Recording and reporting of catches
Article 21
Open ↗1. The master of each fishing vessel authorised to catch Mediterranean swordfish shall keep a fishing logbook in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex II and shall submit the logbook information to the flag Member State. 2. Without prejudice to the reporting obligations for Member States established in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States shall send quarterly reports to the Commission of all catches of Mediterranean swordfish made by authorised vessels flying their flag, unless such information is sent on a monthly basis. Those quarterly reports shall be sent using the aggregated catch data report format and no later than 15 days following the end of each quarter period (namely by 15 April, 15 July and 15 October of each year and by 15 January of the following year). The Commission shall send that information to the ICCAT Secretariat by 30 April, 30 July and 30 October of each year and by 30 January of the following year. 3. In addition to the information referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall submit to the Commission, by 30 June of each year, the following information concerning Union fishing vessels that were authorised to carry out pelagic longline fisheries or harpoon fisheries targeting Mediterranean swordfish during the preceding year: (a) information related to fishing activities by target species and area, based on sampling or on the whole fleet, including: (i) fishing period(s) and total annual number of fishing days of the vessel; (ii) geographical areas, by ICCAT statistical rectangles, for the fishing activities carried out by the vessel; (iii) type of vessel; (iv) number of hooks used by the vessel; (v) number of longline units used by the vessel; (vi) overall length of all longline units for the vessel; (b) data on the catches, in the smallest time-area possible, including: (i) size and, if possible, age distributions of the catches; (ii) catches and catch composition per vessel; (iii) fishing effort (average fishing days per vessel, average number of hooks per vessel, average longline units per vessel, average overall length of longline per vessel). The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat by 31 July of each year. 4. The information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be submitted in the format set out in the ICCAT Guidelines for submitting data and information.