E - Iccat

ICCAT REPORT 2012-2013 (I)
Annex 2
Logbook Requirements
A – CATCHING VESSELS
Minimum specification for fishing logbooks:
1. The logbook must be numbered by sheets.
2. The logbook must be filled in every day (midnight) or before port arrival
3. The logbook must be completed in case of at sea inspections
4. One copy of the sheets must remain attached to the logbook
5. Logbooks must be kept on board to cover a period of one-year operation.
Minimum standard information for fishing logbooks:
1. Master name and address
2. Dates and ports of departure, Dates and ports of arrival
3. Vessel name, register number, ICCAT number international radio call sign and IMO number (if available).
4. Fishing gear:
a) Type by FAO code
b) Dimension (length, number of hooks…)
5. Operations at sea with one line (minimum) per day of trip, providing:
a) Activity (fishing, steaming…)
b) Position: Exact daily positions (in degree and minutes), recorded for each fishing operation or at noon
when no fishing has been conducted during this day.
c) Record of catches including:
i) FAO code
ii) round (RWT) weight in kg per day
iii) number of pieces per day
For purse seiners this should be recorded by fishing operation including nil returns.
6. Master signature
7. Means of weight measure: estimation, weighing on board and counting.
8. The logbook is kept in equivalent live weight of fish and mentions the conversion factors used in the
evaluation.
Minimum information for fishing logbooks in case of landing or transhipment:
1. Dates and port of landing /transhipment
2. Products
a) species and presentation by FAO code
b) number of fish or boxes and quantity in kg
3. Signature of the Master or Vessel Agent
4. In case of transhipment: receiving vessel name, its flag and ICCAT number.
Minimum information for fishing logbooks in case of transfer into cages:
1. Date, time and position (latitude / longitude) of transfer
2. Products:
a) Species identification by FAO code
b) Number of fish and quantity in kg transferred into cages,
3. Name of towing vessel, its flag and ICCAT number
4. Name of the farm of destination and its ICCAT number
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