Division 6.7 Observer coverage in ICES zone VIa

Each Member State concerned shall establish an onboard observer programme F1 F2from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012 in order to sample the catches and discards of vessels benefiting from the derogations provided for in points 6.5 and 6.6. The observer programmes shall be carried out without prejudice to the obligations under Regulation (EC) No 665/2008 and shall aim at estimating cod, haddock and whiting catches and discards with an accuracy of no less than 20 %.

Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission a preliminary report on the total amount of catches and discards of vessels subject to the observer programme no later that 30 June of the year in which the programme is implemented. The final report for the calendar year concerned shall be submitted no later that 1 February of the year following that calendar year.