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2022/10/26
   Final act published in Official Journal
2022/10/20
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2022/10/19
   CSL - Draft final act
Documents
2022/10/19
   CSL - Final act signed
2022/10/04
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2022/09/13
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2022/09/13
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 581 votes to 4, with 38 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation and management measures applicable in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 520/200.

The purpose of the proposal is to transpose into EU law the conservation and management measures (CMMs) adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). The EU has been a Contracting Party to the WCPFC since 2004, when it ratified the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The WCPFC is the regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO) responsible for the management of fisheries resources in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.

Parliament adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure.

The Regulation lays down management and conservation measures relating to fishing in the area covered by the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, to which the Union has acceded pursuant to Decision 2005/75/EC, and with respect to the species of fish under the purview of that Convention. It applies to Union fishing vessels engaged in fishing activities in the Convention area.

The Regulation:

- deals with conservation and management measures, including provisions for: purse seine vessels fishing for tropical tuna and longline vessels fishing for swordfish; closure of fisheries; prohibition of fishing on data buoys; provisions on fishing in the vicinity of fish aggregating devices, their deployment and design; and setting rules for transhipment in port;

- sets out measures designed to protect marine species in the WCPFC Convention Area, such as: oceanic white tip, silky and hammerhead sharks; mobulid rays, including provisions for data collection and reporting on these rays, as well as their release; and sea turtles, seabirds and cetaceans;

- sets rules on: requirements for vessels, their marking and identification; the vessels monitoring scheme, including the WCPFC regional vessels register scheme; bunkering duties; and the charter notification scheme;

- contains provisions on: the WCPFC regional observer scheme, including rules on the coverage of the observer programme; the rights and responsibilities of vessel operators and masters; the safety of observers; and the reporting duties and obligations of observers;

- regulates boarding and inspection procedures, the list of serious infringements, provisions for evidence, and enforcement and use of force;

- covers port State measures, and the procedure in the event of suspected illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities;

- contains final provisions on issues such as confidentiality of reports and electronic messages and delegated powers.

The main changes to the Commission's proposal concern the following points:

European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)

The amended text stresses the need to adopt provisions in the Regulation that include the EFCA, once designated by the Commission as a body designated by the Commission which receives from Member States information relating to control and inspection, such as at-sea inspection reports and relevant notifications under the WCPFC Regional Observer Programme (ROP), and transmits this information to the WCPFC Secretariat.

Marine pollution

A new provision prohibits EU fishing vessels from discharging any plastics, oil, fuel products or oily residues, garbage, food waste, domestic waste, incinerator ashes and sewage into the sea. That prohibition will not apply to fishing gears or devices supporting fishing, such as FADs, released into the water for fishing.

Regional Observer Programme (ROP)

The objective of the ROP is to collect verified catch data, other scientific data, and additional information on fisheries in the Convention area and to monitor the implementation of CMMs. The ROP will apply to vessels fishing: (a) exclusively on the high seas; (b) on the high seas and in waters under the jurisdiction of one or more coastal States; and (c) in waters under the jurisdiction of two or more coastal States.

ROP observers will be expected to remain attentive and collect information on practices that may be detrimental to the environment, in accordance with the applicable CMM.

Rights and obligations of vessel operators, masters and crews

These rights will include:

- a reasonable period of prior notification of the placement of an ROP observer;

- the compliance of that observer with the general rules of behaviour, hierarchy, laws and regulations applicable; and

- the opportunity to review and comment on the ROP observer’s report, and the right to include additional information deemed relevant or a personal statement;

- privacy in crew personal areas.

Guidelines

The Commission will provide Member States which have fishing opportunities in the fisheries managed by the WCPFC, with any guidelines adopted by the WCPFC, in particular with regard to: (a) the handling practices for mobulid rays; (b) the best handling practises of whale sharks and other sharks; (c) the handling of sea turtles; and (d) the safe release of cetaceans.

