Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Bluefin Tuna) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 265 of 2019).

These Regulations provide that a person shall not target bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) unless he or she is authorised by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment under section 14 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 (as substituted by section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962), permitting such person, as the vessel operator of a specific vessel identified in the authorisation, to target bluefin tuna in a catch, tag and release fishery. A bluefin tuna caught alive shall not be removed from the sea but, if so removed, shall be carefully handled and returned immediately alive to the waters from which it was taken. A bluefin tuna that dies during capture shall be recorded and discarded by returning immediately to the waters from which it was taken. On return to port, the vessel operator shall immediately report to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) any discards of bluefin tuna on that trip.