(1) The Director may establish and operate vessel monitoring systems for the purpose of monitoring the compliance of fishing vessels with this Act.

(2) The Director shall require as a condition of any licence issued for the purpose of fishing for tuna or tuna-like species, and may require for other purposes within the scope of this Act, that the operator of the licensed vessel supply, install, maintain and operate, in accordance with any specifications as may be prescribed or as may be required under an international agreement - (al a specified mobile transceiver unit:, or (b) another device that forms an integral part of a vessel monitoring system; or (e) both such items in paragraphs (a) and (b).

(3) If a mobile transceiver unit stops working, the operator of the licensed vessel on which it is installed shall immediately - (a) notify the Director that the mobile transceiver unit has stopped working; and (b) proceed to do the following: (i) commence submission of manual reports to the Director, every 4 hours, or at such intervals as the Director requires, giving the vessel's name, call sign, position (expressed in latitude and longitude to the minutes of arc), and the date and time of the report; and (ii) cause the vessel to cease fishing and travel to the nearest suitable port within Solomon Islands or such other port as is approved by the Director.

(4) An operator who fails to comply with subsection (3) or a condition required under subsection (2) commits an offense and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding the maximum amount described in the First Schedule: or imprisonment to a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both.

(5) Any person who, without lawful excuse, renders inoperative or otherwise interferes or tampers with a mobile transceiver unit so that it does not operate automatically or accurately or in accordance with any licence conditions commits an offense and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding the maximum amount described in the First Schedule or imprisonment to a term not exceeding 3 years, or to both.

(1) The operator of a licensed fishing vessel must: (a) supply an mobile transceiver unit which is approved by and duly registered with the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency; and (b) have an authorised installer install and seal the approved mobile transceiver unit. (2) The mobile transceiver unit must be switched on and must be reporting normally and automatically to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Vessel Monitoring System at all times while in fisheries waters and for Solomon Islands fishing vessels beyond fisheries waters. (3) The mobile transceiver unit must not be moved or removed from the agreed installed position.

(1) A licensed fishing vessel upon entry into a designated port must be inspected by an authorised officer. (2) An authorised officer must require from the licensed fishing vessel an inwards port clearance and complete the necessary documentation.

(1) Under section 68 and section 33, an authorised officer, when examining a fish or fish product at a fish product processing, storage or export facility, must: (a) specify the fisheries resources being exported; (b) specify weight of the fisheries resources being exported; (c) specify quantity of fisheries resources being exported; (d) specify measurement including size and length of targeted fish product; and (e) specify quality of fish product, (2) Following an examination under sub-regulation (1), an authorised officer must submit a completed inspection and clearance form set out in Schedule 1 to the Director.