Observer coverage Sample Clauses
The Observer Coverage clause establishes requirements for the presence of independent observers during certain activities, typically in contexts such as fisheries, environmental monitoring, or compliance operations. This clause specifies when and how observers must be deployed, what their roles and responsibilities are, and the standards for their impartiality and reporting. For example, it may require that a certain percentage of fishing trips be monitored by certified observers to collect data on catch and bycatch. The core function of this clause is to ensure transparency, accountability, and compliance with regulations by providing an independent means of verification and data collection.
Observer coverage. The AIDCP mandates 100% coverage by observers of fishing trips by purse seiners of carrying capacity greater than 363 metric tons (t) (IATTC Class 6) in the Agreement Area. In 2005, the Ecuadoran program had a goal of sampling approximately one-third of the trips by its fleet, and Colombian, the European Union, Mexican, and Venezuelan programs each had a goal of sampling approximately half of the trips by their respective fleets. However, the program of the European Union was inactive from early 2005 until February 2006. The IATTC program covered the remainder of the trips by these five fleets, plus all trips by vessels of other fleets, except as noted below. During 2005, observers from the On-Board Observer Program departed on 808 fishing trips (Table 1). In addition, 53 vessels whose last trip of 2004 carried over into 2005 had observers aboard, bringing the total to 861 trips observed in 2005 by the Program. Five Panamanian-flag vessels each began a trip under the flag of Venezuela, and those trips were sampled by the PNOV. The Program covered vessels operating under the jurisdictions of Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, the United States, Vanuatu, and Venezuela. In 2005 the Program sampled 100% of trips by vessels covered by the AIDCP, and the IATTC program sampled 68% of all trips.
Observer coverage. The AIDCP mandates 100% coverage by observers of fishing trips by purse seiners of carrying capacity greater than 363 metric tons (t) in the Agreement Area. In 2008, the Ecuadorian program had a goal of sampling approximately one-third of the trips by its fleet, and the Colombian, European Union, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, and Venezuelan programs each had a goal of sampling approximately half of the trips by their respective fleets. The IATTC program covered the remainder of the trips by these five fleets, plus all trips by vessels of other fleets. During 2008, observers from the On-Board Observer Program departed on 780 fishing trips, which in- cluded 7 trips by one vessel of less than 363 t capacity that was required to carry an observer on all trips made while being investigated for a possible AIDCP infraction (Table 1). In addition, 52 vessels whose last trip of 2007 carried over into 2008 had observers aboard, bringing the total to 832 trips observed in 2008 by the Program. The Program covered vessels operating under the jurisdictions of Colombia, Ecua- dor, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Spain, the United States, Vanuatu, and Venezuela. In 2008 the Program sampled 100% of trips by large purse-seine vessels, as required by the AIDCP, and the IATTC program sampled 61% of all trips.
Observer coverage. Each CPC shall ensure the following with respect to its domestic observer programs:
Observer coverage. The AIDCP mandates 100% coverage by observers of fishing trips by purse seiners of carrying capacity greater than 363 metric tons (IATTC Class 6) in the Agreement Area. PROBECUADOR began the year sampling approximately 25% of trips by its fleet and increased its sampling later in the year toward a goal of 34% coverage. The PNAAPD and PNOV each had a goal of sampling approximately half of the trips by their respective fleets during the year. The IATTC program covered the remainder of the trips by the fleets of those three countries, plus all trips by vessels of other fleets, except as noted below. During 2001, observers from the On-Board Observer Program departed on 698 fishing trips (Table 1). In addition, 54 vessels whose last trip of 2000 carried over into 2001 had observers aboard, bringing the total to 752 trips observed in 2001 by the Program. The Program covered vessels operating under the jurisdictions of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, the United States, Vanuatu, and Venezuela, and in one case a vessel of unknown registry. Nineteen of these trips were made by vessels which at the time of departure were flying the flag of a non-Party to the AIDCP. During 2001 the Program sampled 98.2% of trips vessels covered by the AIDCP, and the IATTC program sampled over 69% of all trips. Of the 14 trips not sampled, 10 were made by five Bolivian-flag vessels during the period when the Parties decided to withhold observers from Bolivian vessels pending clarification regarding Bolivia’s participation in the IDCP. After Bolivia began its participation in August, one of its vessels made a trip without an observer because its management refused to accept the assigned observer. Observers were not aboard on three other trips, two by a vessel of unknown registry and one by a Vanuatu-flag vessel (which was in the process of changing its flag to Bolivia), because the managers of those vessels did not request a observers.
Observer coverage. The AIDCP requires that observers are placed aboard 100% of trips in the Agreement Area by purse-seine vessels of carrying capacity greater than 363 metric tons (Class 6). However, the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in March 2020 have made necessary several adaptations and deviations from the typical implementation of this observer coverage requirement. The Chairs of the AIDCP Meeting of the Parties and of the IATTC, through circular memorandum ref. 0150-420 dated 30 March 2020, after contacting and consulting with a number of the Parties and convinced that priority must be given to the right to food security and the need to continue ensuring the provision of food to the people, made a number of recommendations aiming at exempting any vessel for which it is impossible to place an observer on board in compliance with the applicable IATTC and AIDCP rules from its corresponding obligations. After extensive consultations with the Parties, these recommendations were developed and formalized in a document entitled COVID-19 Pandemic Exemption Procedure for the Operation of On-Board Observers, which was circulated through memorandum ref. 0170-420 dated 14 April 2020 (Annex 1). This exemption procedure has been extended several times during 2020, and 2021. The last decision on the matter, as re- quested by the IATTC and the AIDCP chairs on 21 June 2022, extended the application of these procedures through 30 September 2022, but an additional extension of these provisions through 31 December 2022 is under consideration at the time of the finalization of this report. With some global and national health authorities declaring that the pandemic phase has concluded or is nearly concluded and the lifting of most travel and immigration restrictions in many locations, IATTC staff anticipate that time when the AIDCP Parties and IATTC Members may choose to discontinue this exemption process may be drawing near and are planning accordingly. The application of the above stated exceptional procedure had an adverse effect on the level of sampling cover- age under the AIDCP. Under normal circumstances, consistent with the provisions of the AIDCP, national ob- server programs would have covered a specific percentage of the trips made by the various fleets. Normally, the Ecuadorian national program would have a goal of placing observers aboard 33% of the trips by Ecuadorian vessels while the Colombian, European Union, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, and Ve...
