Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Added(3) in Article 7(3), point (a) is replaced by the following:

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 4 – point 2: (b) General vessel information: basic information about the vessel and its fishing activities and operations (such as vessel name, registration number, target fishery, fishing areas, fishing gear, LOA).

Added‘(a) for cod in Divisions 3L and 3M, redfish in Divisions 3LN and witch flounder in Divisions 3NO: 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greater;’;

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RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 4 – point 3: (c) Fishing gear type and configuration:

Added(4) Article 15 is amended as follows:

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Added(a) the title is replaced by the following:

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 4 – point 4: (d) Vessel layout: equipment of the vessel with detailed information, plan of the vessel disposition and different areas (such as deck, processing, storage -including number of wells).

Added‘Lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear and retrieval of fishing gear’;

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Added(b) in paragraph 1, point (c) is replaced by the following:

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 4 – point 5: (e) EM equipment set up: description of the settings of the EM equipment, such as time running, number of cameras, settings of the cameras (frame rate and resolution), and areas covered, time recording for each of the cameras, number of sensors, where applicable, software used, control box disposition, etc.

Added‘(c) not deliberately abandon or discard fishing gear, except for safety reasons.’;

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Added(5) in Article 27, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 4 – point 6: (f) Catch handling procedures: description of the crew and their operations.

Added‘3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, a Member State may allow fishing vessels flying its flag to carry an observer for less than 100 %, but not less than 25 % of the fishing trips conducted by its fleet, or of the days the fishing vessels are present in the Regulatory Area calculated for a period of one calendar year in any of the following cases:

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Added(a) where ▌ the vessels are targeting species in areas where negligible by-catch of other species is expected to occur;

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 4 – point 7: (g) An example view from each required camera view.

Added(b) where the flag Member State has provided information justifying why a 100 % coverage is not applied;

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Added(c) where extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances are duly documented and justified by the flag Member State preventing 100 % observer coverage; or

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 5: 5. Any physical changes to the vessel, modifications in vessel categorization (fleet segmentation), or adjustments to the catch handling deck, including those result in the vessel no longer belonging to its original group, shall be reported to the flag Member State authorities. Subsequently, the VMP shall be updated accordingly before the commencement of the next fishing trip.

Added(d) where a vessel deploys an electronic observation programme approved by the flag Member State and:

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Added(i) the flag Member State submits to the NAFO Executive Secretary, with the Commission and EFCA in copy, their electronic observation standards and guidelines; and

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 6: 6. The VMP shall be signed off by the vessel owner and approved by the flag Member State competent authority or its designated institutions.

Added(ii) the flag Member State submits a completed copy of the Annex II.M to the CEM referred to in point 35 of the Annex to this Regulation within three months of the electronically observed trip.

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AddedFor each fishing trip of its vessels without an observer on board, the flag Member State shall physically inspect the landing of the vessel in its ports or otherwise evaluate as appropriate each landing in its ports, following a risk assessment. Inspections shall be documented in the format prescribed in Annex IV.C to the CEM referred to in point 9 of the Annex to this Regulation.’;

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – paragraph 7: 7. The EM equipment shall not compromise vessel stability, posing risks to vessel operations, crew safety, or the environment. Additionally, it shall not hinder the vessel's safe navigation.

Added(6) Article 30 is replaced by the following:

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Added‘Article 30 Surveillance procedures

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – before Part A: EM Vessel Monitoring Plan template example

Added1. The inspecting Member State shall ensure that, for each sighting in the Regulatory Area of a fishing vessel entitled to fly the flag of a NAFO Contracting Party, its inspectors are to record in a Sighting Report ▌ , the following information:

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Added(a) inspecting Contracting Party and the inspector(s) identification;

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – Part A – introductory part: To be provided by the vessel owner to the competent authority of flag Member State or its designated institutions

Added(b) identification or call sign of the inspecting platform;

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Added(c) flag State, name, and call sign of the sighted fishing vessel;

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – Part B – introductory part: To be provided and validated by flag Member State competent authority

Added(d) sighted fishing vessel’s activity ▌ as set out in Annex II.I.B to the CEM;

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Added(e) date and time of the sighting;

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – Part C – after point 12: (13) Description of any special protocols that may apply to the vessel referred in the VMP.

Added(f) position of the fishing vessel at the time of the sighting; and

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Added(g) if images or footage were recorded, and any other relevant observations.

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, ANNEX VIII – Part C – point 13: (14) Description and diagrams of control points with specific procedures carried out. For each area description, there must be a protocol on how to ensure the catch remains in camera view.

Added2. The inspecting Member State shall ensure that, where an inspector observes in the Regulatory Area a fishing vessel flying the flag of a NAFO Contracting Party for which there are reasons to suspect an apparent infringement of this Regulation, and where an immediate inspection is not practicable, the inspector shall:

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Added(a) fill out the Surveillance Report Form in accordance with Annex IV.A to the CEM referred to in point 38 of the Annex to this Regulation. If the inspector has made a volumetric or catch composition evaluation of the content of a haul, the surveillance report shall include all relevant information regarding the composition of the tow, and refer the method used for the volumetric evaluation;

RemovedAnnex III – paragraph 1, Annex VIII – Part D: To be completed by the EM service provider

Added(b) record images of the vessel and record the position, date and time the image was recorded; and

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