Common use of CATCH REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Clause in Contracts

CATCH REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS. 1. For the purposes of this Annex, the duration of a trip by a Community vessel in São Tomé and Príncipe’s fishing zone shall be defined as follows: — the period elapsing between entering and leaving São Tomé and Príncipe’s fishing zone, — or the period elapsing between entering São Tomé and Príncipe’s fishing zone and a transhipment and/or a landing in São Tomé and Príncipe. 2. All vessels authorised to fish in São ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ under the Agreement shall be obliged to notify their catches to the Ministry responsible for fisheries in São Tomé and Príncipe so that it can check the quantities caught, which shall be validated by the competent scientific institutes in accordance with the procedure referred to in point 4 of Sec- tion 2 of Chapter I of this Annex. Catches shall be notified as follows: 2.1. During an annual period of validity of the licence within the meaning of Section 2 of Chapter I of this Annex, declarations shall include the catches made by the vessel during each trip. The original of the declarations shall be transmitted on a physical medium to the Ministry responsible for fisheries in São Tomé and Príncipe within 45 days following the end of the last trip made during the period. 2.2. Vessels shall declare their catches on the corresponding form in the logbook, in accordance with the specimen in Appendix 2. The words ‘Outside São Tomé and Príncipe’s fishing zone’ shall be entered in the logbook in respect of periods during which the vessel is not in São Tomé and Príncipe’s fishing zone. 2.3. The forms shall be filled in legibly and signed by the skipper of the vessel or by his or her legal representative. 3. At the request of one of the Parties, the Joint Committee may meet to compare the data on fishing activities. 4. Where the provisions set out in this Chapter are not complied with, the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe reserves the right to suspend the licence of the offending vessel until formalities have been completed and to apply to the shipowner the penalty laid down in current São Toméan legislation. The European Commission and the flag Member State shall be informed thereof.