Observer coverage. In 2014 the Program placed observers aboard 100% of the trips by purse-seine vessels of carrying capaci- ty greater than 363 metric tons (Class 6) in the Agreement Area, as required by the AIDCP, with the ex- ception of one vessel of a non-Party (Kiribati) that departed from a port in the eastern Pacific Ocean, without an observer, for which the Secretariat has no information other than the departure date, and that it left port with all fishing gear and full crew onboard. In 2014, the Ecuadorian national program had a goal of sampling approximately one-third of the trips by its fleet, and the Colombian, European Union, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, and Venezuelan na- tional programs each had a goal of sampling approximately half of the trips by their respective fleets. The IATTC program covered the remainder of the trips of vessels from these seven fleets, plus all trips by vessels of other fleets, except for the one noted above, for a total of 59% of all trips. During 2014, AIDCP observers departed on 767 fishing trips made in the Agreement Area by vessels op- erating under the flags of Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, European Union (Spain), Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, the United States, Vanuatu, and Venezuela (Table 1). Of these, 17 trips were by ves- sels of less than 363 tons capacity required to carry observers during closure periods, or as required by IATTC Resolution C-12-08, and nine Class-6 vessels were monitored by WCPFC observers cross- endorsed under the MOC. An additional 21 trips were accompanied by AIDCP observers but did not have any fishing activity in the Agreement Area; these trips are not included in Table 1.
Observer coverage. The AIDCP mandates 100% coverage by observers of fishing trips by purse seiners of carrying capacity greater than 363 metric tons (t) (IATTC Class 6) in the Agreement Area. In 2004 the Ecuadorean program had a goal of sampling approximately one-third of the trips by its fleet, and the European Union, Mexican, and Venezuelan programs each had a goal of sampling approximately half of the trips by their respective fleets. The IATTC program covered the remainder of the trips by these four fleets, plus all trips by vessels of other fleets, except as noted below. During 2004, observers from the On-Board Observer Program departed on 760 fishing trips (Table 1). In addition, 74 vessels whose last trip of 2003 carried over into 2004 had observers aboard, bringing the total to 834 trips observed in 2004 by the Program. The Program covered vessels operating under the jurisdictions of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, the United States, Vanuatu, and Venezuela. In 2004 the Program sampled 100% of trips by vessels covered by the AIDCP, and the IATTC program sampled 70% of all trips.
Observer coverage. The AIDCP mandates 100% coverage by observers of fishing trips by purse seiners of carrying capacity greater than 363 metric tons (t) (IATTC Class 6) in the Agreement Area. In 2003 the Ecuadorean program had a goal of sampling approximately one-third of the trips by its fleet, and the European Union, Mexican, and Venezuelan programs each had a goal of sampling approximately half of the trips by their respective fleets. The IATTC program covered the remainder of the trips by these four fleets, plus all trips by vessels of other fleets, except as noted below. During 2003, observers from the On-Board Observer Program departed on 875 fishing trips (Table 1). In addition, 32 vessels whose last trip of 2002 carried over into 2003 had observers aboard, bringing the total to 907 trips observed in 2003 by the Program. The Program covered vessels operating under the jurisdictions of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, the United States, Vanuatu, and Venezuela. The Program sampled 99.3% of trips by vessels covered by the AIDCP, and the IATTC program sampled 68% of all trips. One vessel that should have participated in the Program during 2 trips under Bolivian flag refused to participate despite several communications in 2002 from the Bolivian government that the vessel's capacity requires it to do so. The vessel also made 4 trips without an observer during the year under Belize flag The vessel changed flag to Panama later in the year and began participating in the Program, making 4 trips with an observer.
Observer coverage. The AIDCP requires that observers are placed aboard 100% of trips in the Agreement Area by purse-seine vessels of carrying capacity greater than 363 metric tons (Class 6). However, the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in March 2020 have made necessary several adaptations and deviations from the typical implementation of this observer coverage requirement. The Chairs of the AIDCP Meeting of the Parties and of the IATTC, through circular memorandum ref. 0150-420 dated 30 March 2020, after contacting and consulting with a number of the Parties and convinced that priority must be given to the right to food security and the need to continue ensuring the provision of food to the people, made a number of recommendations aiming at exempting any vessel for which it is impossible to place an observer on board in compliance with the applicable IATTC and AIDCP rules from its corresponding obligations.
Observer coverage. The AIDCP requires that observers are placed aboard 100% of trips in the Agreement Area by purse-seine vessels of carrying capacity greater than 363 metric tons (Class 6). During the COVID-19 pandemic, some Class 6 vessels made trips without observers consistent with the COVID-19