{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-296/schedule-ANNEX/chapter-V/division/division-8.",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/296",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 February 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (2011/296/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-296",
  "path": "schedule/ANNEX/chapter/V/division/division/8.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Observers shall be treated as officers. When the vessel is operating in São Toméan waters, they shall carry out the following tasks:\n8.1. observe the fishing activities of the vessels;\n8.2. verify the position of vessels engaged in fishing operations;\n8.3. note the fishing gear used;\n8.4. verify the catch data for São Toméan waters recorded in the logbook;\n8.5. verify the percentages of by-catches and estimate the quantity of discards of species of marketable fish;\n8.6. report fishing data, including the quantity of catches and by-catches on board, to their competent authority by any appropriate means.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/296/schedule/ANNEX/chapter/V/division/division/8.",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:47.321730+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."
}