ANNEX VIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX VII IN-PORT TRANSHIPMENT 1. Transhipment in port by Union vessels or in Union ports of tuna and tuna-like species and any other species caught in association with those species in the ICCAT Convention area shall follow the following procedures: Notification obligations 2. Fishing vessel 2.1 At least 48 hours in advance of transhipment operations, the captain of the fishing vessel must notify to the port State authorities the name of the carrier vessel and date/time of transhipment. 2.2 The captain of a fishing vessel shall, at the time of the transhipment, inform its flag Member State of the following: — the quantities of tuna and tuna-like species, if possible, by stock, to be transhipped, — the quantities of other species caught in association with tuna and tuna-like species by species, where known, to be transhipped, — the date and place of the transhipment, — the name, registration number and flag of the receiving carrier vessel, and — the geographical location of the catches by species and, where appropriate, by stock, consistent with ICCAT statistical areas. 2.3 The captain of the fishing vessel concerned shall complete and transmit to its flag Member State the ICCAT transhipment declaration, along with its number in the ICCAT record of fishing vessels, where applicable, not later than 15 days after the transhipment. 3. Receiving vessel 3.1 Not later than 24 hours before the beginning and at the end of the transhipment, the master of the receiving carrier vessel shall inform the port State authorities of the quantities of catches of tuna and tuna-like species transhipped to his vessel, and complete and transmit the ICCAT transhipment declaration to the competent authorities within 24 hours. 3.2 The master of the receiving carrier vessel shall, at least 48 hours before landing, complete and transmit an ICCAT transhipment declaration to the competent authorities of the landing State. Port and landing State cooperation 4. The port State and the landing State referred to in the above points shall review the information received pursuant to the provisions of this Annex, including in cooperation with the flag CPC of the fishing vessel as necessary, to determine consistency between the reported catches, transhipments and landings of each vessel. That verification shall be carried out so that the vessel suffers the minimum interference and inconvenience and that degradation of the fish is avoided. Reporting 5. Each flag Member State of the fishing vessel shall include in its annual report to ICCAT the details on the transhipments by its vessels.