Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Added(52) in Article 84, the following paragraph is added:

Added‘3. Member States shall submit the data referred to in paragraph 2, as specified in Annex XXV, to the Commission by 15 July of each year. The Commission shall transmit those data to the GFCM Secretariat by 31 July of each year.’;

Added(53) Article 85 is replaced by the following:

Added‘Article 85

AddedNational management measures

AddedIn order to ensure adequate conservation of the common dolphinfish, Member States shall adopt fisheries management measures or national management plans in the GSAs 1 to 27.

AddedMember States shall notify the Commission of the management measures or management plans referred to in first paragraph. The Commission shall notify the GFCM Secretariat of those management measures or management plans.

AddedWhere appropriate, should the management measures or management plans referred to in first paragraph be modified, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission of such modifications by 15 April of the following year. The Commission shall notify the GFCM Secretariat of the modifications of those management measures or management plans by 30 of April of the following year.’;

Added(54) Article 86 is amended as follows:

Added(a) the following paragraph is inserted:

Added“-1. Member States shall ensure that the overall fleet capacity of the fleets operating with FADs and actively fishing for the key stock does not exceed, in terms of GT, kW and number of vessels as recorded both in national and GFCM registers, for eight years from the date of the initial adoption of the management measures or management plans referred to in Article 85(1), the fleet capacity for common dolphinfish in FAD fisheries in the year 2019.’;

Added(b) paragraph 2 is deleted;

Added(55) in Article 87, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

Added‘2. Member States shall report to the Commission by 15 July of each year the number of vessels involved in the fishery, as well as the total landings and transhipments of common dolphinfish carried out in the previous year by the vessels flying their flag in each GSA as set out in Annex I. The Commission shall send that information to the GFCM Secretariat by 31 July of each year. ▌ ‘;

Added(56) in Article 88, the following paragraph is inserted:

Added‘3a. From 15 August 2027, FADs shall be exclusively constructed with biodegradable materials.’;

Added(57) in Article 89, the following paragraphs are added:

Added“3. Member States shall ensure that all fishing vessels flying their flag and exploiting common dolphinfish record their fishing activities with FADs.

Added4. In the event of loss of a FAD, Member States shall ensure that the vessels flying their flag collect and report the last registered position of the lost FAD as well as the date of its last registered position, its identification number and any information allowing the identification of the FAD owner.’;

Added(58) the following articles are inserted:

Added‘Article 89a

AddedSpecific measures to address IUU fishing

Added1. Each Member State shall ensure that adequate mechanisms are in place for the registration of each fishing vessel in its national fleet register for the recording of those vessels’ catch and fishing efforts in their logbooks and for the monitoring of those vessels’ fishing activities and landings by means of surveys and sampling of catches and fishing effort, carried out in accordance with the rules laid out by that Member State.

Added2. Member States shall designate ports or other landing points at which landings by vessels actively fishing for common dolphinfish in the Mediterranean Sea shall take place. For each designated port or other designated landing point, the Member States concerned shall specify permitted landing and transhipping times and places.

Added3. Member States shall carry out inspections on the basis of a risk analysis. It shall be prohibited to land or tranship from fishing vessels any quantity of common dolphinfish fished in the Mediterranean Sea at any place other than the designated ports or designated landing points referred to in paragraph 2.

Added4. Member States shall transmit to the GFCM Secretariat by 30 April 2024 and subsequently on 30 November of each year, any changes to the lists of designated ports or designated landing points referred to in paragraph 2.

Added5. Member States shall cooperate in the fight against IUU fishing activities, in particular through sharing information and gathering intelligence to fight against IUU fishing activities.

AddedArticle 89b

AddedInternational Joint Inspection and Surveillance Scheme

Added1. Member States may carry out inspection and surveillance activities within the scope of this section in the framework of an International Joint Inspection and Surveillance Scheme (‘the Scheme’) covering the waters outside national jurisdiction in GFCM geographical subareas 1 to 27 (Mediterranean Sea), as defined in Annex I (‘the inspection and surveillance area’).

Added2. Member States may assign inspectors and inspection means and carry out inspections under the Scheme. The Commission or a body designated by it may also assign Union inspectors to the Scheme.

