{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2107/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2107/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/2107",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2017 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EC) No 1984/2003 and (EC) No 520/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2107",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Information on FADs submitted by vessels",
  "text": "1. For each deployment of a FAD, United Kingdom purse seine and baitboat catching vessels and United Kingdom support vessels shall collect and report the following information and data:\n(a) position of the FAD;\n(b) date of deployment of the FAD;\n(c) FAD type (anchored FAD, drifting artificial FAD);\n(d) 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;\n(e) 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).\n2. 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:\n(a) type of visit (hauling, retrieving, intervention on electronic equipment);\n(b) position of the FAD;\n(c) date of visit;\n(d) FAD type (anchored FAD, drifting natural FAD, drifting artificial FAD);\n(e) FAD identifier (i.e. FAD marking or beacon ID) or any information allowing identification of the owner;\n(f) 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).\n3. 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:\n(a) the last registered position;\n(b) date of the last registered position;\n(c) FAD identifier (i.e. FAD marking or beacon ID), or any information allowing identification of the owner.\n4. 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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2107/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:27.577018+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."
}