15Longline weighting for seabird conservation

15 Longline weighting for seabird conservation

15.1 A person using a boat for longline fishing in: (a) any of Statistical Subareas 48.4, 48.6, 88.1 or 88.2 of the Convention Area; or (b) any of Statistical Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a, 58.4.3b or 58.5.2 in the Convention Area; must conduct a longline sink rate test under observation by a scientific observer. 15.1A However, subclause 15.1 does not apply if the boat uses: (a) an autoline system; or (b) the Spanish method of longline fishing; or (c) the trotline system exclusively (not alternating between trotlines and the Spanish method of longline fishing within the same longline). 15.2 The longline sink rate test must be conducted in accordance with 1 of the following requirements: (a) Protocol A for vessels monitoring longline sink rate with Time‑Depth Recorders (TDRs), set out in CCAMLR Conservation Measure 24‑02, and using longlines to which weights are manually attached; (b) Protocol B for vessels monitoring longline sink rate with bottle tests, set out in CCAMLR Conservation Measure 24‑02, and using longlines to which weights are manually attached; (c) Protocol C for vessel monitoring longline sink rate with either TDR or bottle tests, set out in CCAMLR Conservation Measure 24‑02, and using internally weighted longlines with integrated weight of at least 50 g/m that are designed to sink instantly and that have a linear profile at greater than 0.2 m/s with no external weights attached.