The inspecting State shall ensure that boarding and inspection is not conducted in a manner that would constitute harassment of any fishing vessel.

This Article applies mutatis mutandis to boarding and inspection by a State Party which is a member of a subregional or regional fisheries management organisation or a participant in a subregional or regional fisheries management arrangement and which has clear grounds for believing that a fishing vessel flying the flag of another State Party has engaged in any activity contrary to relevant conservation and management measures referred to in paragraph 1 in the high seas area covered by such organisation or arrangement, and such vessel has subsequently, during the same fishing trip, entered into an area under the national jurisdiction of the inspecting State.

Inspection and monitoring of fishing vessels and their activities

Member States shall undertake inspection of all fishing vessels carrying Dissostichus spp. which enter their ports.

To that end, they may set up joint inspection programmes to allow the inspection of Community fishing vessels in the waters referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3.

To facilitate the inspections, the Member States shall require the vessels concerned to provide advance notice of their entry into port and to declare in writing that they have not engaged in or supported illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the Convention area.

Some of those special provisions have been transposed into Community law by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3943/90 of 19 December 1990 on the application of the system of observation and inspection established under Article XXIV of the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(4), by Council Regulation (EC) No 66/98 of 18 December 1997 laying down certain conservation and control measures applicable to fishing activities in the Antarctic(5), and by Council Regulation (EC) No 1721/1999 of 29 July 1999 laying down certain control measures in respect of vessels flying the flag of non-Contracting Parties to the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(6).

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1382/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the inspection of fishing vessels

Member States shall undertake inspection of all fishing vessels carrying Dissostichus spp. which enter their ports.

Any Community vessel fishing in Guinea's fishing zone shall allow on board, and assist in the accomplishment of his duties, any official of Guinea responsible for inspection and monitoring.

Community vessels fishing in the Săo Tomé and Príncipe fishing zone shall permit and facilitate the boarding and fulfilment of the tasks of Săo Tomé and Príncipe officials responsible for the inspection and monitoring of fishing activities.

With the exception of tuna vessels, for which the procedure is defined in the Annex, fishing activities by Community vessels in Angola's fishing zone shall be subject to possession of a fishing licence issued at the Community's request by the authorities of Angola, following inspection of the vessels by the competent Angolan authorities.

Masters of Community fishing vessels shall allow and facilitate boarding and the discharge of their duties by any Mauritanian official responsible for the inspection and control of fishing activities.

Community vessels fishing in the Săo Tomé and Príncipe fishing zone shall permit and facilitate the boarding and fulfilment of the tasks of Săo Tomé and Príncipe officials responsible for the inspection and monitoring of fishing activities.

Every three days during the fishing period in Angola's fishing zone, vessels shall communicate to the radio station of the Department of Inspection and Monitoring of the Ministry for Fisheries their position and their catch.

Any Community vessel fishing in the Republic of Guinea's fishing zone shall allow on board any official of the Republic of Guinea responsible for inspection and monitoring and shall assist him in the accomplishment of his duties.

The fees charged for safety inspection of boats, pleasure craft, industrial fishing vessels, harbour craft (including dredgers) and coasters shall be set as follows:

Any Community vessel fishing in Angola's fishing zone shall allow on board any Angolan officials responsible for inspection and supervision and/or research, and shall assist the said officials in the accomplishment of their duties.

Whereas the monitoring, inspection and surveillance measures in Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 applicable to fishing vessels flying the flag of a third country which carry out fishing activities in the Community fishery zone should be amplified;

Any Community vessel fishing in Mozambique's waters shall allow on board, and assist in the accomplishment of his duties, any official of Mozambique responsible for inspection and monitoring.

A visual display of the symbol YU by the helicopter or the radio transmission of YANKEE UNIFORM to the fishing vessel indicates the signals in paragraph 7 are to be used for inspection communications.

The Contracting Parties, through the Commission, shall establish a system of observation, inspection, compliance and enforcement, hereafter "the System", to strengthen the effective exercise of flag State responsibility by Contracting Parties for fishing vessels and fishing research vessels flying their flags in the Convention Area.