Confidentiality and data protection

All personal data collected, transferred and stored under this Regulation will be treated in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. Personal data processed under this Regulation will not be stored for a period longer than 10 years, except if those personal data are necessary to allow the follow-up of an infringement or an inspection, or for the purpose of judicial or administrative procedures. In those cases, the personal data may be stored for 20 years. If personal data are retained for a longer period, the data shall be anonymised.

Documents
2022/09/12
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2022/07/11
   EP - Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations
2022/06/29
   CSL - Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement
2022/06/29
   EP - Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations
Documents
2022/03/09
   EP - Committee decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations confirmed by plenary (Rule 71)
2022/03/07
   EP - Committee decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations announced in plenary (Rule 71)
2022/03/03
   EP - Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations with report adopted in committee
2022/01/31
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
Details

The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report by Isabel CARVALHAIS (S&D, PT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation and management measures applicable in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007.

The committee recommended that the European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission's proposal as follows:

Scope and purpose

The amended text stipulated that the Regulation should apply to Union fishing vessels carrying out fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area. Its aim is to incorporate into European Union law the conservation and management measures (CMMs) adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).

The mission of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is, inter alia , to organise the operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by Member States for the implementation of international control and inspection programmes such as the ones implemented in WCPFC CMMs, and to assist Member States in reporting information on fishing activities and control and inspection activities to the Commission and third parties.

It is therefore appropriate for the EFCA to be the body that receives from Member States and transmits to the WCPFC Secretariat information relating to control and inspection, such as at sea inspection reports and notifications of the WCPFC.

Sea turtles

Members stressed that Union fishing vessel should bring on board any captured hard-shell sea turtle (family Cheloniidae) that is comatose or inactive as soon as possible after capture and foster its recovery, including giving it resuscitation, before returning it to the water. Masters and operators of Union fishing vessels should ensure that crew is aware of and use proper mitigation and handling techniques.

Marine pollution

The amended text stipulated that Union fishing vessels should be prohibited from discharging marine waste produced on board or any plastics, including plastic packaging, items containing plastic and polystyrene into the sea.

Record of fishing vessels

Members, once again, stressed the need to include the EFCA in the information exchange scheme to and from the WCPFC secretariat, Member States, fishing vessels masters, fishing inspectors and Regional Observer Programme observers. In this regard, Member States should notify EFCA, with the Commission in copy, of any factual information showing that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a vessel is that not on the Record is or has been engaged in fishing for or transhipment of highly migratory fish stocks in the Convention Area. Submission of vessel record data to the Commission, with EFCA in copy, should be in an electronic transmission that meet the electronic formatting specification.

Regional Observer Programme (ROP)

ROP observers should remain attentive and shall collect information on any practices that could harm the environment. The observers should, inter alia , observe the ethnic traditions and customs of the flag State of the entire crew.

Infringements

Any intimidation of or physical attacks on the ROP observer should constitute a serious infringement. Moreover, any fishing activities of non-contracting party fishing vessels should also be reported by the Member States to EFCA, with the Commission in copy, and the flag State of the vessel in question.

Documents
2022/01/25
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
2021/12/06
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2021/09/20
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/05/20
   EP - CARVALHAIS Isabel (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in PECH
2021/04/26
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2021/04/23
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to transpose into European Union (EU) law the conservation and management measures adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.

BACKGROUND: the EU has been a contracting party to the WCPFC since 2004, when it ratified the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The WCPFC is the regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO) responsible for the management of fisheries resources in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. WCPFC's conservation and management measures apply to the entire WCPFC Convention Area.

The WCPFC is empowered to adopt conservation and management measures (CMMs) for the living resources of the sea under its jurisdiction, which are binding on the Contracting Parties.

CONTENT: the proposed Regulation aims to implement existing measures of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC), which are binding on the Contracting Parties. It establishes management and conservation measures for fisheries in the Convention area and in respect of fish species covered by the Convention.

The regulation would apply to EU vessels fishing in the WCPFC Convention area and to the rules on fishing authorisation.

