# Commission Decision of 22 July 2008 establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the cod stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the eastern Channel, the waters west of Scotland and the Irish Sea (notified under document number C(2008) 3633) (2008/620/EC), Division 3: EFFORT CONTROL

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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system in use to ensure that the equivalent capacity is withdrawn to allow vessels with no track record to fish in an area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/620/annex/II/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-620/annex-II/division-3
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