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# 52011PC0330

**Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean /* COM/2011/0330 final - COD 2011/0144 */**

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

At its Annual Meeting in 2010, ICCAT
adopted a Recommendation amending the recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

In order to rebuild the stock, the ICCAT
recovery plan was modified to provide for a further reduction of the TAC, to
strengthen measures to reduce the fishing capacity and to reinforce the control measures, particularly as regards the transfer
and the caging operations. These measures are aimed to ensure the effectiveness
of the plan with the goal of achieving Bmsy, with at least 60 % probability.

The Community has been a Party to ICCAT since
1997 and the Recommendations become binding on
Contracting Parties which do not object to them. As a Contracting Party to this organisation, the European Union has
a responsibility to apply Recommendations adopted to which it has raised no
objections.

The purpose of this proposal is to
transpose into Union law the ICCAT recommendation modifying the recovery plan
for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

The proposal has no implications for the
Union budget.

The legal basis is Article 43(2) of the Treaty on
the Functioning of the European Union.

The European Parliament and the Council are
hereby requested to adopt this proposal as soon as possible.

2011/0144 (COD)

Proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Regulation (EC) No 302/2009
concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic
and Mediterranean

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning
of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European
Commission[1] ,

Having regard to the opinion of the
Economic and Social Committee,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary
legislative procedure

Whereas:

(1)
The International Commission for the Conservation
of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has adopted a Recommendation 10-04 amending the multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna. In order to rebuild the stock, the recommendation provides for a
further reduction of the total allowable catch, for strengthening measures to
reduce the fishing capacity and for reinforcing the
control measures, in particular as regards the transfer and the caging
operations.

(2)
That Recommendation is binding on the Union and should
therefore be transposed.

(3)
Certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009[2] have become obsolete and should
be deleted. Other provisions should be updated with regard to the
changes in legislation.

(4)
Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 is amended as
follows:

(1)          In Article 1, paragraph 3 is
replaced by the following:

"The objective of that recovery plan shall be
to achive a biomass corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield with greater
than 60% probability."

(2)          Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)     Point (d) is replaced by the following:

“(d) auxiliary vessel’ means any vessel used to
transport dead bluefin tuna (not processed) from a cage or a tuna trap to a
designated port and/or to a processing vessel;”

(b)     Point (h) is replaced by the following:

"(h) Transfer operations" means:

(i)      any transfer
of live bluefin tuna from the catching vessel net to the transport cage;

(ii)      any transfer of live bluefin tuna from the transport cage to
another transport cage;

(iii)     any transfer of the cage with bluefin tuna from a towing vessel to
another towing vessel;

(iv)     any transfer of dead bluefin tuna from the
transport cage to an auxiliary vessel;

(v)     any transfer from a bluefin tuna farm or a tuna
trap to a processing vessel, transport vessel, or transfer of cage containing bluefin tuna from
one farm to another;

(vi)     any transfer of live bluefin tuna from
the trap to the transport cage.”

(c)     Point (l) is replaced by the following:

(l) "farming" means the caging of
bluefin tuna for a period longer than six months, aimed at increasing the
biomass;”.

(d)     Point (q) is added:

"(q)    "responsible Member State"
and "Member State responsible for" mean the flag Member State or the
Member State under whose jurisdiction the trap or farm is located or, if
the farm or trap is located on the high seas, the Member State where the trap
or farm operator is established".

(3)          Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a)     Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

"4. No later than 15
September each year, Member States shall transmit to the Commission the
provisional annual fishing plan related to the following year. The Commission
shall transmit the Union fishing plan to the ICCAT Secretariat for endorsement
by ICCAT.

No later than 31 January each year, the final
annual fishing plan shall be transmitted by Member States to the Commission.
The Commission shall transmit the Union fishing plan to the ICCAT Secretariat
by 1 March each year."

(b)     Paragraphs 12 and 14 are deleted.

(4)          Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a)     Paragraph 7 is replaced by the following:

"7. Without prejudice to paragraph 6, the
fishing capacity referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 and Article 9 shall be
reduced, so as to eliminate:

(a)     by the beginning of 2010 for each Member
State at least 25 % of the discrepancy between its fishing capacity and its
fishing capacity commensurate with its quota;

(b)     by the beginning of 2011 for each Member
State at least 75 % of the discrepancy between its fishing capacity and its
fishing capacity commensurate with its quota;

(c)     by the beginning of 2012 for each Member
State at least 95 % of the discrepancy between its fishing capacity and its
fishing capacity commensurate with its quota;

(d)     by the beginning of 2013 for each Member
State 100 % of the discrepancy between its fishing capacity and its fishing
capacity commensurate with its quota.

