Chapter I, Article 4 · Regulation (EU) 2022/2056

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Article 4Authorisations#

1.Member States shall manage the number of authorisations to fish and the level of fishing in accordance with the fishing opportunities.

2.Each authorisation shall set out for the Union fishing vessel for which it is issued:

(a)the specific areas, species and time periods for which the authorisation is valid;

(b)the activities which the Union fishing vessel is permitted to carry out;

(c)a prohibition on fishing, retention on board, transhipment or landing by the Union fishing vessel in areas under the jurisdiction of another State except pursuant to any licence, permit or authorisation that is required by such other State;

(d)a requirement that the Union fishing vessel keeps on board the authorisation issued pursuant to this paragraph, or a certified copy thereof, and any licence, permit or authorisation, or a certified copy thereof, issued by a coastal State, as well as a valid certificate of vessel registration.

Defined terms · 19

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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;