Added3. The Commission or a body designated by it shall coordinate the surveillance and inspection activities for the Union and may draw up, in coordination with the Member States concerned, a joint deployment plan to enable the Union to fulfil its obligation under the Scheme. Member States shall adopt the necessary measures to facilitate the implementation of those plans, in particular as regards the human and material resources required and the periods and geographical areas in which those resources are to be deployed.

Added4. Each Member State shall, by 15 November of each year, notify to the Commission or a body designated by it the list of the names of inspectors authorised to perform the inspection and surveillance activities in the area referred to in paragraph 1, as well as the names of the vessels and aircraft used for inspection and surveillance which they intend to assign to the Scheme for the following year. The Commission or a body designated by it shall send that information to the GFCM Secretariat by 1 December of each year or as soon as possible before the commencement of those inspection and surveillance activities.

Added5. Inspectors assigned to the Scheme shall carry a GFCM inspector card issued by the competent authorities, which shall be in the form set out in Annex IV.

Added6. Vessels carrying out boarding and inspection duties in accordance with the Scheme shall fly a special flag or pennant, as described in Annex V.

Added7. Each Member State shall ensure that every inspection platform entitled to fly its flag operating in the area referred to in paragraph 1 maintains secure contact, daily where possible, with every other inspection platform operating in that area, to exchange information necessary to coordinate the activities.

Added8. Each Member State with an inspection or surveillance presence in the area referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide each inspection platform, upon its entry into that area, with a list of sightings established in accordance with Annex VII and of boardings and inspections it has conducted in the previous 10-day period, including dates, coordinates and any other relevant information.

AddedArticle 89c

AddedConduct of inspections

Added1. Inspectors assigned to the Scheme shall:

Added(a) prior to boarding, notify the fishing vessel of the name of the inspection vessel;

Added(b) display, on the inspection vessel and boarding vessel, the pennant described in Annex V;

Added(c) limit each inspection team to a maximum of three inspectors.

Added2. Upon boarding the vessel, inspectors shall produce the identity card for GFCM inspectors described in Annex IV to the master of that vessel. Inspections shall be conducted in one of the official languages of the GFCM and, where possible, in the language spoken by the master of the fishing vessel.

Added3. Inspectors shall draw up a report of the inspection in the format set out in Annex VI.

Added4. Inspectors shall sign the report in the presence of the master of the vessel, who shall be entitled to add to the report any observations which the master of the vessel considers suitable. The master of the vessel shall also sign the report.

Added5. Copies of the report shall be given to the master of the vessel and to the authorities of the inspection party, which shall transmit copies to the authorities of the flag State of the inspected vessel and to the Commission or a body designated by it. The Commission shall forward the copy of the report to the GFCM Secretariat.

Added6. The size of the inspection party and the duration of the inspection shall be determined by the commanding officer of the inspection vessel, taking into account all relevant circumstances.

AddedArticle 89d

AddedInfringements

Added1. For the purposes of this Article, the following activities shall be considered to be infringements:

Added(a) the activities referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008;

Added(b) interference with satellite monitoring system; and

Added(c) operating without a VMS.

Added2. In the case of any boarding and inspection of a fishing vessel during which the inspectors detect an infringement, the authorities of the flag Member State of the inspection vessel shall immediately inform the Commission or a body designated by it which shall notify the flag State of the inspected fishing vessel both directly and through the GFCM Secretariat. They shall also inform any inspection ship of the flag State of the fishing vessel known to be in the vicinity.

Added3. The flag Member State of the fishing vessel shall ensure that, following an inspection in which an infringement has been detected, the fishing vessel concerned ceases all fishing activities. The flag Member State shall require the fishing vessel to proceed within 72 hours to a port designated by it, where an investigation shall be initiated.

Added4. In the event that an infringement has been detected during an inspection, the actions and follow-up taken by the flag Member State shall be notified to the Commission or a body designated by it. The Commission or a body designated by it shall forward the action and follow-up taken to the GFCM Secretariat.

Added5. Member States’ authorities shall act on inspection reports, as referred to in Article 89c(3), sighting information sheet, as provided for in Annex VII, and statements resulting from documentary inspections by inspectors on a similar basis as they act on reports and statements of national inspectors.’;

Added(59) in Article 91(2), point (f) is replaced by the following:

Added‘(f) main gear(s) used for turbot, fleet segment and operational unit;’;