E - Iccat

ICCAT REPORT 2012-2013 (I)
Appendix 3 to ANNEX 11
European Union Note on Guidelines for the Implementation of Recommendation 11-15
To guide application of paragraph 3 of Recommendation 11-15, the Compliance Committee will follow the
schedule and steps indicated below:
Data review year
(starting in 2013 and annually thereafter)
1. CPCs submit Task I data to the Secretariat in
accordance with Commission requirements
and SCRS procedures.
2. Secretariat compiles and circulates a report to
the COC and CPCs detailing data submission
status by species or stock (e.g., complete,
incomplete, or missing*) for each CPC.
3. COC reviews the report and any other relevant
information provided by the Secretariat, the
SCRS, and CPCs. Based on this review, the
COC identifies in its report those CPCs that
did not submit required data (i.e., data are
missing or incomplete) and notifies them that
they are prohibited from retaining the
concerned species/stock from the relevant
fishery as of the following year unless and
until the data are provided to the Secretariat.
4. COC also considers if any other actions
consistent with Recommendations 05-09
and/or 06-13 should be recommended.
Following the decision on retention prohibition
1. CPCs with a finding of "missing" or
"incomplete" data submissions cannot retain
those species.
2. Such CPCs should seek to rectify the
situation by sending the missing data to the
Secretariat as soon as feasible.
3. In consultation, as necessary and
appropriate, with the Chairs of the COC and
the Commission, the Secretariat will review
the new data submission in a timely manner
to determine if it is complete. If the data
appears to be complete, the Secretariat will
promptly inform the CPC in question that it
can resume retention of the concerned
species/stock in the relevant fishery.
4. At the annual meeting following the intersessional
provision of data and the decision
to permit resumption of retention, the COC
reviews this decision and if it considers that
data are still incomplete, the COC will again
take the actions specified in the previous
column, paragraphs 3 and 4.
* Missing data means that all the data are missing or there is no submission of data; incomplete data means that a significant subset of data is
missing.
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Statement by Observer from ISSF to PWG Regarding Vessel Identifiers
Appendix 4 to ANNEX 11
ISSF congratulates the ICCAT Secretariat on the progress made to create a global consolidated list of vessels,
together with the other RFMO secretariats. This work is extremely important as a tool for combating IUU
fishing, and to better quantify the number, types and capacity of fishing vessels fishing for tunas globally. This is
why ISSF has contributed funds towards the two Technical Workshops held in Rome in 2011 and 2012. ISSF
will continue to support this important effort in the future if needed.
There seems to be confusion what constitutes a Unique Vessel Identifier (UVI). IMO numbers are a very good
type of UVI (probably the best, for those vessels that can obtain it) and very widely used for relatively large
vessels. But there can be other UVIs, such as the one that the RFMO Secretariats are developing jointly for the
global consolidated list of vessels.
How the RFMO UVI will perform in terms of being able to track an individual vessel will depend on the amount
of information available on that vessel. Because the ICCAT Record of authorized vessels does not currently
require fields such as the shipyard name, the year built, and other fields (required for IMO numbers), these UVIs