Article 44 Presumption of IUU fishing

A non-Contracting Party vessel shall be presumed to have undermined the effectiveness of this Regulation, and to have engaged in IUU fishing, if it has been:

1. (a)

   sighted or identified by other means as engaged in fishing activities in the Regulatory Area;

2. (b)

   involved in transhipment with another non-Contracting Party vessel sighted or identified as engaged in fishing activities inside or outside the Regulatory Area; and/or

3. (c)

   included in the IUU list of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (‘NEAFC’)^f1.