# Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, Article 15: Rules on data collection and reporting

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Without prejudice to more specific provisions in this Regulation, Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 shall apply.
2. When collecting data on deep-sea métiers in accordance with the general rules on data collection and with the precision levels laid down in the relevant multiannual ... programme for collection and management of biological, technical, environmental, social and economic data, a fisheries administration must observe the specific data collection and reporting requirements set out in Annex II for the deep-sea métier.
3. A fisheries administration must include the necessary conditions in all fishing authorisations issued in accordance with Article 5 to ensure that the vessel concerned participates, in cooperation with the relevant scientific institute, in any data collection scheme the scope of which would comprise the fishing activities for which authorisations are issued.
4. The master of a vessel, or any other person responsible for the vessel's operation, shall be required to take on board the scientific observer whom a fisheries administration has assigned for his vessel, unless this is not possible for security reasons. The master shall facilitate the discharging of the scientific observer's tasks.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2336/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2336/article-15
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