Implementation of IPOA/IUU - International MCS Network

74Flag States should closely control the transshipment process.Flag States should consider prohibiting transshipment of fish at seaentirely.At a minimum, flag States should require prior authorization fortransshipment of fish at sea and should require vessels to reportinformation in paragraph 49 of the IPOA-IUU.Flag States should ensure that their vessels fishing on the high seas do notundermine fishery conservation and management measures that apply in anyhigh seas area.Vessels should not fish on the high seas except pursuant to expressauthorization to do so issued by the flag State.A flag State should not grant such authorization unless it can ensure thatthe vessel will not undermine fishery conservation and managementmeasures that apply in a high seas area in which the vessel will operate.If a flag State cannot monitor the fishing activities of its vessels on the highseas, it should consider authorizing other States to board and inspect thosevessels on its behalf.Flag States should submit data to FAO on its high seas fishing vessels andupdate those submissions regularly.Coastal StatesA coastal State should know the location of all vessels fishing in watersunder its jurisdiction.Tools for tracking vessels include mandatory position reporting by radioand mandatory maintenance of logbooks with frequent recording ofvessel position.Coastal States should consider developing programs to placeindependent observers on board fishing vessels to monitor vesselpositions and to observe fishing operations.Coastal States should strengthen their capacity to conduct regularpatrols in areas where vessels are known to fish.