Information on FADs submitted by vessels
Article 11
1. For each deployment of a FAD, Union purse seine and baitboat catching vessels and Union support vessels shall collect and report the following information and data: (a) position of the FAD; (b) date of deployment of the FAD; (c) FAD type (anchored FAD, drifting artificial FAD); (d) FAD identifier (i.e. FAD marking or beacon ID, type of buoy — e.g. simple buoy or associated with echo sounder), or any information allowing identification of the owner; (e) FAD design characteristics (dimension and material of the floating part and of the underwater hanging structure, and the entangling feature of the underwater hanging structure). 2. For each visit on a FAD, whether followed or not by a set, Union purse seine and baitboat catching vessels and Union support vessels shall collect and report the following information: (a) type of visit (hauling, retrieving, intervention on electronic equipment); (b) position of the FAD; (c) date of visit; (d) FAD type (anchored FAD, drifting natural FAD, drifting artificial FAD); (e) FAD identifier (i.e. FAD marking or beacon ID) or any information allowing identification of the owner; (f) if the visit is followed by a set, the results of the set in terms of catch and by-catch, whether retained or discarded, dead or alive, or, if the visit is not followed by a set, the reason for such decision (for instance not enough fish or fish too small). 3. For each loss of a FAD, Union purse seine and baitboat catching vessels and Union support vessels shall collect and report the following information: (a) the last registered position; (b) date of the last registered position; (c) FAD identifier (i.e. FAD marking or beacon ID), or any information allowing identification of the owner. 4. Union fishing vessels shall keep a list of deployed FADs, updated on a quarterly basis, containing at least the information set out in Annex III.