CONSERVATION TECHNICAL MEASURES Clause Samples

CONSERVATION TECHNICAL MEASURES. Mauritius fishing vessels shall comply with the relevant laws of Seychelles and resolutions adopted by the IOTC

CONSERVATION TECHNICAL MEASURES. 1. Conservation technical measures applicable to the vessels holding a fishing authorisation, relating to the fishing zone, fishing gear and additional catch, shall be defined for each fishing category in the technical sheets contained in Appendix 2 to this Annex. 2. The vessels shall comply with all the recommendations adopted by ICCAT and the provisions under the relevant Liberian legislation. 3. The use of drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Liberian fishing zone shall be limited to artificial supports with non-entangling underwater hanging structures. The deployment and use of such artificial drifting FADs shall be subject to the adoption by the Union of a management plan in line with the provisions adopted by ICCAT. 4. Union vessels shall conduct all fishing activities in a manner which will not disrupt traditional, local-based fisheries, and shall release all turtles, marine mammals, seabirds and reef fish in a manner which will provide this miscel­ laneous catch with the greatest chance of survival. 5. Union vessels, their masters and operators shall conduct all fishing operations in a manner, which will not disrupt the fishing activities of other fishing vessels and shall not interfere with the fishing gear of other fishing vessels.

CONSERVATION TECHNICAL MEASURES. Conservation technical measures applicable to the Union vessels holding a fishing authorisation for the Seychelles fishing zone, are outlined in the technical sheet contained in Appendix 2 to this Annex. The Union vessels shall comply with all the resolutions adopted by IOTC and the provisions under the relevant Seychelles legislation unless otherwise provided by the Agreement and its protocol and in accordance with the principles of international law. The Union vessels shall conduct all authorised fishing activities in a manner which will not disrupt traditional, local-based fisheries. In application with IOTC resolutions and recommendations, the Parties agree to cooperate for the reduction of incidental catches of protected species in particular all marine turtles and marine mammals, and of seabirds and reef fish. To this end, the Union vessels shall endeavour to apply technical measures in order to improve the selectivity of fishing gears and to reduce the incidental catch of non-targeted species. To reduce the entanglement of sharks, marine turtles or any other non-targeted species, the Union vessels shall use non-entangling designs and materials in the construction of fish aggregating devices (FADs). In addition, to reduce the impact of FADs on the ecosystem and the amount of synthetic marine debris, the Union vessels shall use natural or biodegradable materials for FADs and retrieve them in the Seychelles waters when they become non-operational FADs within the modalities of the Seychelles legislation. For the purpose of environmental management and observation of marine ecosystems in Seychelles waters, Seychelles authorities foresee the creation of a dedicated Fund to which Union purse seine ship-owners shall contribute. This overall contribution corresponds to an estimated amount of EUR 175 000 per year, based on the tonnage of each vessel. The contribution of each vessel shall represent EUR 2,25 per GT and shall be paid together with the advanced payment fee and to the same account. Seychelles authorities shall report regularly through the Joint Committee on the utilisation of this contribution.

CONSERVATION TECHNICAL MEASURES. 1. The COMPANY’s fishing vessel(s) shall comply with the relevant laws of Seychelles and resolutions adopted by IOTC. 2. The COMPANY’s fishing vessel(s) shall conduct all fishing activities in a manner that does not affect the traditional local-based fisheries. 3. In accordance with IOTC resolutions and recommendations, the Parties agree to cooperate towards the reduction of incidental catches of protected species in particular all marine turtles, marine mammals, seabirds and reef fish. To this end, the COMPANY’s fishing vessel(s) shall apply technical and mitigating measures to improve the selectivity of fishing gears in order to reduce the incidental catch of non-targeted species. 4. To reduce the entanglement of sharks, marine turtles or any other non-targeted species, the COMPANY’s fishing vessels shall use non-entangling designs and materials in the construction of fish aggregating devices (FADs). In addition, to reduce the impact of FADs on the ecosystem and the amount of synthetic marine debris and implement fishing practices to reduce incidental catches and mortality of non-targeted species, the COMPANY’s fishing vessel(s) shall use natural or biodegradable materials for FADs and retrieve them in the Seychelles waters when they become non- operational FADs within the modalities of the Seychelles legislation.

CONSERVATION TECHNICAL MEASURES. 1. COMPANY fishing vessels shall comply with the relevant laws of Seychelles and resolutions adopted by the IOTC 2. In accordance with IOTC resolutions and recommendations, the Parties agree to cooperate towards the reduction of incidental catches of protected species in particular all marine turtles, marine mammals, seabirds and reef fish. To this end, COMPANY fishing vessels shall apply technical and mitigating measures to improve the selectivity of fishing gears in order to reduce the incidental catch of non-targeted species. 3. To reduce the entanglement of sharks, marine turtles or any other non-targeted species, COMPANY fishing vessels shall use non-entangling designs and materials in the construction of fish aggregating devices (FADs). In addition, to reduce the impact of FADs on the ecosystem and the amount of synthetic marine debris and implement fishing practices to reduce incidental catches and mortality of non-targeted species, COMPANY fishing vessels shall use natural or biodegradable materials for FADs and retrieve them in the Seychelles waters and beyond when they become non-operational FADs within the modalities of the Seychelles legislation. 4. All materials used to assemble the FAD shall be individually marked with the IOTC vessel identification number. 5. It shall be the responsibility of COMPANY to track all its deployed FADs. 6. The vessel shall not follow more operational buoys at any one time as provided for in the respective IOTC resolution. 7. All drifting FADs shall be fitted with an instrumented buoy with satellite tracking capability. The buoy and the FADs shall be clearly and visibly marked with the vessel’s name, radio call sign and IMO number. 8. COMPANY fishing vessels, support vessels shall transmit to the competent Seychelles authorities for each activity on a FAD the following information: i. vessel (name and registration number of the fishing, support or supply vessel) ii. position (as the geographic location of the event (Latitude and Longitude) in degrees and minutes) iii. date (as DD/MM/YYYY, day/month/year)