CHAPTER VU.K.IDENTIFICATION OF FISHING VESSELS ENGAGED IN IUU FISHING

Article 25U.K.Alleged IUU fishing

1.[F1A fisheries administration], or a body designated by it, shall compile and analyse:

(a)all information on IUU fishing obtained in accordance with Chapters II, III, IV, VIII, X and XI; and/or

(b)any other relevant information, as appropriate, such as:

(i)

the catch data;

(ii)

trade information obtained from national statistics and other reliable sources;

(iii)

vessel registers and databases;

(iv)

regional fisheries management organisation catch documents or statistical document programmes;

(v)

reports on sightings or other activities of fishing vessels presumed to be engaged in IUU fishing as referred to in Article 3 and IUU vessel lists reported or adopted by regional fisheries management organisations;

(vi)

reports under the terms of [F2Council Regulation 1224/2009] on fishing vessels presumed to be engaged in IUU fishing as referred to in Article 3;

(vii)

any other relevant information obtained, inter alia, in the ports and on the fishing grounds.

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3.[F4A fisheries administration], or a body designated by it, shall keep a file in respect of each fishing vessel reported as allegedly involved in IUU fishing which shall be updated as new information is obtained.

[F54. A fisheries administration must share the contents of the file it keeps under paragraph 3 with the other fisheries administrations and inform them each time the file is updated by providing the details of each update.]

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