Provision of data
1. Member States shall ensure that all pertinent catch information is provided to the Commission on an annual basis, for all of their vessels fishing for species under the purview of the Convention.
2. Member States shall provide the data, by species and fishing gear, where practical, via vessel logbooks and unloading records, and otherwise in aggregated form as in the table set out in IATTC Resolution C-03-05, with Level 3 catch and effort data as a minimum requirement, and, whenever possible, Levels 1 and 2 catch and effort data and length-frequency data.
3. The aggregated data table referred to in paragraph 2 for each year shall be provided to the Commission by 31 May of the following year. The Commission shall forward that information to the IATTC Secretariat by 30 June.
Bigeye tuna statistical document
1. All bigeye tunas imported into the territory of the Union shall be accompanied by the bigeye tuna statistical document or the IATTC bigeye tuna re-export certificate, as appropriate, established by the IATTC ( 17 ) . Bigeye tuna caught by purse seiners and bait boats and destined principally for further processing by tuna canneries shall not be subject to that statistical document requirement.
2. The IATTC bigeye tuna statistical document shall be validated by the authorities of the flag Member State of the vessel that harvested the tuna. The IATTC bigeye tuna re-export certificate shall be validated by the authorities of the Member State that re-exported the tuna.
3. The Member States that import bigeye tuna shall report to the Commission the trade data collected by their authorities each year by 1 April for the period of 1 July to 31 December of the preceding year and by 1 October for the period of 1 January to 30 June of the current year. The Commission shall forward that information to the IATTC Secretariat without delay.
4. Member States that export bigeye tuna shall examine the trade data upon receiving the import data referred to in paragraph 3 and shall report the results to the Commission. The Commission shall forward that information to the IATTC Secretariat without delay.
5. Member States shall validate statistical documents involving a transhipment at port undertaken by longline vessels flying their flag where the transhipment was conducted in accordance with this Regulation and on the basis of the information obtained through the IATTC observer programme.
6. Member States that validate a statistical document involving transhipments undertaken by a longline vessel flying their flag shall ensure that the information is consistent with the catches reported by each longline vessel.
7. All tunas and tuna-like species and sharks landed in, or imported into, the Union, either unprocessed or after having been processed on board, and which are transhipped, shall be accompanied by the IATTC transhipment declaration form until the first sale has taken place.
