Changes from plenary report to adopted text

AddedAnnex XVII Weight threshold for triggering the VME encounter protocol in any one tow for a single VME Indicator Taxon

AddedAnnex XVIII Weight threshold for triggering the VME encounter protocol in any one tow for three or more different VME Indicator Taxa

AddedAnnex XIX Observer coverage levels in bottom fishing

AddedAnnex XX SPRFMO inspection flag and pennant

AddedFigure 1: SPRFMO inspection flag

AddedFigure 2: SPRFMO boarding pennant

Added’.

AddedANNEX II

AddedThe following annexes are added to Regulation (EU) 2021/56:

Added‘Annex II Satellite buoy deactivation report

Added▌Data fields of the first communication of the buoy after being activated to be used in each report:

Added(i) date [YYYY/MM/DD];

Added(ii) time [hh:mm];

Added(iii) buoy identifier code;

Added(iv) latitude [expressed in degrees and minutes in decimal values];

Added(v) longitude [expressed in degrees and minutes in decimal values];

Added(vi) speed [knots]; and

Added(vii) reason of deactivation: signal loss, stolen FAD, beaching, temporarily during closure periods, transferred ownership, FAD outside the areas specified in paragraph 2a, point (e), of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2021/56. ▌

AddedAnnex III Satellite buoy remote reactivation report

Added▌Data fields of the last communication of the buoy before being deactivated to be used in each report:

Added(i) date [YYYY/MM/DD];

Added(ii) time [hh:mm];

Added(iii) buoy identifier code;

Added(iv) latitude [expressed in degrees and minutes in decimal values];

Added(v) longitude [expressed in degrees and minutes in decimal values];

Added(vi) speed [knots]; and

Added(vii) reason of remote reactivation: recovery of a signal loss, after a temporary deactivation during the closure period, or transfer of ownership while FAD is at sea, other (specify).

AddedAnnex IV Principles for non-entangling and biodegradable designs of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (DFADs)

AddedFigure: Example of a non-entangling, biodegradable FAD

AddedLegend:

Added- Biodegradable non-entangling cover: if it is covered with mesh net, it must have a stretched mesh size less than 7 cm and the mesh net must be well wrapped around the whole raft so that there is no loose netting hanging below the FAD when it is deployed

Added- Bamboo raft

Added- Rope: if mesh net is used, it must be tied as tightly as practicable in the form of sausages, or have a stretched mesh size less than 7 cm in a panel

Added- Bamboo

Added- Cloth attractors

Added- Weights

AddedDFADS shall be constructed with no netting or entangling material in either the surface structure (raft) or the submerged structure.

AddedFor the purposes of this Regulation, the following DFAD categories are identified, on the basis of their degree of biodegradability (from non-biodegradable to 100 % biodegradable), with the understanding that the respective definitions do not apply to the electronic buoys that are attached to FADs in order to track them:

Added− Category I: the DFAD is made of fully biodegradable materials;

Added− Category II: the DFAD is made of fully biodegradable materials except for plastic-based flotation components (for example plastic buoys, foam, purse-seine corks);

Added− Category III: the subsurface part of the DFAD is made of fully biodegradable materials, whereas the surface part and any flotation components contain non-biodegradable materials (for example synthetic raffia, metallic frame, plastic floats, nylon ropes);

Added− Category IV: the subsurface part of the FAD contains non-biodegradable materials, whereas the surface part is made of fully biodegradable materials, except for, possibly, flotation components;

Added− Category V: the surface and subsurface parts of the FAD contain non-biodegradable materials.

AddedAnnex V Definitions

Added(1) EM (electronic monitoring) means the use of EM equipment to record a vessel’s activities.

Added(2) EMS (Electronic Monitoring System) means a system for implementing EM aboard vessels, and for collecting, processing, and analysing the resulting EM records.

Added(3) EM standards means the agreed standards, rules, and procedures governing the establishment and operation of an EMS, applicable to all components of the system as they may be used for specified vessels in a specific area and/or type of fishing activity.

Added(4) EMS Programme means a national or regional programme established for implementing an EMS.

Added(5) EM equipment means a network of electronic cameras, sensors and/or data storage devices installed on vessels and used to record these vessels’ activities.

Added(6) EM records means images and other data recorded by the EM equipment.

Added(7) EM data means data resulting from analysis of EM records.

Added(8) EM analysis means the analysis of EM records to produce EM data.

Added(9) EM analyst means a person qualified to analyse EM records and produce EM data.

Added(10) EM review centre means a facility where EM records are analysed to produce EM data.

Added(11) EM coverage means the proportion of the vessels or fishing activities that is effectively covered by the EMS.

Added(12) EM review rate means the proportion of EM records that are analysed to produce EM data.

Added(13) EM service provider means a provider of EM equipment and/or technical and logistical services.

AddedAnnex VI Minimum technical requirements, performance standards, camera view of fishing activities under coverage by EMS, and recommended configurations for EM equipment for each vessel type

Added(1) EM equipment

Added- The EM equipment shall be protected against onboard power outage, with a backup power system capable to keep operating until the vessel power is restored (for example 30 minutes). It shall also be capable of saving EM records collected when the vessel power is down for longer periods than the backup system was designed to withstand.