
REGULATION (EU) 2018/975 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 4 July 2018 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention Area (revoked) 

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TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subject matter
Article 1 
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Scope
Article 2 
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Relationship to other Union acts
Article 3 
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Definitions
Article 4 
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TITLE II
MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND CONTROL MEASURES CONCERNING CERTAIN SPECIES
CHAPTER I
Jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)
Information on quota exhaustion for jack mackerel
Article 5 
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Observer coverage in the jack mackerel fishery
Article 6 
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Data reporting for jack mackerel
Article 7 
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Allocation of fishing opportunities for jack mackerel
Article 8 
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CHAPTER II
Seabirds
Seabird mitigation measures for longliners
Article 9 
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Seabird mitigation measures for trawlers
Article 10 
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Seabird data reporting
Article 11 
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TITLE III
MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND CONTROL MEASURES CONCERNING CERTAIN FISHING METHODS
CHAPTER I
Bottom fishing
Bottom fishing authorisation
Article 12 
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Bottom fishing outside the bottom fishing footprint or exceeding reference period catch levels
Article 13 
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VMEs in bottom fishing
Article 14 
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Observer coverage in bottom fishing
Article 15 
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Data reporting for bottom fishing
Article 16 
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CHAPTER II
Exploratory fisheries
Exploratory fisheries authorisation
Article 17 
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Exploratory fisheries
Article 18 
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Fishing vessel replacement in exploratory fisheries
Article 19 
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CHAPTER III
Large-scale pelagic driftnets, deepwater gillnets and other gillnets
Large-scale pelagic driftnets and deepwater gillnets
Article 20 
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Gillnets
Article 21 
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TITLE IV
COMMON CONTROL MEASURES
CHAPTER I
Authorisations
SPRFMO record of vessels
Article 22 
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CHAPTER II
Transhipment
General provisions on transhipment
Article 23 
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Notification of transhipment of jack mackerel and demersal species
Article 24 
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Monitoring of transhipment of jack mackerel and demersal species
Article 25 
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Information to be reported after the transhipment of jack mackerel and demersal species
Article 26 
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CHAPTER III
Data collection and reporting
Data collection and reporting
Article 27 
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CHAPTER IV
Observer programmes
Observer programmes
Article 28 
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Vessel monitoring system
Article 29 
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CHAPTER V
Control of third country fishing vessels in Member State ports
Points of contact and designated ports
Article 30 
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Prior notification
Article 31 
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Authorisation to land or tranship in ports
Article 32 
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Port inspections
Article 33 
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Inspection procedure
Article 34 
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Procedure in case of evidence of infringements of SPRFMO conservation and management measures during port inspections
Article 35 
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CHAPTER VI
Enforcement
Alleged infringements of SPRFMO conservation and management measures reported by the Member States
Article 36 
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Inclusion of a Union fishing vessel in the draft SPRFMO IUU vessel list
Article 37 
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Measures concerning fishing vessels included in the SPRFMO IUU vessel list
Article 38 
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Alleged non-compliance reported by the SPRFMO Secretariat
Article 39 
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Alleged infringements of SPRFMO conservation and management measures reported by a Contracting Party or CNCP
Article 40 
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Technical failure of the satellite-tracking device
Article 41 
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TITLE V
FINAL PROVISIONS
Confidentiality
Article 42 
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Procedure for amendments
Article 43 
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Exercise of the delegation
Article 44 
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Committee procedure
Article 45 
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Entry into force
Article 46 
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ANNEX I
Line weighting standards

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ANNEX II
Bird scaring lines specifications

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ANNEX III
Bird baffler specifications

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ANNEX IV
Guidelines for the preparation and submission of notifications of encounters with VMEs
1. General information 

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2. VME location 

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3. Fishing gear 

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4. Additional data collected 

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5. VME taxa 

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ANNEX V
Standards for vessel data
1. The following fields of data shall be collected pursuant to Articles 16, 17 and 22: 

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2. The following information is to be provided if available when practicable: 

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ANNEX VI
Fisheries Operation Plan for exploratory fisheries

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ANNEX VII
Prior transhipment notification

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ANNEX VIII
Transhipment information to be provided by the observer
The following information shall be provided by the observer monitoring transhipment, in accordance with Article 25(1).

I. Details of the unloading fishing vessel 

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II. Details of the receiving fishing vessel 

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III. Transhipment operation 

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IV. Observations (if applicable) 

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V. Verification 

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ANNEX IX
Transhipment information to be reported after the operation

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ANNEX X
Observer data
Vessel and observer details are to be recorded only once for each observed trip, and shall be reported in a way that links the vessel data to data required in Sections A, B, C, and D.

A. Vessel and observer data to be collected for each observed trip 
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B. Catch and effort data to be collected for trawl fishing activity 
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C. Catch and effort data to be collected for purse seine fishing activity 
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D. Catch and effort data to be collected for bottom long line fishing activity 
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E. Length-frequency data to be collected 

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F. Biological sampling to be conducted 
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G. Data to be collected on incidental captures of seabirds, mammals, turtles and other species of concern 
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H. Detection of fishing in association with VMEs 

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I. Data to be collected for all tag recoveries 

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J. Hierarchies for observer data collection 
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K. Coding specifications to be used for recording observer data 
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L. Bird scaring line description form 

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M. External line weighting description form 

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N. Bird baffler description form 

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O. Standard for observer data collected during a landing or while a vessel is in port 

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ANNEX XI
Port call request

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ANNEX XII
Port inspection summary results

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ANNEX XIII
List of other species of concern

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