Data collection and reporting
Article 27
1. In addition to the data reporting requirements set out in Articles 7, 11, 14, 16, 18, 25 and 26, Member States whose vessels fish in the SPRFMO Convention Area shall provide the data set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article to the Commission. 2. By 15 September each year, Member States whose vessels fish in the SPRFMO Convention Area shall report the live weight for all species/species groups caught during the previous calendar year to the Commission. The Commission shall forward that information to the SPRFMO Secretariat by 30 September. 3. By 15 June each year, Member States whose vessels fish in the SPRFMO Convention Area shall report to the Commission the data regarding trawl fishing activity on tow by tow basis; the data on bottom long lining on set by set basis; and the data on landings, including for reefers, and transhipments. The Commission shall forward that information to the SPRFMO Secretariat by 30 June. 4. The Commission may lay down, by means of implementing acts, detailed requirements for the data reporting referred to in this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 45(2).