Division 1.1 General inspection tasksF1

An inspection report shall be drawn up for each control and inspection, in the appropriate format as established in point 2 of this Annex. Officials shall in any case verify and note in their report the following information:

1. (1)

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

2. (2)

   the authorisations, licences and fishing authorisation;

3. (3)

   relevant vessel documentation such as the logbooks, transfer and transhipment declarations, ICCAT bluefin tuna catch documents, re-export certificates and other documentation examined for the purpose of the control and inspection as provided for by ICCAT Recommendation 12-03;

4. (4)

   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. (5)

   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. In case of an inspection in the framework of the ICCAT Scheme of Joint International Inspection, the inspection party should register the inspections undertaken and any infringements detected in the vessel log.

Those findings shall be compared with the information made available to the officials by other competent authorities, including Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) information, lists of authorised vessels, observer’s reports, video records and all documents related to fishing activities.