ANNEX XVIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX XVII FISHING EFFORT REPORTING FORMATS 1. For the purposes of this Regulation in a fishing effort report: (a) the geographical location of a fishing vessel shall be expressed in degrees and minutes of longitude and latitude; (b) the area shall be one in which fisheries are subject to a Union regime of fishing effort; (c) the time shall be expressed as co-ordinated universal time (UTC); (d) where the catch retained on board is mentioned, all species which have been recorded in the fishing logbook in accordance with Article 14 of the Control Regulation shall be communicated individually in kilograms live weight equivalent; the reported quantities shall be the total quantities of each species retained on board at the time of communication of the effort report. The species which are communicated are identified by the FAO 3-alpha code 2. Masters of Union fishing vessels shall communicate the following information in the form of an ‘effort report’ not earlier than 12 hours and at least 1 hour before an entry into an area and shall contain the following information: (a) the heading ‘EFFORT REPORT – ENTRY’; (b) the name, external identification and international radio call sign of the fishing vessel; (c) the name of the master of the fishing vessel; (d) the geographical location of the fishing vessel to which the communication refers; (e) the area into which the fishing vessel will enter; (f) the expected date and time of each entry into that area; (g) the catch retained on board by species in kilograms live weight. 3. Masters of Union fishing vessels shall communicate the following information in the form of an ‘effort report’ not earlier than 12 hours and at least 1 hour before an exit from an area, and shall contain the following information: (a) the heading ‘EFFORT REPORT – EXIT’; (b) the name, external identification and international radio call sign of the fishing vessel; (c) the name of the master of the fishing vessel; (d) the geographical location in latitude and longitude of the fishing vessel to which the communication refers; (e) the area from which the fishing vessel will exit; (f) the expected date and time of each exit from that area; (g) the catch retained on board by species in kilograms live weight. 4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, where masters of Union fishing vessels conduct trans-zonal fisheries which cross the line separating areas more than once during a period of 24 hours, provided that they remain within a delimited zone of 5 nautical miles either side of the line between areas, shall communicate their first entry and last exit within that 24 hour period; 5. Member States shall ensure that Masters of fishing vessels flying their flag comply with the reporting obligations.