Regulation (EU) 2022/2056

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9.The rights of observers shall include:

(a)full access to and use of all facilities and equipment of the vessel which the observer may determine is necessary to carry out his or her duties, including full access to the bridge, the fish on board and areas which may be used to hold, process, weigh or store fish;

(b)full access to the vessel’s records including its logs and documentation for the purpose of inspection and copying of records, reasonable access to navigational equipment, charts and radios and other information relating to fishing;

(c)upon request, access to and use of communications equipment and crew for entry, transmission and receipt of work related data or information;

(d)access to any additional equipment present on board in order to facilitate the work of the observer while on board the vessel, such as high powered binoculars, electronic means of communication, etc.;

(e)access to the working deck during net or line retrieval and to specimens (alive or dead) in order to collect and remove samples;

(f)a notice of at least 15 minutes before the start of a hauling or net setting procedure, unless the observer specifically requests not to be notified;

(g)access to food, accommodation, medical facilities and sanitary facilities of a reasonable standard, equivalent to those normally available to an officer on board the vessel;

(h)the provision of adequate space on the bridge or another designated area for clerical work and of adequate space on the deck for observer duties;

(i)freedom to carry out their duties without being assaulted, obstructed, resisted, delayed, intimidated or interfered with in the performance of their duties.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EU) 2022/2056
Adopted: 19 Oct 2022
In force: 15 Nov 2022
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32022R2056 · ELI

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conservation of fish stocks fishing agreement fishing area fishing rights fishing vessel Pacific Ocean sea fish sea fishing ship's flag UN convention External relations Fisheries policy

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ALC
means a near real-time satellite position fixing transmitter;
authorised inspector
means an inspector of a contracting party to the Convention whose identity has been communicated to the WCPFC;
authorised Union inspector
means a Union inspector whose identity has been communicated to the WCPFC in accordance with any act adopted pursuant to Article 79(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
CMM
means the applicable Conservation and Management Measures adopted by the WCPFC;
discards
means catches that are returned to the sea;
Eastern High Seas Pocket
means the area of high seas bounded by the Exclusive Economic Zones of the Cook Islands to the west, French Polynesia to the east and Kiribati to the north with the geographical coordinates and as shown on the map set out in Annex V;
FAD
means any object or group of objects, of any size, that has or has not been deployed, that is living or non-living, including, but not limited to, buoys, floats, netting, webbing, plastics, bamboo, logs and whale sharks floating on or near the surface of the water that fish may associate with;
fishing
means:
fishing opportunities
means fishing quotas, fishing effort allocated to a Member State or closure periods, as provided for in a Union legal act in force for the Convention Area;
mobulid rays
means species of the family Mobulidae, which includes manta rays and mobula rays;
Record
means the WCPFC Record of Fishing Vessels;
ROP
means the Regional Observer Programme established by the WCPFC to collect verified catch data, other scientific data and additional information related to the fishery in the Convention Area, and to monitor the implementation of the CMMs;
shallow-set
means fisheries in which the majority of hooks are set at a depth shallower than 100 metres;
the Convention
means the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, as amended from time to time;
the Convention Area
means the area to which the Convention applies as described in Article 3(1) thereof;
Union fishing vessel
means any vessel flying the flag of a Member State, used or intended for use for the purpose of fishing, including support ships, carrier vessels and any other vessel directly involved in such fishing;
VMS
means a Vessel Monitoring System;
WCPFC
means the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission established under the Convention;
WIN
means the WCPFC identification number;