Division 1.3 General inspection tasks

An inspection report shall be drawn up for each control and inspection, in the format appended to this Annex. Inspectors shall in any case verify and note in their report the following information:

1. (a)

   the details of the identity of the responsible persons, as well as those of the vessel, farm personnel etc. involved in the activities inspected;

2. (b)

   the authorisations, licences and special fishing permits;

3. (c)

   relevant vessel documentation such as the logbooks, transfer and transhipment declarations, T2Ms, ICCAT bluefin tuna catch documents, re-export certificates and other documentation examined for the purpose of the control and inspection;

4. (d)

   detailed observation of the sizes of bluefin tuna caught, trapped, transferred, transhipped, landed, transported, farmed, processed or traded in the context of compliance with the provisions of the recovery plan;

5. (e)

   the by-catch percentage of bluefin tuna retained on-board vessels not fishing actively for bluefin tuna.

The information referred to all relevant findings from the inspection done at sea, by aerial surveillance, in ports, traps, farms or in any other enterprise concerned shall be noted in the inspection reports.

Those findings shall be compared with the information made available to the inspectors by other competent authorities, including Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) information and lists of authorised vessels, observers’ reports and video records.