Reporting obligations for Mediterranean swordfish
Article 26
1. Member States shall submit to the Commission, by 30 June of each year, the following information concerning catching vessels flying their flag that were authorised to carry out pelagic longline fisheries or harpoon fisheries targeting Mediterranean swordfish during the preceding year: (a) information on the catching vessel: (i) name of the vessel (in the absence of the name, the registry number without country initials shall be indicated); (ii) Union fleet register number as defined in Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218 ( 21 ) ; (iii) ICCAT record number; (b) information related to fishing activities, based on sampling or on the whole fleet: (i) fishing period(s) and total annual number of fishing days of the vessel, by target species and area; (ii) geographical areas, by ICCAT statistical rectangles, for the fishing activities carried out by the vessel, by target species and area; (iii) type of vessel, by target species and area; (iv) number of hooks used by the vessel, by target species and area; (v) number of longline units used by the vessel, by target species and area; (vi) overall length of all longline units for the vessel, by target species and area; (c) data on the catches, in the smallest time-area possible: (i) size and, if possible, age distributions of the catches; (ii) catches and catch composition per vessel; (iii) fishing effort (average fishing days per vessel, average number of hooks per vessel, average longline units per vessel, average overall length of longline per vessel). 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted in the format established by ICCAT. 3. The Commission shall forward the information referred to in paragraph 1 to the ICCAT Secretariat by 31 July of each year.