Regulation 14 Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels

Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels is amended as follows.

For Article 1 substitute—

“Article 1

Scope

This Regulation applies to the removal of shark fins, retention on board, transhipment and landing of shark fins by United Kingdom fishing vessels in maritime waters.”.

For Article 6 substitute—

“Article 6

Reports

Where United Kingdom fishing vessels catch, retain on-board, tranship or land sharks, a fisheries administration must publish, annually, by 1 May, a comprehensive report on its implementation of this Regulation during the previous year. The report must describe the monitoring by the fisheries administration of compliance with this Regulation by vessels in its fleet, and the enforcement measures it has taken in cases of non-compliance. In particular, the fisheries administration must provide all of the following information—

(a)

the number of landings of sharks;

(b)

the number, date and place of the inspections that have been carried out;

(c)

the number and nature of cases of non-compliance detected, including a full identification of the vessel(s) involved and the penalty applied for each case of non-compliance; and

(d)

the total landings by species (weight/number) and by port.”.

Omit Article 7.