Required longline mitigation measures to be used by vessels fishing S 30 S (weighted branch lines, night setting and tori lines: choose at least two of the three) (applied from 1 July 2014)
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South of 30S 1. CCMs shall require their longline vessels fishing south of 30S, to use at least two of these three measures: weighted branch lines, night setting and tori lines. Table 1 does not apply south of 30S. See Annex 1 for specifications of these measures. 10. This Conservation and Management Measure shall be implemented by CCMs in the following manner: · * In areas south of 30 degrees South, no later than 1 July 2014. · * In areas north of 23 degrees North, and in relation to large-scale longline vessels of 24 meters or more in overall length, no later than 1 July 2014.
Theme
Mitigating impacts of fishing on species of special interest