Article 11 Information on FADs submitted by vessels
United Kingdom
For each deployment of a FAD, F1United Kingdom purse seine and baitboat catching vessels and United Kingdom support vessels shall collect and report the following information and data:
position of the FAD;
date of deployment of the FAD;
FAD type (anchored FAD, drifting artificial FAD);
FAD identifier (i.e. FAD marking or beacon ID, type of buoy — e.g. simple buoy or associated with echo sounder), or any information allowing identification of the owner;
FAD design characteristics (dimension and material of the floating part and of the underwater hanging structure, and the entangling feature of the underwater hanging structure).
For each visit on a FAD, whether followed or not by a set, United Kingdom purse seine and baitboat catching vessels and United Kingdom support vessels shall collect and report the following information:
type of visit (hauling, retrieving, intervention on electronic equipment);
position of the FAD;
date of visit;
FAD type (anchored FAD, drifting natural FAD, drifting artificial FAD);
FAD identifier (i.e. FAD marking or beacon ID) or any information allowing identification of the owner;
if the visit is followed by a set, the results of the set in terms of catch and by-catch, whether retained or discarded, dead or alive, or, if the visit is not followed by a set, the reason for such decision (for instance not enough fish or fish too small).
For each loss of a FAD, United Kingdom purse seine and baitboat catching vessels and United Kingdom support vessels shall collect and report the following information:
the last registered position;
date of the last registered position;
FAD identifier (i.e. FAD marking or beacon ID), or any information allowing identification of the owner.
United Kingdom fishing vessels shall keep a list of deployed FADs, updated on a quarterly basis, containing at least the information set out in Annex III.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Art. 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 7(11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)