The calculation of the fishing capacity reduction
shall be based on the catch rates for categories of vessels estimated by the
ICCAT Scientific Committee.

This reduction requirement shall not apply to a
Member State which demonstrates that its fishing capacity is commensurate with
its quota."

(b)     Paragraph 9 is replaced by the following

"9. Each Member State shall establish a
management plan of fishing capacity over 2010-2013. That plan shall be
submitted to the Commission by 15 August 2009, and shall include the
information referred to in paragraphs 2, 4, 6 and 7. Furthermore the plan shall
include detailed information regarding the ways used by the Member State to
eliminate overcapacity in addition to scrapping. If necessary, the plan shall be revised and submitted on an annual basis to the Commission
by 15 August each year.

The Commission shall submit the Union
management plan of fishing capacity to ICCAT for
discussion and approval."

(5)          Article 7 is amended as follows:

(a)     Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

"2.      Purse seine fishing for bluefin tuna
shall be prohibited in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean during the period
from 15 June to15 May".

(b)     Paragraph 6 is deleted.

(6)          In Article 14, paragraph 2, the
following subparagraph is added:

“No retroactive inclusion of a fishing vessel in
the lists referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accepted."

(7)          In Article 18, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:

"1.In addition to
complying with Article 14, 15, 23 and 24 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1224/2009of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for
ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy[3] , the master of a Community
catching vessel shall enter in the logbook, if applicable, the information
listed in Annex II."

(8)          In Article 19, paragraph 1, the
following subparagraph is added:

"Joint fishing operations with other CPCs
shall not be permitted."

(9)          Article 22 is replaced by the
following:

"Article 22

Transfer operations

1.       Before any transfer operation, the master of a catching or towing vessel
or the operator of the farm or trap where the transfer in question originates
shall send to the competent authorities of the respective responsible Member
State a prior transfer notification indicating:

a)      name of the catching vessel, farm or
trap and ICCAT number record;

b)      estimated time of transfer;

c)      estimate of quantity of bluefin tuna
to be transferred;

d)      information on the position
(latitude/longitude) where the transfer will take place and identifiable cage
numbers;

e)      name of the receiving towing vessel,
number of cages towed and ICCAT number record where appropriate;

f)       port, farm or cage of destination of
the bluefin tuna.

2.       The responsible Member State shall assign and communicate to the master of the
fishing vessel, the trap operator or the farm operator, as appropriate, an
authorisation number for each transfer operation. The transfer operation shall
not begin without a prior authorisation.

The authorisation shall be issued in accordance
with an unique numbering system that includes the three letters of the CPCs
code, four numbers showing the year and three letters indicating the
authorisation (AUT) followed by sequential numbers, by the authorities of the
responsible Member State. If the authorisation is refused, AUT shall be
replaced by NEG (non-authorisation).

The responsible Member State shall communicate
the authorisation or non authorisation within 48 hours following the submission
of the prior transfer notification. It shall not authorise the transfer if it
considers on receipt of the prior transfer notification, that:

a)      the catching vessel or the trap
declared to have caught the fish does not have sufficient quota;

b)      the quantity of fish has not been duly
reported by the catching vessel or trap or had not been authorised to be caged
and not taken into account for the consumption of the quota that may be
applicable;

c)      the catching vessel declared to have
caught the fish is not authorised to fish for bluefin tuna, or

d)      the tug vessel declared to receive the
transfer of fish is not registered in the ICCAT "record of all other
fishing vessels" referred to in Article 14 or is not equipped with a
Vessel Monitoring System.

In case the transfer is not authorised:

a)      the Member State responsible for the
catching vessel shall issue a release order and inform the master of the
catching vessel that the transfer is not authorised and to proceed to the
release of the fish into the sea;

b)      the captain of the
catching vessel, the farm operator or the trap operator, as appropriate, shall
release the fish into the sea ;

c)      the release of
bluefin tuna into the sea shall be recorded by video camera and observed by an
ICCAT regional observer who shall draft and submit a report together with the
video recording to the ICCAT Secretariat.

3.       The master of a catching or towing vessel, the trap operator or the farm
operator, shall complete and transmit to the competent authorities of the
responsible Member State, at the end of the transfer operation, the ICCAT
transfer declaration, in accordance with the format set out in Annex VIIIa.

