Common use of CATCH REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Clause in Contracts

CATCH REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS. 1. For the purposes of this Annex, the duration of a voyage by a Community vessel shall be defined as follows: — either the period elapsing between entering and leaving the Solomon Islands fishing zone, — or the period elapsing between entering the Solomon Islands fishing zone and a transhipment, — or the period elapsing between entering the Solomon Islands fishing zone and a landing in Solomon Islands. 2. All vessels authorised to fish in Solomon Islands waters under the Agreement shall be obliged to communicate their catches to the Permanent Secretary in the following manner: 2.1. Declarations shall include the catches made by the vessel during each trip. They shall be transmitted to the Permanent Secretary by electronic means, with a copy to the European Commission, at the end of each trip and, in all cases, before the vessel leaves the Solomon Islands fishing zone. Electronic receipts shall be sent at once to the vessel by both addressees, with a copy to the other. 2.2. The original of the declarations sent electronically during the annual period of validity of the licence within the mean- ing of point 2.1 shall be transmitted on a physical medium to the Permanent Secretary within 45 days following the end of the last trip made during the said period. Hard copies shall be sent to the European Community at the same time. 2.3. Vessels shall declare their catches on the corresponding form in the log-book, in accordance with the specimen in Appendix 2. The words ‘Outside Solomon Islands EEZ’ shall be entered in the abovementioned log-book in respect of periods during which the vessel is not in Solomon Islands waters. 2.4. The forms shall be filled in legibly and signed by the master of the ship. 3. Where the provisions set out in this Chapter are not complied with, Solomon Islands reserves the right to suspend the licence of the offending vessel until formalities have been completed and to apply the penalty laid down in applicable Solomon Islands legislation. The European Commission shall be informed thereof.