENT	HSIANG PAO NO.601	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
314	ST.VINCENT	MING TAY NO.1	HO HSIN FISHING CO.LTD.	TAIWAN	INDIAN
315	ST.VINCENT	NATIONAL NO.101	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
316	ST.VINCENT	NATIONAL NO.236	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
317	ST.VINCENT	PANALOX NO.501	LOXFORD OVERSEAS INC.	PANAMA	PACIFIC
318	ST.VINCENT	PANALOX NO.502	LOXFORD OVERSEAS INC.	PANAMA	PACIFIC
319	ST.VINCENT	PANALOX NO.503	LOXFORD OVERSEAS INC.	PANAMA	PACIFIC
320	ST.VINCENT	PANALOX NO.505	LOXFORD OVERSEAS INC.	PANAMA	PACIFIC
321	ST.VINCENT	PANALOX NO.506	LOXFORD OVERSEAS INC.	PANAMA	PACIFIC
322	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.101	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
323	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.102	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
324	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.111	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
325	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.112	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
326	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.121	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
327	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.122	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
328	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.211	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
329	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.212	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
330	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.22	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
331	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.601	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
332	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.602	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
333	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.606	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
334	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.621	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
335	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.622	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
336	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.626	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
337	ST.VINCENT	WEN SHUN NO.66	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
338	ST.VINCENT	YU YAO NO.201	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
339	ST.VINCENT	YU YAO NO.202	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD.	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
340	TRINIDAD &	HSIANG CHANG NO.101			ATLANTIC
341	TRINIDAD &	HSIANG CHANG NO.102			ATLANTIC
342	TRINIDAD &	HSIANG CHANG NO.136			ATLANTIC
343	TRINIDAD &	NAM SUN NO.27			ATLANTIC
344	UNKNOWN	HSANG JANG NO.202	CONTINENTAL HANDLERS LIMITED	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
345	UNKNOWN	SHENG LUNG NO.9	KWO-JENG MARINE SERVICES LTD.	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

APPENDIX 4

Pictures of the “FOC” Large Scale Tuna Longline Vessels (1)

Pictures of the “FOC” Large Scale Tuna Longline Vessels (2)

APPENDIX 5

Guidance of Fisheries Agency of Japan Addressed to Importers, Transporters and Equipment Manufacturers, December 1999

December 1999

Addressed to importers, transporters and equipment manufacturers

Director-General, Fisheries Agency of Japan

Dealing of catch pursuant to the ICCAT resolution calling for further actions against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities by large-scale longline vessels

Various measures are now being taken at many regional fisheries management organizations for resource conservation and management of tuna. However, in recent years, there is a concern globally that activities by FOC fishing vessels which engage in disorderly fishing activities by evading regulatory measures by registering their vessels in the countries not members to those organizations are diminishing the effectiveness of such measures. At the ICCAT meeting of in November 1999, a list of tuna longline fishing vessels (FOC fishing vessels) engaging in unregulated and unreported fishing activities (Appendix 1) was formulated. Further, a resolution calling on importers and transporters to refrain from engaging in transaction and transshipment of tuna caught by FOC fishing vessels, and also urging manufacturers and others to prevent their vessels and equipment/devices from being used for FOC fishing vessels (Appendix 2) was adopted.

Pursuant to those resolutions, I hereby request you to comply with the following matters in dealing with the catch by fishing vessels placed on the list of tuna longline fishing vessels (FOC vessels) engaging in unregulated and unreported fishing activities at “

1. refrain from engaging in transaction for tuna caught by fishing vessels placed on the list

2. refrain from engaging in transshipment tuna caught by fishing vessels placed on the list

3. refrain from installing equipment on fishing vessels placed on the list nor repairing already installed navigational equipment thereof; and

4. refrain from providing equipment to FOC fishing vessels constructed overseas, such as Taiwan

APPENDIX 6

Reporting Requirements Pursuant to Article 10 of the Special Law On Measures to Reinforce Conservation and Management of tuna Resources

Address

Name of Company

Name of Representative Person

Requirement of reports on the basis of Article 10 of the Special Law on Measures to Reinforce Conservation and Management of Tuna resources

Pursuant to Article 10 of the Special Law concerning Measures to Reinforce Conservation and Management of Tuna resources (1996 Law N. 101 (hereinafter referred to as “Law”), reports will be required as follows. All companies concerned are requested to submit the report to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries following requirements as shown in Format.

November 9, 1999

Tokuichiro Tamazawa
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Various conservation and management measures for tuna resources have been taken by a number of international organizations. In recent years, concerns have been expressed internationally regarding activities of fishing vessel which engage in disorderly operation by circumventing the measures of those organizations by placing vessel registration in countries not member to those organizations.

In recent years, there have been active moves at those international organizations to step up collection of information regarding activities of such fishing vessel. ICCAT adopted in November, 1998 a resolution calling on its member States and other countries to provide information concerning importation of tuna to the Commission with the aim to collect data to take measures vis-a-vis non-member States fishing vessel.