The proposal:

- deals with conservation and management measures, including provisions for: purse seine vessels fishing for tropical tuna and longline vessels fishing for swordfish; closure of fisheries; prohibition of fishing on data buoys; provisions on fishing in the vicinity of fish aggregating devices, their deployment and design; and setting rules for transhipment in port;

- sets out measures designed to protect marine species in the WCPFC Convention Area, such as: oceanic white tip, silky and hammerhead sharks; mobulid rays, including provisions for data collection and reporting on these rays, as well as their release; and sea turtles, seabirds and cetaceans;

- sets rules on: requirements for vessels, their marking and identification; the vessels monitoring scheme, including the WCPFC regional vessels register scheme; bunkering duties; and the charter notification scheme;

- contains provisions on: the WCPFC regional observer scheme, including rules on the coverage of the observer programme; the rights and responsibilities of vessel operators and masters; the safety of observers; and the reporting duties and obligations of observers;

- regulates boarding and inspection procedures, the list of serious infringements, provisions for evidence, and enforcement and use of force;

- covers port State measures, and the procedure in the event of suspected illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities;

- provides for delegated powers to the Commission to provide for changes to WCPFC measures, which are likely to be frequent.

Documents

Activities

Votes

Zone de la convention des pêches pour l'Océan pacifique occidental et central: mesures de conservation et de gestion - Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area: conservation and management measures - Erhaltungs- und Bewirtschaftungsmaßnahmen für den Bereich des Übereinkommens über die Fischerei im westlichen und mittleren Pazifik - A9-0009/2022 - CARVALHAIS - Am 101 #

