Objectives
Article 4
Control and inspection activities shall aim at ensuring compliance with the following provisions: 1. annual fishing plans, as provided for by Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009; 2. the prohibition to use spotting aircrafts and helicopters, as provided for by Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009; 3. measures on fishing and farming capacities, as provided for by Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009; 4. the implementation of any observer programme in the Union, including the Member States’ observer programme, and the ICCAT Regional Observer Programme, as provided for by points 90, 91 and 92 and Annex 7 to ICCAT Recommendation 12-03; 5. rules on recording of authorised catching vessels and other fishing vessels, as provided for by Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009; 6. specific technical measures and conditions for fishing for bluefin tuna as provided in ICCAT Recommendation 12-03, in particular minimum size rules and associated conditions; 7. quantitative restrictions on catches and any specific conditions associated therewith, including the monitoring of quota uptake, as provided for by ICCAT Recommendation 12-03; 8. documentation rules applicable to bluefin tuna, as provided for by ICCAT Recommendation 12-03; 9. the implementation of pilot studies on how to better estimate both the number and the weight of bluefin tuna at the point of capture and caging including through the use of stereoscopical systems; 10. the implementation of a programme using stereoscopical cameras systems or alternative techniques that provide the equivalent precision, which shall cover 100 % of all caging operations in order to refine the number and weight of the fish in each caging operation.