
Article 1 
This Regulation lays down control and inspection measures relating to fishing for stocks of the highly migratory fish species listed in Annex I to this Regulation and shall apply to  United Kingdom fishing vessels  operating in one of the zones specified in Article 2. 
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation the following marine zones are specified:

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((b)) Zone 2:
All Indian Ocean waters included in the area of competence specified in Article II of the Agreement for the establishment of the IOTC.
((c)) Zone 3:
All Eastern Pacific Ocean waters included in the area specified in Article III of the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Programme.
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

((a)) ‘boarding’: the boarding of a fishing vessel within an organisation's area of competence by one or more authorised inspectors in order to make an inspection;
((b)) ‘transhipment’: unloading of any quantity of highly migratory fish and/or products from such fish from on board a fishing vessel to another vessel either at sea or in port, without the products having been recorded by a port  state  as landed;
((c)) ‘landing’: unloading of any quantity of highly migratory fish and/or products from such fish from on board a fishing vessel to port or to land;
((d)) ‘infringement’: any presumed act committed or omitted by a fishing vessel that is recorded in an inspection report and gives serious reason for suspecting a breach of the provisions of this Regulation or any other Regulation transposing a recommendation adopted by a regional organisation for one of the zones indicated in Article 2;
((e)) ‘vessel of a non-Contracting Party’: vessel observed and identified as engaged in fishing activities in one of the zones specified in Article 2 that is flying the flag of a country that is not a Contracting Party to the relevant regional organisation;
((f)) ‘stateless vessel’: vessel for which there are reasonable grounds for suspecting it to be without nationality;
((g)) ‘fattening’: raising of individuals in cages to increase their weight or fat content with a view to marketing;
((h)) ‘caging’: placing of wild individuals of any size in closed structures (cages) for fattening;
((i)) ‘fattening farm’: enterprise which raises wild individuals in cages for fattening;
((j)) ‘transport vessel’: vessel receiving wild individuals and transporting them live to fattening farms.
CHAPTER I
Section 1
Article 4 
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Article 4a 
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Article 4b 
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Article 4c 
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Article 5 
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Article 6 
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Article 6a 
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Article 7 
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Article 8 
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Article 8a 
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Article 8b 
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Article 8c 
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Article 9 
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Article 9a 
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Section 2
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Article 11 
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Article 12 
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Article 13 
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Article 14 
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Article 15 
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Article 16 
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Section 3
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Article 18 
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Article 19 
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Article 19a 
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Article 19b 
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Article 19c 
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CHAPTER II
SECTION 1
Article 20 
A fisheries administration must  act to ensure that vessels  within their fleet  respect the provisions applicable in the zone.
Article 20a 
Article 8a shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 20b 
Article 8c shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 20c 

1. Gear used by  United Kingdom fishing  vessels authorised to fish in the zone shall be marked as follows: the ends of nets, lines and other gear in the sea shall be fitted with flag or radar reflector buoys and by night with light buoys indicating their position and extent.
2. Marker buoys and similar floating objects indicating the position of fixed fishing gear shall at all times clearly indicate the letter(s) and/or number(s) of the vessel(s) to which they belong.
3. Fish aggregating devices shall be clearly marked at all times with the letter(s) and/or number(s)of the vessel(s) to which they belong.
Article 20 d 

1. A fisheries administration must  transmit the following statistical data in electronic form, with electronic access ... to the IOTC Secretariat, in accordance with the procedures for submission of statistics referred to in Annex V:
(a) fishing effort and catches of species referred to in Article 1 for the previous year;
(b) the sizes of the species referred to in Article 1 for the previous year;
(c) tuna fishing using floating objects, including fish aggregating devices.
2. A fisheries administration must
                          set up a computerised database containing the statistical data provided for in paragraph 1 ....
SECTION 2
Article 20e 
Articles 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 3
Article 21 
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Article 21a 
Article 18 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 21b 
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Article 21c 
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CHAPTER III
Article 22 
A fisheries administration must  take the action necessary in order that vessels  in its fleet  respect the IATTC measures transposed into  law  and the International Dolphin Conservation Programme Agreement measures applicable.
CHAPTER IV
Article 23 
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Article 24 
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Article 25 

1. Regulation (EC) No 1351/1999 is hereby repealed.
2. Article 22(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 is hereby repealed.
3. References made to the repealed Regulation (EC) No 1351/1999 shall be construed as being made to this Regulation, and should be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
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ANNEX I


