Article 71 Sightings at sea and detection ...F8

F1A fisheries administration must carry out surveillance in F2United Kingdom waters based on:

If the sighting or detection does not correspond to other information available to the F3fisheries administration, it shall undertake any investigations that may be necessary to determine the appropriate follow-up.

If the sighting or detection refers to a fishing vessel of a third country, and the information does not correspond to any other information that is available to the competent authority of a fisheries administration, and if the authority is not in a position to undertake further action, it shall record its findings in a surveillance report and shall transmit that report without delay, if possible by electronic means, to the flag state concerned.

In the event that an official F5... sights or detects a fishing vessel engaged in activities that may be considered to be an infringement of F6Fisheries Rules, he shall without delay issue a surveillance report and send it to his competent authorities.

A fisheries administration may, by regulations, specify the content of the surveillance report.