{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-300.222","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 300.222","heading":"Prohibitions.","body":"In addition to the prohibitions in § 300.4, it is unlawful for any person to:\n(a) Fail to obtain and have on board a fishing vessel a valid WCPFC Area Endorsement as required in § 300.212.\n(b) Fail to report a change in the information required in an application for a WCPFC Area Endorsement as required in § 300.212(g).\n(c) Fail to provide information on vessels and fishing authorizations or fail to report changes in such information as required in § 300.213.\n(d) Fish for, retain on board, or land fish, including HMS, in areas under the jurisdiction of a nation other than the United States without authorization by such nation to do so, as provided in § 300.214(a)(1) and (b)(1).\n(e) Operate a fishing vessel in violation of, or fail to ensure the vessel crew complies with, the applicable national laws of a member of the Commission other than the United States, including any laws related to carrying vessel observers or the operation of VMS units, as provided in § 300.214(a)(2) and (b)(2).\n(f) Fail to carry, allow on board, or assist a WCPFC observer as required in § 300.215.\n(g) Assault, obstruct, resist, delay, refuse boarding to, intimidate, harass, or interfere with a WCPFC observer, or attempt to do any of the same, or fail to provide a WCPFC observer with food, accommodation or medical facilities, as required in § 300.215.\n(h) Offload, receive, or load fish from a purse seine vessel at sea in the Convention Area, in contravention of § 300.216.\n(i) Fail to mark a fishing vessel or a boat, skiff, or other watercraft on board the fishing vessel as required in § 300.217, or remove, obscure, or obstruct such markings, or attempt to do so.\n(j) Fail to maintain and report catch and effort information or transshipment information as required in § 300.218.\n(k) Fail to install, activate, or operate a VMS unit as required in § 300.219(c).\n(l) In the event of VMS unit failure or interruption, fail to repair or replace a VMS unit, fail to notify the SAC and follow the instructions provided, or otherwise fail to act as provided in § 300.219(c)(4).\n(m) Disable, destroy, damage or operate improperly a VMS unit installed under § 300.219, or attempt to do any of the same, or fail to ensure that its operation is not impeded or interfered with, as provided in § 300.219(e).\n(n) Fail to make a VMS unit installed under § 300.219 or the position data obtained from it available for inspection, as provided in § 300.219(f) and (g).\n(o) Fail to carry on board and monitor communication devices as required in § 300.219(h).\n(p) Fail to carry on board and make available the required vessel documentation and authorizations as required in § 300.221(a)(1).\n(q) Fail to continuously monitor the specified radio frequencies as required in § 300.221(a)(2).\n(r) Fail to carry on board, and keep accessible, an up-to-date copy of the International Code of Signals as required in § 300.221(a)(3).\n(s) Fail to provide access to, or fail to allow and assist, a WCPFC transshipment monitor as required in § 300.221(a)(4).\n(t) Fail to comply with the instructions of, or fail to accept and facilitate prompt and safe boarding by, a WCPFC inspector, or fail to cooperate and assist a WCPFC inspector in the inspection of a fishing vessel, as provided in § 300.221(b).\n(u) Fail to stow fishing gear or fishing equipment as required in § 300.221(c).\n(v) Use a fishing vessel equipped with purse seine gear to fish in an area closed to purse seine fishing under § 300.223(a).\n(w) Set a purse seine around, near or in association with a FAD or a vessel, deploy, activate, or service a FAD, or use lights in contravention of § 300.223(b).\n(x) Discard fish at sea in the Convention Area in contravention of § 300.223(d).\n(y) Fail to comply with the sea turtle mitigation gear and handling requirements of § 300.223(f).\n(z) Use a fishing vessel to retain on board, transship, or land bigeye tuna captured by longline gear in the Convention Area or to fish in contravention of § 300.224(f)(1) or (f)(2).\n(aa) Use a fishing vessel to fish in the Pacific Ocean using longline gear both inside and outside the Convention Area on the same fishing trip in contravention of § 300.224(f)(3).\n(bb) Fail to stow longline gear as required in § 300.224(f)(4).\n(cc) Fail to carry on board a WCPFC observer during a transshipment at sea, as required in § 300.215(d).\n(dd) Offload, receive, or load fish caught in the Convention Area from a purse seine vessel at sea in contravention of § 300.216.\n(ee) Fail to ensure that a WCPFC observer is on board at least one of the vessels involved in the transshipment for the duration of the transshipment in contravention of § 300.216(b)(2)(i), except as specified at § 300.216(b)(4).\n(ff) Receive transshipments from more than one fishing vessel at a time in contravention of § 300.216(b)(2)(ii), except as specified at § 300.216(b)(4).\n(gg) Transship to or from another vessel, in contravention of § 300.216(b)(3)(i), except as specified at § 300.216(b)(4).\n(hh) Provide bunkering, receive bunkering, or exchange supplies or provisions with another vessel, in contravention of § 300.216(b)(3)(ii).\n(ii) Engage in net sharing except as specified under § 300.216(c).\n(jj) Fail to submit, or ensure submission of, a transshipment report as required in § 300.218(b), except as specified under § 300.218(c).\n(kk) Fail to submit, or ensure submission of, a transshipment notice as required in § 300.218(d).\n(ll) Transship more than 24 nautical miles from the location indicated in the transshipment notice, in contravention of § 300.218(d)(3).\n(mm) Fail to submit, or ensure submission of, a discard report as required in § 300.218(e).\n(nn) Fail to submit, or ensure submission of, a net sharing report as required in § 300.218(f).\n(oo) Transship in the Eastern High Seas Special Management Area in contravention of § 300.225.\n(pp) Fail to submit, or ensure submission of, a daily purse seine fishing effort report as required in § 300.218(g).\n(qq) Fail to submit, or ensure submission of, a whale shark encirclement report as required in § 300.218(h).\n(rr) Set or attempt to set a purse seine on or around a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in contravention of § 300.223(g).\n(ss) Fail to release a whale shark encircled in a purse seine net of a fishing vessel as required in § 300.223(h).\n(tt) Use a fishing vessel to retain on board, transship, store, or land any part or whole carcass of an oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) or silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) in contravention of § 300.226(a).\n(uu) Fail to release an oceanic whitetip shark or silky shark as required in § 300.226(b).\n(vv) Fail to obtain an IMO number for a fishing vessel as required in § 300.217(c).\n(ww) Fail to carry an observer as required in § 300.223(e).\n(xx) Fail to comply with any of the limits, restrictions, prohibitions, or requirements specified under § 300.227.\n(yy) Fail to comply with the requirements of any temporary specification issued under § 300.228.\n(zz) Fail to comply with the observer safety requirements in § 300.215(f).\n(aaa) Fail to provide pre-trip notification per requirements in § 300.215(b).\n(bbb) Fail to comply with the FAD design requirements in § 300.223(b)(4).\n(ccc) Fail to comply with the requirements of any exemption under § 300.226(e).\n(ddd) Fail to comply with any of the restrictions, prohibitions or requirements specified in § 300.229.\n(eee) Fail to comply with the handling and release requirements in § 300.230.","path":["Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries","CHAPTER III—INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","PART 300—INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS","Subpart O—Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory 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