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INTEGRATED MONITORING MEASURES - FUNCHAL 2003
Concept Paper on the Procedure for Boarding and Inspection
Boarding and inspection
Routine boarding and inspection on an at-random basis
Boarding and inspection on a basis of suspected
serious violations
(1) Frequency of the boarding shall be decided equitably
among all the fishing vessels operating in the
Regulatory Area in consideration of the need of such
inspection as well as other available MCS measures.
(2)The flag CPC should, in principle, conduct boarding
and inspection.
(3)For boarding and inspection by a party other than the
flag CPC, an arrangement for well preparation and
coordination shall be made among participating CPCs
prior to its implementation.
(1) The inspector of the patrol vessel of any CPC
shall notify of the flag CPC immediately in case,
(a) where there is a clear ground to believe that
the fishing vessel is or has been operating in
such serious violation of conservation and
management measure adopted by the
Commission and,
(b) where such boarding and inspection is
necessary to obtain or verify evidence
documenting such a serious violation different
from evidence that can be obtained without
such boarding.
(4)A flag CPC that does no have sufficient capability to
dispatch its own inspection vessel to the Regulatory
Area shall conduct the boarding and inspection in
arrangements with other CPCs that have a capability
to do so.
Procedure
1. In advance notice to fishing vessels
2. The Master’s accommodation to the inspectors for
boarding and inspection
3. In case of the Master’s denial to boarding and
inspection, the incident has to be notified to the flag
party/member with an explanation on the denial.
(2) Upon receipt of the notification of (1) above,
the flag CPC shall take either of the following
measures immediately.
(a) to conduct boarding inspection by its
inspection vessel,
(b) to order the Master to enter the nearest port
for inspection, or
(c) to authorize the inspector who notified the
suspected violation to conduct boarding and
inspection.
(3) The inspector shall inform the Master of the
vessel of the reasons for the boarding, including
the possible violation he or she may commit
before boarding of (2) (c) above.
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