Division 3 EFFORT CONTROL

The system in place for allocation, monitoring and control of fishing effort, including:

• system in use to verify the track records of vessels allocated extra days,

• system in use to verify compliance with the by-catch restrictions placed upon vessels benefiting from extra days allocations or derogations,

• legislation and/or recommendation issued to industry on how to register their intended management period and gear category,

• legislation and/or recommendation issued to industry on how to register their intentions to use more than one gear category during a management period,

• a description of how effort data is managed and the structure of the database,

• system in use for the transfer of days,

• system in use for the allocation of extra days,

• system in use for the non-attribution of transit days,

• system in use to ensure that the equivalent capacity is withdrawn to allow vessels with no track record to fish in an area.