In this Article “joint fishing operation” means any operation between two or more purse seiners where the catch of one purse seiner is attributed to one or more other purse seiners in accordance with an allocation agreement.

In addition to complying with Articles 14, 15, 23 and 24 of Regulation F7...1224/2009, the master of a F8UK fishing boat must, if applicable, enter into the logbook the information listed in Part A of Annex II to this Regulation.

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Masters of F11UK fishing boats fishing actively for bluefin tuna shall send to F12the boat’s fisheries authority daily information from logbooks, including the ICCAT register number, the vessel name, the beginning and end of the period of authorisation, date, time, location (latitude and longitude) and the weight and number of bluefin tuna caught in the F13ICCAT Convention area. They shall send that information electronically in the format F14requested by the relevant fisheries authority.

Masters of purse seiners shall produce daily reports as referred to in paragraph 1 on a fishing operation by fishing operation basis, including operations where the catch was zero.

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F21F22Each fisheries authority must designate ports or places close to the shore (designated ports) where landing or transhipping operations of bluefin tuna are permitted.

For F23each designated port, F24F25the fisheries authority must specify permitted landing and transhipping times and places F26and establish appropriate inspection and surveillance procedures in relation to such times and places.

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Article 17 of Regulation F29... 1224/2009 F30applies to masters of F31ICCAT authorised UK fishing boats of 12 metres' length overall or more F32.... The prior arrival notification under Article 17 of Regulation F29... 1224/2009 F33must be sent to the F34fisheries authority for the port or F35the competent authority of the contracting party whose ports or landing facility they wish to use.

Where F40a fisheries authority applies a shorter notification period by virtue of regulations made under Article 17(6) of Regulation 1224/2009, instead of the notification periods specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 the estimated quantities of bluefin tuna retained on board may be notified F41in accordance with the shorter notification period prior to arrival. If the fishing grounds are less than four hours from the port, the estimated quantities of bluefin tuna retained on board may be modified at any time prior to arrival.

The fisheries authority for a United Kingdom port must keep a record of all prior notifications for a period of at least one year from the date of the notification.

All landings F43of bluefin tuna at United Kingdom designated ports must be controlled, in accordance with Article 55(2), by the F44fisheries authority for the port and a percentage F45must be inspected based on a risk assessment system F46specified in the relevant bluefin tuna fishing plan submitted by the Secretary of State to, and endorsed by, ICCAT prior to the start of the annual fishing season. F47...

The fisheries authority for a UK designated port must ensure that all catches of bluefin tuna landed at the port are weighed upon landing.

F53It is prohibited for a UK fishing boat to tranship bluefin tuna in the F54ICCAT Convention area F55unless at a designated port.

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It is prohibited for a UK fishing boat to tranship bluefin tuna at a designated port without the prior authorisation of the boat’s fisheries authority.

F59For any transhipment operations at a UK designated port or involving a UK fishing boat at a designated port outside of the UK, the masters or representatives of the receiving fishing vessels F60must, at least F6172 hours before the estimated time of arrival, provide the F62fisheries authority for the designated port or the competent authority of the contracting party whose port they want to use with the F63information required by the transhipment declaration set out in Annex 3. F64. . .

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By way of derogation from Articles 21 and 22 of Regulation F69... 1224/2009, F70the master of a UK fishing boat which has transhipped any quantity of bluefin tuna must, whatever the length of the vessel, complete and send the ICCAT transhipment declaration to the F71boat’s fisheries authority in the format specified in Annex 3 and within 5 days of the date of the transhipment. F72The master must link the transhipment declaration with the relevant electronic bluefin tuna catch document for the bluefin tuna in question.

A fisheries authority which has one or more ICCAT authorised UK fishing boat in the fleet of UK fishing boats it has licensed must, jointly with any other fisheries authority that has such a fishing boat in its licensed fleet, establish a United Kingdom observer programme for ICCAT authorised UK fishing boats. Those authorities must jointly put in place the provisions necessary to ensure appropriate observer coverage is maintained across the fleet of ICCAT authorised UK fishing boats in any given fishing season having regard to minimum observer requirements specified by ICCAT.

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An ICCAT authorised UK fishing boat must, when requested by the boat’s fisheries authority in relation to a specific fishing trip, allow a UK observer on board for the duration of the trip.

Where a UK observer is on board a UK fishing boat, the master and crew must, so far as practicable taking into account the safety of the boat and its crew, provide reasonable assistance to the observer to enable the observer to carry out their duties. The master, owner or crew of a UK fishing boat must not obstruct, intimidate, interfere with, influence, bribe or attempt to bribe a UK observer in relation to the performance of their duties.

In this Article “a UK observer” means an observer appointed by a fisheries authority for the purpose of monitoring the compliance of a UK fishing boat with the requirements of this Regulation.

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Where a fisheries authority has licensed an ICCAT authorised UK fishing boat and that boat is also a purse seiner, the fisheries authority must take steps to ensure that an ICCAT regional observer is present on board the boat for all fishing operations in the ICCAT Convention area.

An ICCAT authorised UK fishing boat which is also a purse seiner is prohibited from fishing in the ICCAT Convention area without an ICCAT regional observer on board.

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Where an ICCAT regional observer is on board a UK fishing boat, the master and crew must, so far as practicable taking into account the safety of the boat and its crew, provide reasonable assistance to the observer to enable the observer to carry out their duties. The master, owner or crew of a UK fishing boat must not obstruct, intimidate, interfere with, influence, bribe or attempt to bribe an ICCAT regional observer in relation to the performance of their duties.

In this Article “ICCAT regional observer” means an observer appointed by ICCAT under the terms of the ICCAT regional observer programme.

Where an ICCAT authorised UK fishing boat is fishing for bluefin tuna in the ICCAT Convention area but outside British fishery limits, the boat may be inspected by an ICCAT inspection vessel.

Where an ICCAT inspection vessel requests an inspection under paragraph 1, the master of the UK fishing boat must, where it is safe to do so, comply with all reasonable requests of the ICCAT inspection vessel in order to facilitate an inspection of the boat.

Where an inspector from an ICCAT inspection vessel boards an ICCAT authorised UK fishing boat, the master and crew must, so far as practicable taking into account the safety of the boat and its crew, provide reasonable assistance to the inspector to enable the inspection. The master, owner or crew of an ICCAT authorised UK fishing boat must not obstruct, intimidate, interfere with, influence, bribe or attempt to bribe an inspector from an ICCAT inspection vessel in relation to the performance of their duties.

In this Article an “ICCAT inspection vessel” means a vessel designated by ICCAT as an inspection vessel under the ICCAT scheme of joint international inspection.

Each F87fisheries authority must verify, including by using inspection reports, observer reports and F88vessel monitoring system data, the submission of logbooks and relevant information recorded in the logbooks of F89any ICCAT authorised UK fishing boat it has licensed, F90as well as any transhipment documents and F91bluefin tuna catch documents F92....

Each F93fisheries authority must carry out cross-checks on all landings F94and transhipments of bluefin tuna at United Kingdom designated ports between the quantities by species recorded in the F95...logbook or quantities by species recorded in the F96...transhipment declaration and the quantities recorded in the landing declaration F97..., and any other relevant document, such as an invoice and/or sales notes F98....