Implementation of IPOA/IUU - International MCS Network

63As noted in Section 3.2.5 of these guidelines, States should also seek tocoordinate their MCS activities through the International Network for theCooperation and Coordination of Fisheries-Related Monitoring, Control andSurveillance Activities.8.3.5 Comprehensive Port State RegimesThose RFMOs that have not already done so should consider theestablishment of comprehensive systems for port State measures for fishingvessels. Such systems should include requirements for inspection of vessels inport and exchange of information between port States and flag States in the eventinspections indicate the possibility of IUU fishing. The RFMOs should at aminimum consider mandatory inspection in port of all non-member fishingvessels, with obligations to report the findings of such inspections to the RFMO,which can disseminate the reports to other members.8.3.6 Certification/Documentation SchemesAs discussed in Section 7 above, RFMOs are the obvious fora fordeveloping and refining fisheries certification and documentation schemes.Though quite a few RFMOs have already done so, there may well be the needfor additional schemes, or for existing schemes to cover additional species thatare harvested or traded internationally. For some fisheries, particularly highvalue fisheries, RFMOs can compile trade data with which to monitor IUUfishing, as called for in paragraph 80.5 of the IPOA-IUU. However, theproliferation of such schemes has created a threat of its own, as the paperworkburden on legitimate fishers has increased steadily. To help address this problem,RMFOs should work together to standardize these schemes to the extent feasible,including through the use of electronic systems, and thus assist in theimplementation of paragraph 76 of the IPOA-IUU.8.3.7 Controls on CharteringAs discussed in Section 4 above and noted in paragraph 80.14 of theIPOA-IUU, RFMOs may have a role to play in ensuring that charteringarrangements for stocks under their purview do not lead to IUU fishing. Amongother things, agreed rules for chartering arrangements can ensure that vessels todo not engage in “flag hopping” to gain access to more than one member’squota. Chartering rules can also provide for the orderly development of fisheriesby developing States, while also allowing the RFMO to allocate access to fisheryresources in a fair and transparent manner.