Transfer declaration forms shall be numbered by
the authorities of the Member State responsible for the vessel, farm or trap
from where this transfer originates. The numbering system shall include the 3
letters CPCs code, followed by 4 numbers showing the year and 3 sequential
numbers followed by the 3 letters ITD (CPC-20**/xxx/ITD).

The original transfer declaration
shall accompany the transfer of fish. A copy of the declaration shall be kept
by the master of the catching vessel, the trap operator, the master of the
towing vessel or the farm operator.

4.       Masters of vessels carrying out
transfer operations (including towing vessels), shall report on their daily log
the weight and number of fish transferred, as well as the catching vessel name,
flag and ICCAT number, the name of the other vessel(s) involved and their ICCAT
number, the date and position of transfer and the farm of destination. The
daily log shall contain the details of all transfers carried out during the
fishing season. The daily log shall be kept on board and be accessible at any
time for control purposes.

5.       The authorisation for transfer by the
responsible Member State shall not prejudge the authorisation of the caging
operation.

6.       The master of the catching vessel, the
farm operator or the trap operator, that transfers bluefin tuna shall ensure
that the transfer activities be monitored by video camera in the water.

Each video record of the
transfers shall be produced in two copies. One copy shall be transmitted to the
regional observer and one to the CPC observer, or national observer where
applicable, aboard the towing vessel. The copy transmitted to the CPC
observer(s) shall accompany the transfer declaration and the associated catches
to which it relates. At the beginning and/or end of each video, the ICCAT
transfer declaration number must be displayed. The time and the date of the
video shall be continuously displayed throughout each video record. The Member
States shall provide copies of video records to the ICCAT Scientific Committee
upon request by the Commission.

7.       The ICCAT regional observer on board
the catching vessel, as referred to in the ICCAT Regional Observer Programme
set out in Annex VII, shall record and report upon the transfer activities
carried out, verify the position of the catching vessel when engaged in
transfer operation, observe and estimate catches transferred and verify entries
made in the prior transfer authorisation as referred to in paragraph 2 and in
the ICCAT transfer declaration as referred to in paragraph 3.

In cases where the estimation by the regional
observer is at least 10% higher by number and/or average weight than declared
by the master of the catching vessel, an investigation shall be initiated by
the Member State responsible for the catching vessel and concluded prior to the time of caging at
the farm. Pending the results of this investigation, caging shall not be
authorized and the catching section of the Bluefin tuna catch document shall
not be validated.

8.       The ICCAT regional observer shall sign
with clearly written name and ICCAT number the ICCAT transfer declaration and
shall verify that the ICCAT transfer declaration is properly filled and
transmitted to the master of the tug vessel.

The tuna trap operator shall complete and send
to the competent authorities of its Member State the ICCAT transfer declaration
at the end of the transfer operation to the fishing vessel, in accordance with
the format set out in Annex IV.”

(10)        Article 24 is replaced by the following:

"Article 24

Caging operations

1.       The Member State responsible for the
farm shall submit within one week of the completion of the caging operation a
caging report, validated by an observer, to the Member State or CPC whose flag
vessels have fished the tuna and to the Commission. The Commission shall
promptly forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat. This report shall
contain the information included in the caging declaration as set out in the
ICCAT Recommendation [06-07] on bluefin tuna farming.

2.       Before any caging operation, the
responsible Member State or the flag CPC of the catching vessel shall be
informed by the competent authority of the Member State responsible for the
farm of the caging of quantities caught by catching vessels flying its flag.

3.       The Member State responsible for the
catching vessel shall request the Member State, or CPC, responsible for the
farm to proceed to the seizure of the catches and the release of the fish into
the sea, in accordance with the procedure described in Article 22 (2), if it
considers on receipt of that information that:

a)      the catching vessel declared to have
caught the fish had insufficient individual quota for bluefin tuna put into the
cage;

b)      the quantity of fish has not been duly
reported by the catching vessel and not taken into account for the calculation
of the quota applicable;

c)      the catching vessel declared to have
caught the fish is not authorised to fish for bluefin tuna.

4.       The caging operation shall not begin
without the prior authorisation of the flag CPC or Member State responsible for
the catching vessel.

Bluefin tuna shall be caged
before 31 July unless the Member State, or CPC, responsible for the farm receiving the fish
provides valid reasons including force majeure, which shall accompany the
caging report when submitted.

