Catch and fishing effort notification
Article 50
1. Unless otherwise established by the Commission to meet annual deadlines set by ICCAT, Member States shall transmit to the Commission, by 30 June of each year, the following data (Task I data): (a) information on the characteristics of their fleet for the previous year; (b) estimates of the annual nominal catch data (including by-catch and discards data) concerning ICCAT species for the previous year. 2. Unless otherwise established by the Commission to meet annual deadlines set by ICCAT, Member States shall transmit to the Commission, by 30 June of each year, the following data (Task II data) for the ICCAT species: (a) catch and fishing effort data for the previous year, giving a detailed spatio-temporal breakdown; those data shall include estimates of discards and releases with the indication of the status of the fish (dead or alive); (b) any data they have on catches in recreational fisheries for the previous year. 3. The Commission shall forward the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the ICCAT Secretariat without delay. 4. The Commission may adopt implementing acts as regards detailed requirements for the Task I and II data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article respectively. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 75(2).