{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-296/annex-I/division-3/division-1.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-296/annex-I/division-3/division-1.5.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2009/296",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 25 March 2009 establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the recovery of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (notified under document number C(2009) 2032) (2009/296/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-296",
  "path": "annex/I/division/3/division/1.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.5",
  "heading": "Inspection tasks at sea",
  "text": "Where dead fish are taken on-board the catching vessel or are present aboard a processing or a transport vessel, inspectors shall always verify the quantities of fish retained on-board and compare them with the quantities recorded in the relevant documentation on-board.\nWhere live fish are being transferred from catching vessels to caging vessel/transport tugs or from caging vessel/transport tugs into farming installations, inspectors should seek to identify the means used by the parties involved to estimate the quantities of live bluefin tuna transferred. Where video footage is available, inspectors should gain access to, and verify the quantities transferred, as observed by the video footage.\nInspectors shall systematically verify:\n(a) that the fishing vessels are authorised to operate (markings, identity, licence, special permits, authorisation, and ICCAT list);\n(b) that the relevant information is present on-board and duly completed and reported (logbooks, ICCAT bluefin tuna catch documents, ICCAT transfer declaration and transhipment declaration);\n(c) that the fishing vessels are equipped with an operational Vessel Monitoring System (VMS);\n(d) that the fishing vessels are not operating inside close areas and are respecting the closure of fishing seasons;\n(e) the respect of quotas and by-catch limitations;\n(f) the size composition of catches of bluefin tuna on-board;\n(g) the physical quantities of bluefin tuna on-board, and their presentation;\n(h) the fishing gear on-board;\n(i) the presence of an observer where it is relevant.\nInspectors shall sight and report on IUU fishing activities, and on the use of spotting aircraft or helicopters.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/296/annex/I/division/3/division/1.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:32.171478+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}