High Seas
19. The purse seine fishery on the high seas in the area bounded by 20ºN and 20ºS shall be closed to fishing on FADs between 0000 hours on 1 July and 2400 hours on 30 September. During this period all purse seine vessels without an observer from the Regional Observer Program on board will cease fishing and return directly to port. During this period, a vessel may only engage in fishing operations if the vessel carries on board an observer from the Regional Observer Program to monitor that at no time does the vessel deploy or service any FAD or associated electronic devices or fish on schools in association with FADs.