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ICCAT REPORT 2012-2013 (I)
Part VI
Final provisions
102. Availability of data to the SCRS
The ICCAT Secretariat shall make available to the SCRS all data received in accordance with the present
Recommendation.
All data shall be treated in a confidential manner.
103. Evaluation
All the CPCs shall submit each year to the Secretariat regulations and other related documents adopted by
them to implement this Recommendation. In order to have greater transparency in implementing this
Recommendation, all the CPCs involved in the bluefin tuna chain shall submit each year, no later than 15
October, a detailed report on their implementation of this Recommendation.
104. Cooperation
All the CPCs involved in the bluefin tuna chain are encouraged to enter into bilateral arrangements in order
to improve the compliance with the provisions of this Recommendation. These arrangements could notably
cover exchanges of inspectors, joint inspections and data sharing.
105. Repeals
This Recommendation repeals paragraph 10 of the Recommendation by ICCAT on Bluefin Tuna Farming
[Rec. 06-07] and paragraph 6 of the Recommendation by ICCAT Concerning Data Exchange Format and
Protocol in Relation to the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) for the Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the ICCAT
Convention Area [Rec. 07-08].
This Recommendation replaces the Recommendation Amending the Recommendation by ICCAT to
Establish a Multi-annual Recovery Plan for Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean [Rec.
10-04] and the Recommendation Amending Recommendation 08-05 to Establish a Multi-annual Recovery
Plan for Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean [Rec. 09-06].
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