Submission of transshipment declaration

(1) The masters of both the transhipping and receiving vessel and the port observer and/or authorized inspector, as the case may be, shall sign and affix their seals to a final transshipment declaration that shall be submitted to the BHSFU no later than 48 hours after transshipment by the master of the transhipping vessel. (2) Where a fishing vessel, not so designated as a carrier vessel, is receiving transshipment, that vessel shall be subject to the same pre-authorization procedure by the BHSFU in order to engage in transshipment activities. data.