TITLE III U.K. CONTROL OF FISHERIES

CHAPTER III U.K. Common rules for fishing logbooks, transhipment declarations and landing declarations in paper or electronic format

Section 2 U.K. Common rules for the completion and submission of the Fishing logbook

Article 51 U.K. General rules for fishing logbooks

1. The margin of tolerance referred to in Article 14(3) of the Control Regulation for the estimation of quantities in kilograms live weight of each species retained on board shall be expressed as a percentage of the fishing logbook figures.

2. For catches which are to be landed unsorted the margin of tolerance may be calculated on the basis of one or more representative samples for the total quantities kept on board.

3. For the purpose of the application of Article 14 of the Control Regulation species caught for live bait shall be considered as a species caught and kept on board.

4. The master of a [F1 [F2 United Kingdom] fishing vessel] crossing an effort zone where it is authorised to fish shall record and report the information referred to in Article 14(5) of the Control Regulation as applicable even if he does not carry out any fishing activities in that zone.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1962 of 28 October 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy.

F2 Words in Art. 51 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(45); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)