2022/09/13 Outcome: +: 581, 0: 38, -: 4
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76
56
45
56
29
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21
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11
12
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AmendmentsDossier
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2021/12/08 PECH 19 amendments...
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  • The European Parliament adopted by 581 votes to 4, with 38 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation and management measures applicable in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 520/200.
  • The purpose of the proposal is to transpose into EU law the conservation and management measures (CMMs) adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). The EU has been a Contracting Party to the WCPFC since 2004, when it ratified the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The WCPFC is the regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO) responsible for the management of fisheries resources in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.
  • Parliament adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure.
  • The Regulation lays down management and conservation measures relating to fishing in the area covered by the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, to which the Union has acceded pursuant to Decision 2005/75/EC, and with respect to the species of fish under the purview of that Convention. It applies to Union fishing vessels engaged in fishing activities in the Convention area.
  • The Regulation:
  • - deals with conservation and management measures, including provisions for: purse seine vessels fishing for tropical tuna and longline vessels fishing for swordfish; closure of fisheries; prohibition of fishing on data buoys; provisions on fishing in the vicinity of fish aggregating devices, their deployment and design; and setting rules for transhipment in port;
  • - sets out measures designed to protect marine species in the WCPFC Convention Area, such as: oceanic white tip, silky and hammerhead sharks; mobulid rays, including provisions for data collection and reporting on these rays, as well as their release; and sea turtles, seabirds and cetaceans;
  • - sets rules on: requirements for vessels, their marking and identification; the vessels monitoring scheme, including the WCPFC regional vessels register scheme; bunkering duties; and the charter notification scheme;
  • - contains provisions on: the WCPFC regional observer scheme, including rules on the coverage of the observer programme; the rights and responsibilities of vessel operators and masters; the safety of observers; and the reporting duties and obligations of observers;
  • - regulates boarding and inspection procedures, the list of serious infringements, provisions for evidence, and enforcement and use of force;
  • - covers port State measures, and the procedure in the event of suspected illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities;
  • - contains final provisions on issues such as confidentiality of reports and electronic messages and delegated powers.
  • The main changes to the Commission's proposal concern the following points:
  • European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)
  • The amended text stresses the need to adopt provisions in the Regulation that include the EFCA, once designated by the Commission as a body designated by the Commission which receives from Member States information relating to control and inspection, such as at-sea inspection reports and relevant notifications under the WCPFC Regional Observer Programme (ROP), and transmits this information to the WCPFC Secretariat.
  • Marine pollution
  • A new provision prohibits EU fishing vessels from discharging any plastics, oil, fuel products or oily residues, garbage, food waste, domestic waste, incinerator ashes and sewage into the sea. That prohibition will not apply to fishing gears or devices supporting fishing, such as FADs, released into the water for fishing.
  • Regional Observer Programme (ROP)
  • The objective of the ROP is to collect verified catch data, other scientific data, and additional information on fisheries in the Convention area and to monitor the implementation of CMMs. The ROP will apply to vessels fishing: (a) exclusively on the high seas; (b) on the high seas and in waters under the jurisdiction of one or more coastal States; and (c) in waters under the jurisdiction of two or more coastal States.
  • ROP observers will be expected to remain attentive and collect information on practices that may be detrimental to the environment, in accordance with the applicable CMM.
  • Rights and obligations of vessel operators, masters and crews
  • These rights will include:
  • - a reasonable period of prior notification of the placement of an ROP observer;
  • - the compliance of that observer with the general rules of behaviour, hierarchy, laws and regulations applicable; and
  • - the opportunity to review and comment on the ROP observer’s report, and the right to include additional information deemed relevant or a personal statement;
  • - privacy in crew personal areas.
  • Guidelines
  • The Commission will provide Member States which have fishing opportunities in the fisheries managed by the WCPFC, with any guidelines adopted by the WCPFC, in particular with regard to: (a) the handling practices for mobulid rays; (b) the best handling practises of whale sharks and other sharks; (c) the handling of sea turtles; and (d) the safe release of cetaceans.
  • Confidentiality and data protection
  • All personal data collected, transferred and stored under this Regulation will be treated in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. Personal data processed under this Regulation will not be stored for a period longer than 10 years, except if those personal data are necessary to allow the follow-up of an infringement or an inspection, or for the purpose of judicial or administrative procedures. In those cases, the personal data may be stored for 20 years. If personal data are retained for a longer period, the data shall be anonymised.
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  • The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report by Isabel CARVALHAIS (S&D, PT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation and management measures applicable in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007.
  • The committee recommended that the European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission's proposal as follows:
  • Scope and purpose
  • The amended text stipulated that the Regulation should apply to Union fishing vessels carrying out fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area. Its aim is to incorporate into European Union law the conservation and management measures (CMMs) adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
  • The mission of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is, inter alia , to organise the operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by Member States for the implementation of international control and inspection programmes such as the ones implemented in WCPFC CMMs, and to assist Member States in reporting information on fishing activities and control and inspection activities to the Commission and third parties.
  • It is therefore appropriate for the EFCA to be the body that receives from Member States and transmits to the WCPFC Secretariat information relating to control and inspection, such as at sea inspection reports and notifications of the WCPFC.
  • Sea turtles
