TITLE III CONTROL OF FISHERIES

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

Section 3 Common rules for the completion and submission of transhipment/landing declarations

Article 53 Difference in transhipped catches
When a difference exists between the quantities of catches transhipped from the transhipping vessel and the quantities taken on board by the receiving vessel the higher quantity shall be considered to have been transhipped. A fisheries administration must ensure that follow up action is taken to determine the actual weight of fishery products transhipped between the transhipping and the receiving vessel.
Words in Art. 53 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(46); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)