Furthermore, FAO adopted at the Committee on Fisheries in February 1999 International Plan of Action incorporating the need to promote exchange of information regarding the activities of fishing vessel not complying with conservation and management measures of regional fisheries management organizations. Japan, as the world leading tuna fishing nation and tuna importers, requires all companies concerned the submission of report in accordance with Article 10 of the Law in order to positively respond to the request of such international organizations and to ensure that the effectiveness of international conservation and management measures for tuna may not be diminished by disorderly fishing operation by such fishing vessel.

2. Contents of the report, etc.

Any one who imports or transport to Japan by vessels the frozen bluefin tuna, southern bluefin tuna, bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna and other tuna (except albacore) and swordfish and other marlin (hereinafter referred to as “frozen tuna”) is required to submit the following report to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as concerning frozen tuna to be imported.

(1) When anyone intends to import frozen tuna by vessel, he is required to report to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in accordance with Format 1 the following items before 10 days of the importing date. In this case, a copy of vessel registration of the fishing vessel, and other documents that can confirm the report from (a) to (f) shall be attached. (for importer)

1. Name of fishing vessel that fished, the place of vessel registration and Name and address of the owner of the vessel of the frozen tuna to be imported

2. Time and area in which the frozen tuna to be imported was caught

3. Name of transporting vessel of frozen tuna to be imported

4. Buyers after importation

5. Species-by-species product form and weight

6. Point of export

1. Name of fishing vessel that fished the imported frozen tuna
2. Date of importation
3. species-by-species product form and weight

(3) In case frozen tuna is transported from vessel, the following items should be reported in Format 3 to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries within 10 days after the vessel entered the Japanese port. (for importer)

1. Name of transporting vessel used for transporting frozen tuna

2. Name of port entered and date of port entry

3. following items for each cargo (per cargo certificate)

( ) Name of fishing vessel that fished the transported frozen tuna, and place of vessel registration; and place and time at which the cargo was loaded from the vessel

( ) Name of the owner of the cargo

( ) species-by-species product form and weight

1. In the report in case product is to be imported, the importing date is between January 31, 2000 and December 31, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Period)

2. In the report in case the cargo was imported, the inspection date should be within the Implementation Period.

3. In case of report when transported, port entry date should be within the period

The report should be submitted to the following office.

1. Report in case one intends to import frozen tuna via vessel (Format 1),---Second Trade Group, Fishery Market Division, Fisheries Administration Department, Fisheries Agency

2. Report in case frozen tuna is imported via vessel (Format 2) and the report in case frozen tuna is shipped by vessel (Format 3)

(Format 1)

Report in case frozen tuna will be imported by vessels

Addressed to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Address telephone number

Name of reporter (seal)

(Seal could be omitted when signature is given)

Name of official in charge

Date of report

I report as follows.

Name of fishing vessels that fished

Place of registration of fishing vessels that fished

Owner of the vessels

Name

Address

Name of transporting vessels

Buyers after importation

species-by-species information on frozen tuna to be imported

fish species
product form
weight (kg)
fished period
fished area
Place of cargo loading (port)

(Format 2)

Report in case frozen tuna was imported via vessels

Addressed to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Address/telephone number

Name of the person in charge of reporting (seal)
(Seal could be omitted when signature is given)
Name of official in charge
Date of report

I report as follows.

Name of fishing vessels that fished
Date of importation

species-by-species information of imported frozen tuna

fish species
product form
weight (kg)
fish species
product form
weight (kg)

(Format 3)

Reports in case frozen tuna was transported by vessels

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Address telephone number

Name of reporter (seal)
(Seal could be omitted when signature is given.)

Name of official in charge
Date of report

I report as follows.

Name of transporting vessel
Name of port entered
date of port entry
information on frozen tuna loaded by loaded cargo (unit: cargo certificate)

cargo certificate
catch
vessel registration
loading of cargo
Name of cargo loader
contents of the cargo

Number
name of fishing vessels
place
period
fish species
product form
weight (kg)

APPENDIX 7

Ministry Decree Concerning Permission for Some Designated Fisheries (Article 98(2))

(restriction on harvesting of tuna or marlin)

Article 98 (2)

No one shall be engaged in harvesting of tuna or marlin on vessels other than those registered in Japan, except the case authorized by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in the Atlantic Ocean (including Mediterranean Sea) area north of the line of 55 degrees S, west of 150 degrees W and the area south of the line given below in the Pacific, Indian Ocean.

1. Line of 35 degrees S, east of 180 degrees E

2. Line directly connecting the following points by order

1. point at 180 degrees E and 35 degrees S
2. point at 180 degrees E and 30 degrees S
3. point at 120 degrees E and 30 degrees S
4. point at 120 degrees E and 10 degrees S
5. point at 105 degrees E and 10 degrees S
6. point at 105 degrees E and 20 degrees S
7. point at 95 degrees E and 20 degrees S
8. point at 95 degrees E and 30 degrees S

(penalty)

Any one who violated above provision shall be subject to imprisonment up to 2 years or a fine of up to \500,000, or shall be subjected to both.