56Monthly Fine‑Scale Catch and Effort Data Reporting System

56 Monthly Fine‑Scale Catch and Effort Data Reporting System

56.1 A person using a boat in the Convention Area that is required to meet the requirements of the Monthly Fine‑Scale Catch and Effort Data Reporting System must, at the end of each month, give the flag State of the boat the following information for the month: (a) if the boat is used in a trawl fishery—the information required by the Fine‑Scale Catch and Effort Data for Trawl Fisheries Form (Form C1); (b) if the boat is used in a longline fishery—the information required by the Fine‑Scale Catch and Effort Data for Longline Fisheries Form (Form C2); (c) if the boat is used in a pot fishery—the information required by the Fine‑Scale Catch and Effort Data for Pot Fisheries Form (Form C5); (d) the catch, reported by species, of all target and by‑catch species for the month; (e) the number of seabirds caught and released or killed during the month; (f) the number of marine mammals of each species caught and released or killed during the month.

Note: The forms mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) could in 2014 be viewed on the CCAMLR’s website (http://www.ccamlr.org).

56.2 The CCAMLR Executive Secretary may close a fishery in the Convention Area to boats of a flag State that have not provided the information mentioned in subclause 56.1.