{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-734/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-734/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/734",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 734/2008 of 15 July 2008 on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas from the adverse impacts of bottom fishing gears",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-734",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Observers",
  "text": "1. Observers shall be on-board all vessels to which a fishing authorisation provided for in Article 3(1) is issued. The observers shall observe the fishing activities of the vessel throughout the execution of its fishing plan provided for in Article 4(1).\n...\n2. The observer shall:\n(a) record independently, in the same format as that used in the vessel’s logbook, the catch information prescribed in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;\n(b) record any instances of alteration of the fishing plan as referred to in Article 5(2);\n(c) document any unforeseen encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems referred to in Article 7, including the gathering of information that may be of use in relation to the protection of the site;\n(d) record depths at which gear is deployed;\n(e) present a report to the competent authorities of the fisheries administration concerned 20 days following the termination of the observation period.\n3. The observer shall not be any of the following:\n(a) a relative of the master of the vessel or other officer serving on the vessel to which the observer is assigned;\n(b) an employee of the master of the vessel to which he is assigned;\n(c) an employee of the master’s representative;\n(d) an employee of a company controlled by the master or his representative;\n(e) a relative of the master’s representative.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 26(11)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 26(11)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 26(11)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 11(2)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 26(11)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/734/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:08.099348+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."
}