5.       The Member State responsible for the
farm shall take the necessary measures to prohibit placing in cages for farming
or fattening bluefin tuna that are not accompanied by accurate, complete and
validated documentation required by ICCAT including those required by this
Regulation and Regulation (EU) No 640/2010 of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 7 July 2010 establishing a catch documentation programme
for bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus and amending Council Regulation (EC)
No 1984/2003[4].

6.       The caging authorisation
shall be granted or refused by the responsible Member State, or CPC, as appropriate, within 48 hours
following the submission of the information referred to in paragraph 3. In case
the caging is not authorized, the Member State, or CPC, responsible for the
catching vessel shall issue a release order to the Member State, or CPC,
responsible for the towing vessel and/or to the Member State, or CPC,
responsible for the farm, as appropriate, according to the procedures laid down
in Article 22 (2).

7.       The Member State responsible for the
farm shall ensure that caging activities shall be monitored by video camera in the water.

One video record shall be
produced for each caging operation. At the beginning or end of each video, the
ICCAT transfer declaration number shall be displayed. The time and the date of
the video shall be continuously displayed throughout each video record.

8.       In cases where there is more than a 10% difference either by average weight and/or
number between the estimate by the regional observer and the farm operator an
investigation shall be initiated by the Member State responsible for the farm
in cooperation with the flag State of the catching vessel. That difference
shall be calculated by number and/or average weight. Pending the results of
this investigation, harvesting shall not take place and the farming section of
the bluefin tuna catch document shall not be validated.

If the investigation is not concluded within 10
working days or if the outcome of the investigation indicates that the number
and or average weight of bluefin tuna is in excess of 10% of that declared by
the farm operator, the flag CPC or Member State responsible for the catching
vessel shall issue a release order for the quantities in excess.

The Member State responsible for the farm shall ensure that the release order
is carried out by the farm operator within 48 hours following the arrival of a
regional observer. The release shall be carried out in accordance to the
procedures laid down in Article 22(2).

In the event that the final estimation at the time of caging in the farm is
greater than the final estimation at the time of first transfer from the
catching vessel, the Member State, or CPC, responsible
for the catching vessel shall decide on the final quota
uptake that they shall validate in the bluefin tuna catch document(s)
concerned.

9.       Member States shall initiate pilot
studies on how to better estimate both the number and weight of bluefin tuna at
the point of capture and caging including through the use of stereoscopical
systems and report the results to the
ICCAT Scientific Committee. A sampling programme and/or an alternative
programme shall be established at the time of caging in order to improve the
counting and the weight estimations of the caged fish.”

(11)        In Article 25(1) the following
subparagraphs are added:

“The transmission of VMS data by fishing vessels included in the "ICCAT bluefin
tuna record of catching vessels" to ICCAT shall start at least 15 days
before the opening of the fishing seasons and shall continue at least 15 days
after the closure of the fishing seasons unless a request is sent in advance to
the Commission for the vessel to be removed from the ICCAT record of vessels.

For control purposes, the transmission of VMS data from fishing vessels
authorised to fish bluefin tuna shall not be interrupted when vessels are in
port unless there is a system of hailing in and out of port.

Fishing vessels included in the "ICCAT bluefin tuna record of other
vessels" shall transmit VMS data to ICCAT throughout the whole period of
authorization”.

(12)        Article 26 is replaced by the
following:

"Article 26

Recording and reporting of trap
activities

“1.     Catches by trap shall be recorded after
the end of every fishing operation in tuna traps and shall be transmitted,
together with the estimated quantities remaining in the trap, by electronic
means or other means within 48 hours of the end of every fishing operation to
the competent authority of the Member State responsible for the trap.

2.       Each
Member State shall, upon receipt, forward the catch record, together with the
estimated quantities remaining in the trap, by electronic means to the
Commission. The Commission shall promptly forward the information to the ICCAT
Secretariat.”

(13)        In article 29, paragraph 2, the
following subparagraph is added:

“When at any time, more than 15 fishing vessels of a Member State are
engaged in bluefin tuna fishing activities in the ICCAT Convention area, that
Member State shall, during that time have an inspection vessel in the
Convention area, or shall cooperate with another Member State or CPC to jointly
operate an inspection vessel.”

(14)        In Article 30, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:

"1. Each
Member State shall ensure national observer coverage on vessels active in the
bluefin tuna fishery for at least:

a)      100 % of its active purse seine
catching vessels equal or less than 24 m in 2011;

b)      100 % of its active purse seine
catching vessels equal or less than 20 m in 2012;

c)      20 % of its active pelagic trawlers
(over 15 m);

d)      20 % of its active longline catching
vessels (over 15 m);

e)      20 % of its active baitboats (over 15
m);

f)       100 % of its tuna traps during the
harvesting process;

g)      100 % of its towing vessels.”

