In addition to the prohibitions in Sec. 300.4, it is unlawful for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to:
(a) Land any species of tuna during the closed season for that species in excess of the amount allowed by the Regional Administrator.
(b) Fish on floating objects in the Convention Area using any gear type specified by the Regional Administrator's notification of closure issued under Sec. 300.25.
(c) Use tender vessels in the Convention Area.
(d) Transship purse seine-caught tuna at sea within the Convention Area.
(e) Fail to retain any bigeye, skipjack, or yellowfin tuna caught by a fishing vessel of the United States of class size 4-6 using purse seine gear in the Convention Area as required under Sec. 300.25(e)(1).
(f) When using purse seine gear to fish for tuna in the Convention Area, fail to release any non-tuna species as soon as practicable after being identified on board the vessel during the brailing operation.
(g) Land any non-tuna fish species taken in a purse seine set in the Convention Area.
(h) Fail to use the sea turtle handling, release, and resuscitation procedures in Sec. 300.25(e).
(i) Fail to report information when requested by the Regional Administrator under Sec. 300.22.
(j) Fail to provide written notification as described under Sec. 300.22(b)(8) to the Regional Administrator at least 10 business days prior to submission of an application to transfer a purse seine vessel listed on the Vessel Register to foreign registry and flag, unless transfer of the vessel requires approval by the U.S. Maritime Administration.
(k) Use a fishing vessel over 24 meters in length to retain on board, transship, or land bigeye tuna captured by longline gear in the Convention Area or to fish in contravention of Sec. 300.25(b)(4)(i) or (ii).
(l) Use a fishing vessel over 24 meters in length to fish in the Pacific Ocean using longline gear both inside and outside the Convention Area on the same fishing trip in contravention of Sec. 300.25(b)(4)(iii).
(m) Fail to stow gear as required in Sec. 300.25(b)(4)(iv) or (f)(7).
(n) Use a fishing vessel of class size 4-6 to fish with purse seine gear in the Convention Area in contravention of Sec. 300.25(f)(1), (f)(2), (f)(5), or (6).
(o) Use a U.S. longline or purse seine fishing vessel used to fish for HMS within one nautical mile of an anchored data buoy while the fishing vessel is in the Convention Area in contravention of Sec. 300.25(g)(1).
(p) Use a U.S. fishing vessel used for fishing for HMS, or any gear, equipment, or watercraft deployed by such a fishing vessel, to interact with a data buoy in the Convention Area in contravention of Sec. 300.25(g)(2).
(q) Remove from the water a data buoy and place it on board or tow a data buoy with a U.S. fishing vessel used for fishing for HMS while the vessel is in the Convention Area without authorization by the owner of the data buoy or the owner's authorized representative in contravention of Sec. 300.25(g)(3).
(r) In the event of an entanglement of a data buoy with a U.S. fishing vessel, or its fishing gear, equipment, or associated watercraft, used for fishing for HMS in the Convention Area, fail to promptly remove the data buoy with as little damage to the data buoy and its mooring and anchor lines as possible, in contravention of Sec. 300.25(g)(4).
(s) Fail to take all reasonable measures to avoid fishing gear entanglement or interaction with drifting data buoys in contravention of Sec. 300.25(g)(5).
(t) Use a U.S. fishing vessel to fish for HMS in the Convention Area and retain onboard, transship, land, store, sell, or offer for sale any part or whole carcass of an oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) or fail to release unharmed, to the extent practicable, all oceanic whitetip sharks when brought alongside the vessel in contravention of Sec. 300.25(e)(4).
(u) Use a United States commercial fishing vessel in the Convention Area to target, retain on board, transship or land Pacific bluefin tuna in contravention of Sec. 300.25(h)(3) and (5).
(v) Fail to maintain, submit, or ensure submission of a log that includes all the information required in Sec. 300.22(a).
(w) Set or attempt to set a purse seine on or around a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in contravention of Sec. 300.25(e)(5).
(x) Fail to release a whale shark encircled in a purse seine net of a fishing vessel as required in Sec. 300.25(e)(6). [61 FR 35550, July 5, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 29133, May 28, 1999; 64 FR 44430, Aug. 16, 1999; 66 FR 49320, Sept. 27, 2001. Redesignated and amended at 69 FR 67277, Nov. 17, 2004; 74 FR 1620, Jan. 13, 2009; 74 FR 61051, Nov. 23, 2009; 76 FR 68337, Nov. 4, 2011; 76 FR 68337, Nov. 4, 2011; 78 FR 33243, June 4, 2013; 79 FR 28451, May 16, 2014; 79 FR 56018, Sept. 18, 2014; 80 FR 38989, July 8, 2015]