{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-310/annex-I/division-6/division-6.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-310/annex-I/division-6/division-6.3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2011/310",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 24 May 2011 establishing a specific control and inspection programme for pelagic fisheries in Western Waters of the North East Atlantic (notified under document C(2011) 3415) (Only the Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish texts are authentic) (2011/310/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-310",
  "path": "annex/I/division/6/division/6.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6.3",
  "heading": "Inspection tasks at sea",
  "text": "Where one or more pelagic species is onboard the fishing vessel or is present aboard a processing or a transport vessel, inspectors shall always verify the species and quantities of fish retained on board and compare them with the quantities recorded in the relevant documentation on board.\nInspectors shall systematically verify:\nthat the fishing vessels are authorised to operate in the relevant pelagic fishery,\nthat the fishing vessels are equipped with an operational Vessel Monitoring System (VMS),\nthat the relevant information is duly recorded in the logbook,\nthe compliance of the fishing gear on board with the relevant requirements,\nthe drawings of the vessel and in particular the possibility to discharge fish under the waterline,\nthe presence of equipment allowing automatic grading,\nthe physical quantities of pelagic species on board, and their presentation.",
  "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/2011/310/annex/I/division/6/division/6.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:46.937901+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."
}