(15)        Article 31 is amended as follows:

(a)     Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

“1. Each Member State shall ensure an ICCAT
Regional observer presence on:

a)      all purse seine vessels over 24 m
during all the 2011 fishing season;

b)      all purse seiner vessels over 20 m
during the 2012 fishing season;

c)      all purse seine vessels irrespective
of their length during all the fishing season from 2013 onward.

Purse seine vessels referred to in (a), (b) and
(c) without an ICCAT regional observer shall not be authorised to fish or to
operate in the bluefin tuna fishery.”

(b)     In paragraph 2 the following subparagraph
is added:

“In case that bluefin tuna is harvested from
the cage and traded as fresh products the regional observer that observes the
harvest may be a national of the Member State responsible for the farm.”

(16)        Article 32 is replaced by the
following:

"Article 32

Access to video records

1.       Each Member State shall ensure that
the video records referred in Articles 22 (6) and 24 (7), are made available to
the ICCAT inspectors and observers.

2.       Each Member State responsible for a
farm shall ensure that the video records referred in Articles 22 (6) and 24
(7), are made available to Union inspectors and observers.

3.       Each Member State shall take the
necessary measures to avoid any replacement, edition or manipulation of the
original video record.”

(17)        The following Article 33a is
inserted:

"Article 33a

Transmission of the Union inspection
plan to the ICCAT

No later than 15 September each year, Member
States shall transmit to the Commission their inspection plan for the following
year. The Commission shall transmit the Union inspection plan to the ICCAT
Secretariat for endorsement by the ICCAT."

(18)        In Article 34, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:

"1.      Domestic trade, landing, imports,
exports, placing in the in cages for fattening or farming, re-exports and
transhipments of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna that are not
accompanied by accurate, complete and validated documentation required by this
Regulation and by Regulation (EU) No 640/2010 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 7 July 2010 establishing a catch documentation
programme for bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus and amending Council
Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003[5]
shall be prohibited”

(19)        Annex III is replaced by the text in
Annex I to this Regulation.

(20)        Annex VI is amended as follows:

(a)     In paragraph 1, the following point q)
is added:

“q) transhipment at sea”.

(b)     Paragraph 2 is
replaced by the following:

“2.     In the case of any boarding and
inspection of a fishing vessel during which the authorized inspectors observe
an activity or condition that would constitute a serious violation, as defined
in paragraph 1, the authorities of the flag State of the inspection vessels
shall immediately notify the flag State of the fishing vessel, directly as well
as through the ICCAT Secretariat. In such situations the inspector shall, where
possible, also inform the competent authorities of the flag State of the
fishing vessel, as notified to the ICCAT Secretariat, and any inspection ship
of the flag State of the fishing vessel known to be in the vicinity.

ICCAT
inspectors shall register the inspections undertaken and the
infringements detected (if any) in the fishing vessel logbook.”

(c)     in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3
the word “immediately” is replaced by “within 72 hours”;

(d)     Paragraph 7 is replaced by
the following:

“7. Subject
to the arrangements agreed under paragraph 12 of this Annex, a vessel employed
for the time being in fishing for tuna or tuna-like fishes in the Convention
area outside the waters within its national jurisdiction shall stop when given
the appropriate signal in the International Code of Signals by a ship carrying
an inspector unless it is actually carrying out fishing operations, in which
case it shall stop immediately once it has finished such operations. The master
of the vessel shall permit the inspector, who may be accompanied by a witness,
to board it and in this respect must provide a boarding ladder. The master
shall enable the inspector to make such examination of catch or gear and any
relevant documents as the inspector deems necessary to verify the observance of
the ICCAT Commission’s recommendations in force in relation to the flag State
of the vessel concerned and the inspector may ask for any explanations deemed
necessary.

An inspector party shall
consist of a maximum of two ICCAT inspectors unless additional inspectors are
warranted by circumstances. An assistant can accompany the inspector party for
trainee purposes only.”

(21)        In Annex VII, paragraph 1 is deleted.

