Regulation to prevent unauthorized fishing in waters of foreign States

To ensure that Belize flagged fishing vessels do not conduct unauthorized fishing in the exclusive economic zone, territorial seas, archipelagic waters (or other zone of extended fisheries jurisdiction) of any foreign state, the Registrar, may on the recommendations of the Director, make regulations– (a) requiring the recording and timely reporting of vessel position, catch of target and non-target species, fishing effort and other fisheries data; (b) requiring that owners/operators receive prior authorization from the Flag State authorizing their activity within the jurisdiction of another (c) requiring the owners, operators, charterers or masters of such vessels to provide copies of licenses and evidence that such operations are duly authorized; High Seas Fishing 37 (d) authorizing and establishing procedures for the provision of evidence to a foreign State which alleges that such a vessel has engaged in such unauthorized fishing; (e) any other regulations that may be relevant.