Announcement of the Department of Fisheries specifying the type of fishing vessel, area and time period for which the transshipment of aquatic animals is permitted (No. 5).

These Rules, is issued by the Director-General of the Department of Fisheries under section 87 of the Fisheries Ordinance of 2015. Section 87 stipulates, among other things, that for the purposes of preventing and combatting IUU fishing, the Director-General shall have the power to prohibit transshipments at sea for certain or all vessels in the specified areas and time periods. These Rules prohibit transshipment in the area which is under the control of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) under the South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA).