Article 28–Article 29 · 2 articles
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Observer programmes
1. Member States whose vessels fish in the SPRFMO Convention Area shall establish observer programmes in order to collect the data set out in Annex X.
2. By 15 September each year, Member States whose vessels fish in the SPRFMO Convention Area shall provide the applicable observer data set out in Annex X covering the previous calendar year to the Commission. The Commission shall forward that information to the SPRFMO Secretariat by 30 September.
3. By 15 August each year, Member States whose vessels fish in the SPRFMO Convention Area shall provide an annual report on the implementation of the observer programme in the previous year. The report shall include observer training, programme design and coverage, the type of data collected, and any problems encountered during the year. The Commission shall forward that information to the SPRFMO Secretariat by 1 September.
Vessel monitoring system
1. The satellite-tracking device installed on board Union fishing vessels shall ensure the automatic transmission to the fisheries monitoring centre (FMC) of the flag Member State of VMS data with a position error which shall be less than 100 metres under normal satellite navigation operating conditions.
2. Member States shall ensure that their FMCs automatically and continuously report the VMS data of vessels flying their flag engaged in fishing in the SPRFMO Convention Area to the SPRFMO Secretariat at least once every hour and that satellite-tracking devices installed on board of vessels flying their flag are capable of reporting VMS data at least every 15 minutes.
3. For the purpose of Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, the SPRFMO Convention Area shall include a zone of 100 nautical miles outside the SPRFMO Convention Area, within which paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply.
4. Member States shall ensure that, for fishing vessels flying their flag, in the event that the antenna of the satellite-tracking device is mounted separately from the physical enclosure, a single common antenna is used for both satellite navigation decoder and transmitter, and the physical enclosure is connected to the antenna using a single length of unbroken cable.
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