  • Members stressed that Union fishing vessel should bring on board any captured hard-shell sea turtle (family Cheloniidae) that is comatose or inactive as soon as possible after capture and foster its recovery, including giving it resuscitation, before returning it to the water. Masters and operators of Union fishing vessels should ensure that crew is aware of and use proper mitigation and handling techniques.
  • Marine pollution
  • The amended text stipulated that Union fishing vessels should be prohibited from discharging marine waste produced on board or any plastics, including plastic packaging, items containing plastic and polystyrene into the sea.
  • Record of fishing vessels
  • Members, once again, stressed the need to include the EFCA in the information exchange scheme to and from the WCPFC secretariat, Member States, fishing vessels masters, fishing inspectors and Regional Observer Programme observers. In this regard, Member States should notify EFCA, with the Commission in copy, of any factual information showing that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a vessel is that not on the Record is or has been engaged in fishing for or transhipment of highly migratory fish stocks in the Convention Area. Submission of vessel record data to the Commission, with EFCA in copy, should be in an electronic transmission that meet the electronic formatting specification.
  • Regional Observer Programme (ROP)
  • ROP observers should remain attentive and shall collect information on any practices that could harm the environment. The observers should, inter alia , observe the ethnic traditions and customs of the flag State of the entire crew.
  • Infringements
  • Any intimidation of or physical attacks on the ROP observer should constitute a serious infringement. Moreover, any fishing activities of non-contracting party fishing vessels should also be reported by the Member States to EFCA, with the Commission in copy, and the flag State of the vessel in question.
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  • PURPOSE: to transpose into European Union (EU) law the conservation and management measures adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
  • PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.
  • ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.
  • BACKGROUND: the EU has been a contracting party to the WCPFC since 2004, when it ratified the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The WCPFC is the regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO) responsible for the management of fisheries resources in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. WCPFC's conservation and management measures apply to the entire WCPFC Convention Area.
  • The WCPFC is empowered to adopt conservation and management measures (CMMs) for the living resources of the sea under its jurisdiction, which are binding on the Contracting Parties.
  • CONTENT: the proposed Regulation aims to implement existing measures of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC), which are binding on the Contracting Parties. It establishes management and conservation measures for fisheries in the Convention area and in respect of fish species covered by the Convention.
  • The regulation would apply to EU vessels fishing in the WCPFC Convention area and to the rules on fishing authorisation.
  • The proposal:
  • - deals with conservation and management measures, including provisions for: purse seine vessels fishing for tropical tuna and longline vessels fishing for swordfish; closure of fisheries; prohibition of fishing on data buoys; provisions on fishing in the vicinity of fish aggregating devices, their deployment and design; and setting rules for transhipment in port;
  • - sets out measures designed to protect marine species in the WCPFC Convention Area, such as: oceanic white tip, silky and hammerhead sharks; mobulid rays, including provisions for data collection and reporting on these rays, as well as their release; and sea turtles, seabirds and cetaceans;
  • - sets rules on: requirements for vessels, their marking and identification; the vessels monitoring scheme, including the WCPFC regional vessels register scheme; bunkering duties; and the charter notification scheme;
  • - contains provisions on: the WCPFC regional observer scheme, including rules on the coverage of the observer programme; the rights and responsibilities of vessel operators and masters; the safety of observers; and the reporting duties and obligations of observers;
  • - regulates boarding and inspection procedures, the list of serious infringements, provisions for evidence, and enforcement and use of force;
  • - covers port State measures, and the procedure in the event of suspected illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities;
  • - provides for delegated powers to the Commission to provide for changes to WCPFC measures, which are likely to be frequent.
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  • PURPOSE: to transpose into European Union (EU) law the conservation and management measures adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
  • PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.
  • ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.
  • BACKGROUND: the EU has been a contracting party to the WCPFC since 2004, when it ratified the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The WCPFC is the regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO) responsible for the management of fisheries resources in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. WCPFC's conservation and management measures apply to the entire WCPFC Convention Area.
  • The WCPFC is empowered to adopt conservation and management measures (CMMs) for the living resources of the sea under its jurisdiction, which are binding on the Contracting Parties.
  • CONTENT: the proposed Regulation aims to implement existing measures of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC), which are binding on the Contracting Parties. It establishes management and conservation measures for fisheries in the Convention area and in respect of fish species covered by the Convention.
  • The regulation would apply to EU vessels fishing in the WCPFC Convention area and to the rules on fishing authorisation.
  • The proposal:
  • - deals with conservation and management measures, including provisions for: purse seine vessels fishing for tropical tuna and longline vessels fishing for swordfish; closure of fisheries; prohibition of fishing on data buoys; provisions on fishing in the vicinity of fish aggregating devices, their deployment and design; and setting rules for transhipment in port;
  • - sets out measures designed to protect marine species in the WCPFC Convention Area, such as: oceanic white tip, silky and hammerhead sharks; mobulid rays, including provisions for data collection and reporting on these rays, as well as their release; and sea turtles, seabirds and cetaceans;
  • - sets rules on: requirements for vessels, their marking and identification; the vessels monitoring scheme, including the WCPFC regional vessels register scheme; bunkering duties; and the charter notification scheme;
  • - contains provisions on: the WCPFC regional observer scheme, including rules on the coverage of the observer programme; the rights and responsibilities of vessel operators and masters; the safety of observers; and the reporting duties and obligations of observers;
  • - regulates boarding and inspection procedures, the list of serious infringements, provisions for evidence, and enforcement and use of force;
  • - covers port State measures, and the procedure in the event of suspected illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities;
  • - provides for delegated powers to the Commission to provide for changes to WCPFC measures, which are likely to be frequent.