Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00591:schedule:2:p30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00591
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 30/32)
Character Range: 611043–614168

such other cooperative mechanisms as may be agreed among them;

 (d) States should agree, within the framework of subregional or regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, or otherwise, on the specification of data and the format in which they are to be provided, in accordance with this Annex and taking into account the nature of the stocks and the fisheries for those stocks in the region. Such organizations or arrangements should request non‑members or non‑participants to provide data concerning relevant fishing activities by vessels flying their flag;

 (e) such organizations or arrangements shall compile data and make them available in a timely manner and in an agreed format to all interested States under the terms and conditions established by the organization or arrangement; and

 (f) scientists of the flag State and from the relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement should analyse the data separately or jointly, as appropriate.

Article 3

Basic fishery data

1. States shall collect and make available to the relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement the following types of data in sufficient detail to facilitate effective stock assessment in accordance with agreed procedures:

 (a) time series of catch and effort statistics by fishery and fleet;

 (b) total catch in number, nominal weight, or both, by species (both target and non‑target) as is appropriate to each fishery. [Nominal weight is defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as the live‑weight equivalent of the landings];

 (c) discard statistics, including estimates where necessary, reported as number or nominal weight by species, as is appropriate to each fishery;

 (d) effort statistics appropriate to each fishing method; and

 (e) fishing location, date and time fished and other statistics on fishing operations as appropriate.

2. States shall also collect where appropriate and provide to the relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement information to support stock assessment, including:

 (a) composition of the catch according to length, weight and sex;

 (b) other biological information supporting stock assessments such as information on age, growth, recruitment, distribution and stock identity; and

 (c) other relevant research, including surveys of abundance, biomass surveys, hydro‑acoustic surveys, research on environmental factors affecting stock abundance, and oceanographic and ecological studies.

Article 4

Vessel data and information

1. States should collect the following types of vessel‑related data for standardizing fleet composition and vessel fishing power and for converting between different measures of effort in the analysis of catch and effort data:

 (a) vessel identification, flag and port of registry;

 (b) vessel type;

 (c) vessel specifications (e.g., material of construction, date built, registered length, gross registered tonnage, power of main engines, hold capacity and catch storage methods); and

 (d) fishing gear