South Atlantic shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Article 33a
1. Member States shall make sure that vessels flying their flag apply the minimum standards for safe handling and release procedures for South Atlantic shortfin mako shark as set out in Annex IX. 2. Member States shall report every month to the Commission all permissible landings of vessels flying their flag of South Atlantic shortfin mako sharks. Those reports shall be submitted to the Commission within 15 days of the end of the calendar month in which the catches were made. In addition, Member States shall report to the Commission every year the dead discards, live releases and total catches of the vessels flying their flag. 3. By 30 June of each year, the flag Member States of vessels that have caught (landings and dead discards) South Atlantic shortfin mako sharks shall communicate to the Commission the statistical methodology used to estimate dead discards and live releases. Member States with artisanal and small-scale fisheries shall also provide information about their data collection programmes. 4. As part of their annual Task I and II data submissions, Member States shall provide to the Commission all relevant data for South Atlantic shortfin mako sharks, including estimates of dead discards and live releases using the methods approved by the ICCAT Standing Committee on Research and Statistics. 5. Fishing vessels that retain South Atlantic shortfin mako sharks shall not tranship, in part or whole, South Atlantic shortfin mako sharks caught in association with ICCAT fisheries.