# Regulation (EU) 2018/975 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention Area (revoked) EU Regulation 2018/975 ยท adopted 4 July 2018 Regulation (EU) 2018/975 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention Area ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) 2018/975 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention Area (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Relationship to other Union acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND CONTROL MEASURES CONCERNING CERTAIN SPECIES ### Chapter I: Jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) ## 5 Information on quota exhaustion for jack mackerel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Observer coverage in the jack mackerel fishery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Data reporting for jack mackerel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Allocation of fishing opportunities for jack mackerel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Seabirds ## 9 Seabird mitigation measures for longliners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Seabird mitigation measures for trawlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Seabird data reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND CONTROL MEASURES CONCERNING CERTAIN FISHING METHODS ### Chapter I: Bottom fishing ## 12 Bottom fishing authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Bottom fishing outside the bottom fishing footprint or exceeding reference period catch levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 VMEs in bottom fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Observer coverage in bottom fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Data reporting for bottom fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Exploratory fisheries ## 17 Exploratory fisheries authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Fishing vessel replacement in exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Large-scale pelagic driftnets, deepwater gillnets and other gillnets ## 20 Large-scale pelagic driftnets and deepwater gillnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Gillnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: COMMON CONTROL MEASURES ### Chapter I: Authorisations ## 22 SPRFMO record of vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Transhipment ## 23 General provisions on transhipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Notification of transhipment of jack mackerel and demersal species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Monitoring of transhipment of jack mackerel and demersal species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Information to be reported after the transhipment of jack mackerel and demersal species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Data collection and reporting ## 27 Data collection and reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Observer programmes ## 28 Observer programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Vessel monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: Control of third country fishing vessels in Member State ports ## 30 Points of contact and designated ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Prior notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Authorisation to land or tranship in ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Port inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Inspection procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Procedure in case of evidence of infringements of SPRFMO conservation and management measures during port inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VI: Enforcement ## 36 Alleged infringements of SPRFMO conservation and management measures reported by the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Inclusion of a Union fishing vessel in the draft SPRFMO IUU vessel list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Measures concerning fishing vessels included in the SPRFMO IUU vessel list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Alleged non-compliance reported by the SPRFMO Secretariat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Alleged infringements of SPRFMO conservation and management measures reported by a Contracting Party or CNCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Technical failure of the satellite-tracking device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 42 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Procedure for amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Exercise of the delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I Line weighting standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Bird scaring lines specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III Bird baffler specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: Guidelines for the preparation and submission of notifications of encounters with VMEs ## 1 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 VME location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Fishing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Additional data collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 VME taxa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: Standards for vessel data ## 1 The following fields of data shall be collected pursuant to Articles 16, 17 and 22: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The following information is to be provided if available when practicable: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI Fisheries Operation Plan for exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII Prior transhipment notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII Transhipment information to be provided by the observer The following information shall be provided by the observer monitoring transhipment, in accordance with Article 25(1). ## I Details of the unloading fishing vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Details of the receiving fishing vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III Transhipment operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV Observations (if applicable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IX Transhipment information to be reported after the operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex X Observer data Vessel and observer details are to be recorded only once for each observed trip, and shall be reported in a way that links the vessel data to data required in Sections A, B, C, and D. ### Division A: Vessel and observer data to be collected for each observed trip ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division B: Catch and effort data to be collected for trawl fishing activity ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division C: Catch and effort data to be collected for purse seine fishing activity ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division D: Catch and effort data to be collected for bottom long line fishing activity ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## E Length-frequency data to be collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division F: Biological sampling to be conducted ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division G: Data to be collected on incidental captures of seabirds, mammals, turtles and other species of concern ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## H Detection of fishing in association with VMEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I Data to be collected for all tag recoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division J: Hierarchies for observer data collection ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division K: Coding specifications to be used for recording observer data ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## L Bird scaring line description form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## M External line weighting description form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## N Bird baffler description form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## O Standard for observer data collected during a landing or while a vessel is in port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XI Port call request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XII Port inspection summary results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIII List of other species of concern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/975 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-975 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.