Announcement of the Department of Fisheries determining the format of Marine Catch Purchasing Documents and procedures for submitting reports on transactions in aquatic animals.

This Announcement, issued by the Director-General of the Department of Fisheries under paragraph 3 of section 86 of the Fisheries Ordinance of 2015 determines the format for Marine Catch Purchasing Document (MCPD). The owner of a fishing port or a fish marketing enterprise shall make a register of transactions in fish in the fish trading book. Section 86 stipulates that, subject to section 87, no fishing vessel engaged in commercial fishing shall transship or land aquatic animals at any fishing port other than a fishing port registered pursuant to section 84 or at a site that is a fish market, as designated by Notification of the Director General. The Notification of the Director-General may also specify the fishing vessel size that is allowed to transship or land aquatic animals at particular ports. The owner of a fishing port or a fish market enterprise pursuant to paragraph one shall prepare a marine catch purchasing document in accordance with the form and particulars prescribed by the Director-General.