(22)        The text in Annex II to this
Regulation is inserted as Annex VIIIa

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the
seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its
entirety and directly applicable in all Member States

Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament                       For
the Council

The President                                                 The
President

Annex I

"Annex III

Document No.                                                                     ICCAT
Transhipment Declaration

Carrier vessel Name of vessel and radio call sign: Flag: Flag State authorization No. National Register No. ICCAT Register No. IMO No. || || Fishing Vessel Name of the vessel and radio call sign, Flag: Flag State authorization No. National register No. ICCAT Register No. External identification: Fishing logbook sheet No. || Final destination: Port Country State: ||

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Day          Month     Hour
Year                |2_|0_|__|__|           F.V
Master’s operator name: |__________| Carrier Master’s name:                                LOCATION
OF TRANSHIPMENT

Departure |__|__|     |__|__|     |__|__| from            |__________|

Return      |__|__|     |__|__|     |__|__|     to             |__________|          Signature:| __________|          Signature: |__________|

Tranship. |__|__|     |__|__|     |__|__|     |__________|

For transhipment, indicate the weight in kilograms or
the unit used (e.g. box, basket) and the landed weight in kilograms of this
unit: |___|
kilograms.

Port || Sea Lat. Long. || Species || Number of unit of fishes || Type of Product Live || Type of Product Whole || Type of Product Gutted || Type of Product Head off || Type of Product Filleted || Type of Product || Further transhipments Date: |__________| Place/Position: |__________| Authorization CP No. Transfer vessel Master signature: Name of receiver vessel: Flag ICCAT Register No. IMO No. Master’s signature Date: |__________|Place/Position: |__________| Authorization CP No. Transfer vessel Master’s signature: Name of receiver vessel: Flag ICCAT Register No. IMO No. Master’s signature

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ICCAT Observer signature (if applicable).

Obligations in case of transhipment:

1.        The original of the transhipment
declaration must be provided to the recipient vessel (processing/transport).

2.        The copy of the transhipment declaration
must be kept by the correspondent catching vessel or trap.

3.        Further transhipping operations shall be
authorized by the relevant CP which authorized the vessel to operate.

4.        The original of the transhipment
declaration has to be kept by the recipient vessel which holds the fish, up to
the landing place.

5.        The transhipping operation shall be
recorded in the logbook of any vessel involved in the operation."

Annex II

"Annex VIIIa

Document No. ||                 ICCAT Transfer Declaration || Annex 4 ||

1 - TRANSFER OF LIVE BFT DESTINATED FOR FARMING || ||

Fishing vessel name:   Call sign: Flag: Flag State transfer authorisation no. ICCAT Register no. External identification: Fishing logbook no. JFO no. || Trap name: ICCAT Register no. || Tug vessel name: Call sign: Flag: ICCAT Register no: External identification: || Farm of destination name: ICCAT Register no:

2 - TRANSFER AFTER HARVESTING

Farm name: ICCAT Register no. || Trap name: ICCAT Register no. || Transport vessel name: Flag: ICCAT Register no. External identification: || Processing carrier vessel name: Call sign: Flag: ICCAT Register no: External identification:

3 - TRANSFER INFORMATION

Date:_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ || Place or position:                       Port:                           Lat:                               Long:

Number of individuals: || Total weight in Kg:  || Species:

Type of product:      Live  Whole  Gutted  Other (Specify):

Master of fishing vessel / trap operator / farm operator name and signature: || Master of receiver vessel (tug, processing, carrier) name and signature:

4 - TRANSFER OF DEAD FISH TO AUXILARY VESSEL

Auxiliary vessel name: || Flag: || Quantity in Kg || Number of individuals:

Date:_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ || Position:                                 Lat:                                     Long: || Port of landing:

5 - FURTHER TRANSFERS

Date:_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ || Place or position:    Port:                     Lat:                       Long:

Tug vessel name: || Call sign: || Flag: || ICCAT Register no.

Farm State transfer authorisation no: || External identification: || Master of receiver vessel name and signature:

Date:_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ || Place or position:    Port:                     Lat:                       Long:

Tug vessel name: || Call sign: || Flag: || ICCAT Register no.

Farm State transfer authorisation no: || External identification: || Master of receiver vessel name and signature:

Date:_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ || Place or position:    Port:                     Lat:                       Long:

Tug vessel name: || Call sign: || Flag: || ICCAT Register no.

Farm State transfer authorisation no: || External identification: || Master of receiver vessel name and signature:

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[1]               OJ C , , p. .

[2]               OJ L 96, 15.04.2009, p.1

[3]               OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

[4]               OJ L
194, 24.07.2010, p.1

[5]               OJ L
194, 24.07.2010, p.1