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ICCAT REPORT 2002-2003 (II)
4.3 Letter dated May 22, 2003 to Commission Chairman from the Head Delegate of Chinese Taipei to
ICCAT
I am writing this letter to inform you that we are not able to send representatives from my Agency to attend the
2003 ICCAT inter-sessional meetings to be held in Madeira from 26 to 31 of this month. The epidemic of SARS
currently hitting Taipei has rendered our absence necessary to avoid jeopardizing the success of the two Working
Groups´ meetings by such serious disease. We are considering requesting the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Center at Lisbon, Portugal, to attend the meetings instead. If they attend the meetings, please provide them
assistance.
Having carefully read the materials proposed at the 13 th Special Meeting of the Commission and to be discussed
at the Madeira meetings, we found that there remains room for further discussion and possible revision in the
several draft proposals. I could only express the major ones through this letter at this moment.
For the Meeting of the Working Group to Develop Integrated Monitoring Measures, one of the important
principles has been specified in the Needs and Principles of the General Outline of the Monitoring Measures
Proposed by the Working Group to Develop Integrated Monitoring Measures [see Annex 7 to the 2002
Commission Report]. That is, the monitoring measures should be applied by the Contracting Parties and by
Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing Entities. This important general principle was not
followed since Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing Entities were ignored in the document
of the EC draft recommendation [Appendix 4.1 to ANNEX 4.1 ]. Therefore, we suggest that paragraph 1 of
Article 2 of [Appendix 4.1 to ANNEX 4.1] should be modified into “This scheme shall apply to all fishing
vessels of Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing Entities (CPCs)
used for or intended for use for the purpose of fishing activities conducted on fisheries resources in the
Convention area.” The Articles thereafter concerned should include CPCs in order to respect the rights of
Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing Entities. If the monitoring measures cannot be equally
applied to the Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing Entities, we
have difficulty to agree on these.
Being unable to share with all the delegations verbally our views and suggestions, we consider it most
appropriate to convey to you our general comments and particular suggestions for the various drafts in writing as
attached. It would be highly appreciated if you could consider to accommodate our suggestions during the
meetings.
As you may recall your suggestion to Mr. James Sha, our Deputy Director-General, at the 4 th Prep Com Meeting
of WCPFC that we will still have a chance to participate in the 2003 Commission Meeting and express our
opinions. Therefore, I kindly hope that you, in the capacity of honorable ICCAT Chairman, could give our
delegation a special slot of time at the 2003 Commission Meeting for further comment on the decisions made by
the inter-sessional meetings.
Please accept the assurance of my highest consideration.
(signed)
Yuh-Chen Chern
Head of Chinese Taipei Delegation to ICCAT
Cc: Dr. Adolfo Ribeiro Lima, Executive Secretary of ICCAT
Outline of the Positions of Chinese Taipei for the May 2003 Meeting of the ICCAT Working Group to
Develop Integrated Monitoring Measures in Relation to the EC Draft Recommendation [Appendix 4.1 to
ANNEX 4.1]
1. The scheme of control and enforcement on monitoring measures should be applied by Contracting
Parties as well as Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing Entities
As specified in the Needs and Principles of the General Outline of the Monitoring Measures Proposed by the
Working Group to Develop Integrated Monitoring Measures [see Annex 7 to the 2002 Commission Report], the
monitoring measures should be applied by the Contracting Parties and by Cooperating non-Contracting Parties,
Entities and Fishing Entities. Hence, paragraph 1 of Article 2 should be modified to: “This scheme shall apply
to all fishing vessels of Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities and Fishing
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