Common use of Observer coverage Clause in Contracts

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 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. PROBECUADOR began In 2002 the year Ecuadorean program had a goal of sampling approximately 25% one-third of the trips by its fleet fleet, and increased its sampling later in the year toward a goal of 34% coverage. The PNAAPD Mexican and PNOV Venezuelan programs each had a goal of sampling approximately half of the trips by their respective fleets during the yearfleets. 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 20012002, observers from the On-Board Observer Program departed on 698 755 fishing trips (Table 1). In addition, 54 68 vessels whose last trip of 2000 2001 carried over into 2001 2002 had observers aboard, bringing the total to 752 823 trips observed in 2001 2002 by the Program. The Program covered vessels operating under the jurisdictions of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Spain, the United States, Vanuatu, and Venezuela, and in one case a vessel of unknown registry. Nineteen Five of these trips trips, one which began in 2001 and carried over into 2002, were made by vessels which at the time of departure were a vessel flying the flag of a non-Party to the AIDCP. During 2001 the The Program sampled 98.2sample d 99.3% of trips by vessels covered by the AIDCP, and the IATTC program sampled over 6968% 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 One vessel that should have participated in the IDCP. After Bolivia began its participation in August, one of its vessels Program made a trip 6 trips without an observer because its (1 trip under unknown flag and 5 trips under Bolivian flag) as vessel management refused to accept participate, despite several communications from the assigned Bolivian government that the vessel’s capacity requires it to do so. There was some doubt about whether one vessel which is close to the size required by the AIDCP to carry an observer should have carried an observer. Observers were In the event, the flag government determined that the vessel was of less than 363 T carrying capacity and was 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 required to Bolivia), because the managers of those vessels did not request a observerscarry an observer.