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8.1 Exemption for Very Small Purse Seine Vessels

Effective

October 20, 2015

Adopted

October 20, 2015

Amended

May 31, 2018

Gear Type(s)

Very Small Purse Seine

Very small purse seine vessels are exempted from the following ISSF Conservation Measures:

3.4 Skipper Best Practices
4.4(a) Transshipment

For the purposes of this measure, “very small purse seine vessels” are those vessels of a size less than 30 GT.

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