Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009
of 6 April 2009
concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, amending Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007 (repealed)
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CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subject matter, scope and objective
Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Definitions
Article 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Length of vessels
Article 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER II

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES

Conditions associated to the fishing opportunities
Article 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER III

CAPACITY MEASURES

Fishing capacity measures
Article 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Farming and fattening capacity measures
Article 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER IV

TECHNICAL MEASURES

Fishing seasons
Article 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Use of planes
Article 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Minimum size and specific measures for certain fisheries
Article 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sampling plan for live bluefin tuna
Article 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By-catch
Article 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recreational fisheries
Article 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sport fisheries
Article 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER V

CONTROL MEASURES

Records of vessels
Article 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Record of tuna traps authorised to fish for bluefin tuna
Article 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Information on fishing activities
Article 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Designated ports
Article 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recording requirements
Article 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Joint fishing operations
Article 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Catch reports
Article 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Landings
Article 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transfer operations
Article 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transhipment
Article 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Caging operations
Article 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Use of stereoscopic cameras during caging operations
Article 24a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vessel Monitoring System
Article 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recording and reporting of tuna trap activities
Article 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Control in port or in farm
Article 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cross-check
Article 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ICCAT scheme of joint international inspection
Article 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

National observer programme
Article 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ICCAT Regional observer programme
Article 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Access to video records
Article 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Enforcement
Article 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transmission of inspection plans
Article 33a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Market measures
Article 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conversion factors
Article 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Growth factors for fattened or farmed tuna
Article 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evaluation
Article 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Financing
Article 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Committee procedure
Article 38a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER VI

FINAL PROVISIONS

Repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007
Article 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendments to Regulations (EC) No 43/2009 and (EC) No 1936/2001
Article 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Entry into force
Article 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ANNEX I

Additional specific conditions
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6.

Bluefin tuna catches may not be offered for retail sale to the final consumer, irrespective of the marketing method, unless appropriate marking or labelling indicates:
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7.

Member States whose baitboats, longliners, handliners and trolling boats are authorised to fish for bluefin tuna shall institute tail tag requirements as follows:
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ANNEX II

Specification for logbooks
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ANNEX III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANNEX IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANNEX V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANNEX VI

ICCAT scheme of joint international inspection
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I.

SERIOUS VIOLATIONS
1.

For the purposes of these procedures, a serious violation means the following violations of the provisions of the ICCAT conservation and management measures adopted by the Commission:
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2.

In the case of any boarding and inspection of a fishing vessel during which the authorised inspectors observe an activity or condition that would constitute a serious violation, as defined in paragraph 1, the authorities of the flag State of the inspection vessels shall immediately notify the flag State of the fishing vessel, directly as well as through the ICCAT Secretariat. In such situations the inspectors shall, where possible, also inform the competent authorities of the flag State of the fishing vessel, as notified to the ICCAT Secretariat, and any inspection ship of the flag State of the fishing vessel known to be in the vicinity.
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3.

The flag State CPC shall ensure that, following the inspection referred to in paragraph 2 of this Annex, the fishing vessel concerned ceases all fishing activities. The flag State CPC shall require the fishing vessel to proceed within 72 hours to a port designated by it, and where an investigation shall be initiated.
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II.

CONDUCT OF INSPECTIONS
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Subject to the arrangements agreed under paragraph 12 of this Annex, a vessel employed for the time being in fishing for tuna or tuna-like fishes in the Convention area outside the waters within its national jurisdiction shall stop when given the appropriate signal in the International Code of Signals by a ship carrying an inspector unless it is actually carrying out fishing operations, in which case it shall stop immediately that it has finished such operations. The master of the vessel shall permit the inspector, who may be accompanied by a witness, to board it and, in this respect, shall provide a boarding ladder. The master shall enable the inspector to make such examination of catch or gear and any relevant documents as the inspector deems necessary to verify the observance of the ICCAT Commission’s recommendations in force in relation to the flag State of the vessel concerned and the inspector may ask for any explanations that are deemed necessary.
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New proposed model Identity Card for inspectors:
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ANNEX VII

Regional observer programme

ASSIGNMENT OF OBSERVERS
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The observers shall have the following qualifications to accomplish their tasks:
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OBLIGATIONS OF THE OBSERVER
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Observers shall:
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OBSERVER TASKS
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The observer tasks shall be in particular:
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ANNEX VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANNEX VIIIa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANNEX IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repealed by Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009.