— Albacore: Thunnus alalunga
— Bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus
— Bigeye tuna: Thunnus obesus
— Skipjack: Katsuwonus pelamis
— Atlantic bonito: Sarda sarda
— Yellowfin tuna: Thunnus albacares
— Blackfin tuna: Thunnus atlanticus
— Little tuna: Euthynnus spp.
— Southern bluefin tuna: Thunnus maccoyii
— Frigate tuna: Auxis spp.
— Oceanic sea bream: Bramidae
— Marlin: Tetrapturus spp.; Makaira spp.
— Sailfish: Istiophorus spp.
— Swordfish: Xiphias gladius
— Sauries: Scomberesox spp.; Cololabis spp
— Dolphinfish; common dolphinfish: Coryphaena hippurus; Coryphaena equiselis.
— Shark: Hexanchus griseus; Cetorhinus maximus; Alopiidae; Rhincodon typus; Carcharhinidae; Sphyrnidae; Isuridae; Lamnidae
— Cetaceans (whales and porpoises): Physeteridae; Belaenopteridae; Balenidae; Eschrichtiidae; Monodontidae; Ziphiidae; Delphinidae.

ANNEX Ia

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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III
Regulation (EC) No 1351/1999 This Regulation
Articles 1, 2, 3 Article 8
Article 4 Article 18
Article 5 Article 17
ANNEX IV

ANNEX V
Surface fisheries: catch data in nominal catch weight and effort data in fishing days (purse seine, baitboat, troll, drift nets) should be provided to IOTC by 1° grid area and month strata. Purse seine fishery data should be stratified by type of school. Those data should preferably be extrapolated to the national monthly catches of each gear. The raising factors used, corresponding to the logbook coverage, should be given routinely to IOTC.

Longline fisheries: catch and effort data of the longline fisheries should be provided to the IOTC by 5° grid area and month strata, preferably in numbers and in weight. Fishing effort should be given in numbers of hooks. Those data should preferably be extrapolated to the national monthly catches. The raising factors used, corresponding to the logbook coverage, should be given routinely to IOTC.

The catches, efforts and sizes of the artisanal, small scale and sport fisheries should also be submitted on a monthly basis, but using the best geographical areas used to collect and process those data.

Considering that size data are of key importance for most tuna stock assessment, length data, including the total number of fish measured, should be routinely submitted to the IOTC on a 5° grid area and month basis, by gear and fishing mode (e.g. free/log schools for the purse seiners). Size data should be provided for all gears and for all species covered by IOTC. Size data sampling should preferably be run under strict and well described random sampling schemes which are necessary to provide unbiased figures for the sizes taken. The exact recommended level of sampling could vary between species (as a function of various parameters), but the specific level of recommended sampling needs to be established by the working party on statistics. More detailed size data, for instance size by individual samples, should also be made available to IOTC when requested by specific working groups, but under strict rules of confidentiality.

For a better understanding by IOTC of changing patterns in effective fishing effort by fleets operating in its area of competence, more information has to be obtained. Since the activities of supply vessels and the use of fish aggregating devices (FAD) are an integral part of the fishing effort of the purse seine fleet, the following information should be routinely submitted to IOTC:

Number and characteristics of supply vessels: (i) operating under their flag, (ii) assisting purse seine vessels operating under their flag, or (iii) licensed to operate in their exclusive economic zones, and that have been present in the IOTC area of competence.

Levels of activity of supply vessels: including number of days at sea, on 1° grid area and month basis.

In addition, contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties shall do their best to provide data on the total number and type of fish aggregating devices (FADs) operated by the fleet, on a 5° grid area and month basis.

It is essential that all fishery data be available to the IOTC Secretariat in due time to allow monitoring of stocks and analysis of the data. Thus it is recommended that the following rules be applied as standard obligations:

Surface fleets and other fleets operating in coastal zones (including supply vessels) must provide their fishery data at the earliest possible date but no later than 30 June each year (previous year's data).

Longline fleets operating on the high seas must provide the provisional fishery data at the earliest date, but no later than 30 June (previous year's data). They must provide the final estimate of their fishery data before 30 December each year (previous year's data).

The time limits presently allowed for submitting statistics could be reduced in the future as communication and data processing technologies become ever more rapid, which should reduce the present data processing delays.
