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Presidential Decree to amend the National COVID-19 Pandemic National Public Health Emergency in order to provide temporary measures with respect to the transshipment activities at designated transshipment areas in the FSM (R.A. 11/2020).

Pays/Territoire
Micronésie, États Féd.
Type du document
Règlement
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Alimentation et nutrition, Pêche, Mer, Général
Mot clé
Risques Santé publique Pêche maritime Débarquement Transbordement Autorisation de pêche Mise en application Infractions/sanctions Gestion et conservation des pêches Autorisation/permis Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Vente Produits de la pêche Navigation
Aire géographique
Asie et Pacifique, Micronesie, Océanie, Petits états insulaires en développement, Pacifique Sud
Résumé

This Decree of the President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) amends the National Declaration Placing the Entire FSM under a State of National Public Health Emergency in Connection with the COVID-19 Pandemic with respect to providing temporary measures for transshipment activities. It prohibits the bartering, trade, and local sale of fish. No person is allowed to approach or contact any fishing vessel. Any violation of this decree shall be subject to penalties set by law pursuant to Section 803 of Title 11 of the FSM Code. With limited and specific exceptions, all transshipment activities in the FSM are to be carried out at sea (instead of at ports) in designated transshipment areas which are beyond three nautical miles from a given State’s baselines. These areas will be identified by the National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA), which shall also issue appropriate guidelines regulating the transshipment. 72 hours prior to transshipment activities, a notice must be provided in advance to both NORMA and the FSM Department of Justice using applicable reporting tools. Amongst these requirements include the body temperatures of all crewmembers of the fishing vessels intending to transship, taken at 24-hour intervals prior to transshipment. These intervals would occur at 72 hours, 48 hours, and 24 hours prior to transshipment. This information may be shared with the State Governments for health assessments and coordination purposes. The limited and specific exceptions mentioned include that some vessels, such as frozen longliner fishing vessels, are allowed to transship at port. However, to do so the fishing vessel must observe the 14-day quarantine at sea, and no crewmembers are allowed to disembark at port. Domestic fishing vessels—which are defined as vessels that are flagged in the FSM or have a base of operations anywhere in the Nation—are allowed to call port for repair, maintenance, and provisioning at a given port’s Anchorage area; these vessels shall remain in the Anchorage area only.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.wcpfc.int

Références - Législation

Amende

National COVID-19 Pandemic National Public Health Emergency.

Législation | Micronésie, États Féd. | 2020

Mot clé: Risques, Santé publique, Pêche maritime, Débarquement, Transbordement, Gestion et conservation des pêches, Navigation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX