1.Member States shall collect all available information on interactions with seabirds, including incidental catches by their fishing vessels and shall transmit that information to the ICCAT Secretariat and the Commission.
2.Member States shall seek to achieve reductions in levels of seabird by catch across all fishing areas, seasons, and fisheries through the use of effective mitigation measures.
3.Community vessels fishing south of 20°S shall carry and use bird-scaring lines (tori poles) according to following technical provisions:
(a)tori poles shall meet the conditions on the tori pole design and be in accordance with the deployment guidelines adopted by ICCAT;
(b)tori lines are to be deployed prior to longlines entering the water at all times south of 20°S;
(c)where practical vessels shall use a second tori pole and bird-scaring line at times of high bird abundance or activity;
(d)back-up tori lines shall be carried by all vessels and be ready for immediate use.
4.By way of derogation from paragraph 3, Community longline vessels targeting swordfish may use monofilament longline gear, provided that these vessels:
(a)set their longlines during the period between nautical dusk/dawn as laid down in the nautical dusk/dawn almanac for the geographical position fished;
(b)use a minimum swivel weight of 60 g placed not more than 3 m from the hook to achieve optimum sink rates.
In order to protect the swordfish, in particular small fish, fishing for swordfish in Mediterranean Sea shall be prohibited from 15 October to 15 November 2008.
Member States shall take appropriate measures to reduce fishing mortality in fisheries targeting North Atlantic shortfin mako.
1. The maximum number of Community bait boats and trolling boats authorised to fish bluefin tuna of a minimum size of 8 kg or 75 cm in the Eastern Atlantic, and the allocation among the Member States of that maximum number shall be fixed as follows:
| Spain | 63 |
| France | 44 |
| EC | 107 |
2. The maximum number of Community pelagic trawlers authorised to fish bluefin tuna of a minimum size of 8 kg or 75 cm as a bycatch in the Eastern Atlantic, and the allocation of that maximum number among the Member States, shall be fixed as follows:
| France | 107 |
| EC | 107 |
Textual Amendments
1. Within the catch limits laid down in Annex ID, the catch limit for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm applicable to authorised Community vessels referred to in Article 82a, and the allocation of that catch limit among the Member States, shall be fixed as follows (in tonnes):
| a Including a maximum of 80 tonnes of by-catches for trolling boats. | |
| Spain | 1 117,07 a |
| France | 504 |
| EC | 1 621,07 |
2. Within the catch limits laid down in paragraph 1, the catch limit for bluefin tuna weighing no less than 6,4 kg or measuring no less than 70 cm applicable to bait boats of an overall length of less than 17 metres among the Community vessels referred to in Article 82a, and the allocation of that catch limit among the Member States, shall be fixed as follows (in tonnes):
Textual Amendments
Within the catch limits laid down in Annex ID, the catch limit for bluefin tuna between and 8 kg and 30 kg allocated to the Community coastal fishery for fresh fish in the Eastern Atlantic, and the allocation of that catch limit among the Member States, shall be fixed as follows (in tonnes):
| Spain | 263,21 |
| France | 61,01 |
| EC | 324,22] |