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 Guinea’s fishing zone shall be defined as follows: — the period elapsing between entering and leaving Guinea’s fishing zone, or — the period elapsing between entering Guinea’s fishing zone and a transhipment and/or landing in Guinea. 2. All vessels authorised to fish in Guinean waters under the Agreement shall notify their catches to the Ministry responsible for fisheries in Guinea 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 5 of Section 2 of Chapter I of this Annex. Catches shall be notified as follows: 2.1. During an annual period of validity of the fishing authorisation 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 Guinea within 45 days following the end of the last trip made during the period. These notifications shall also be made by fax (+ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇) or e-mail (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇). 2.2. Vessels shall declare their catches on the corresponding form in the logbook, in accordance with the specimen in Appendix 3. The words ‘Outside Guinea’s fishing zone’ shall be entered in the logbook in respect of periods during which the vessel is not in Guinea’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. 2.4. Catch declarations shall be reliable in order to contribute to the monitoring of the evolution of stocks. 3. Where the provisions set out in this Chapter are not complied with, the Guinean Government reserves the right to suspend the fishing authorisation of the offending vessel until formalities have been completed and to apply the penalty laid down in current Guinean legislation to the shipowner. The European Commission and the flag Member State shall be informed thereof. 4. The two Parties shall seek agreement for the purposes of promoting a catch reporting system based exclusively on the electronic exchange of all the information and documents described above. The two Parties shall seek agreement for the purposes of promoting the rapid replacement of the written declaration (logbook) by an equivalent in the form of an electronic file.