On entering and leaving Angola's fishing zone, vessels shall communicate to the radio station of the Department of Inspection and Monitoring of the Ministry for Fisheries their position and the volume of the catches on board.

(ii) To ensure objectivity in the realization and distribution of inspections between the contracting parties, the number of inspections carried out by the vessels of a contracting party on vessels of any other contracting party shall, as far as possible, reflect the ratio of the inspected party's fishing activity to the total fishing activity in the Regulatory Area, measured on the basis of, inter alia, the level of catches and days on ground.

iii(ii) To ensure objectivity in the realization and distribution of inspections between the Contracting Parties, the number of inspections carried out by the vessels of a Contracting Party on vessels of any other Contracting Party shall, as far as possible, reflect the ratio of the inspected Party's fishing activity to the total fishing activity in the regulatory area, measured on the basis of, inter alia, the level of catches and days on ground.

As an exception to the previous paragraph, the technical inspection procedures applying to tuna vessels, surface longliners and freezer trawlers fishing for pelagic species shall be as laid down in Chapters XIV and XV of this Annex.

In order to facilitate inspections on entering or leaving the zone, vessels holding fishing licences for neighbouring countries may indicate in their licence applications the country and species concerned and the period of validity of such licences.

At the request of the C6te d'Ivoire authorities, Community vessels operating within the Agreement shall permit and facilitate the boarding and fulfilment of the tasks of Cote d'Ivoire officials responsible for the inspection and monitoring of fishing activities.

At the request of the Argentinian enforcement authority, Community vessels fishing pursuant to this Agreement shall permit the officials of Argentina designated by the said authority and charged with the inspection and control of fishing activities to come on board and to exercise their functions and shall provide them with assistance in doing so.

Once a year and after any alteration in tonnage or changes to the fishing category necessitating the use of a different type of gear, all Community vessels shall report to the port of Nouadhibou to undergo the inspections required by the legislation in force.

At the request of the Côte d'Ivoire authorities, Community vessels operating within the Agreement shall permit and facilitate the boarding and fulfilment of the tasks of Côte d'Ivoire officials responsible for the inspection and monitoring of fishing activities.

complete the establishment of the adequate organisation, adequate institutional resources and equipment relating to inspection and controls at central and regional levels; complete the fishing vessel register in full compliance with Community requirements.

(ii) The appropriate authorities of the contracting parties shall notify the Executive Secretary by November 1 each year of the names of the inspectors and special inspection vessels (which term includes fishing vessels carrying inspectors) and the identity of the helicopters which they are assigning to the scheme in accordance with paragraph 12 of the scheme.

To facilitate the inspections, the Member States shall require the vessels concerned to provide advance notice of their entry into port and to declare in writing that they have not engaged in or supported illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the Convention area.

(ii) The appropriate authorities of the Contracting Parties shall notify the Executive Secretary by 1 November each year of the names of the inspectors and special inspection vessels (which term includes fishing vessels carrying inspectors) and the type and call sign of the helicopters or other aircraft which they are assigning to the scheme in accordance with paragraph 13 of the scheme.

Whereas the system of observation and inspection applies without prejudice to the obligation of the Member States under Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activites as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483 / 88 to inspect and control Community vessels which have been engaged in fishing and related activities in the Convention area;

inspectors shall have authority to inspect and measure all fishing gear on or near the working deck and readily available for use and to inspect and record estimates of the catch on and below decks in so far as such inspection and measurement are necessary to establish whether the vessel is complying with the Commission's measures;

(a) inspectors shall have authority to inspect and measure all fishing gear on or near the working deck and readily available for use and to inspect and record estimates of the catch on and below decks in so far as such inspection and measurement are necesaary to establish whether the vessel is complying with the Commission's measures;

Where an inspection or surveillance operation by the competent authorities of a Member State reveal that Community fishing vessels or vessels flying the flag of a third country and registered in a third country have carried out the fishing activities referred to in Article 2 in a way likely to infringe the Community rules, the Member State in question shall immediately notify all relevant information to the flag Member State of the vessel or vessels concerned, the other Member States concerned and the Commission.

(5) Some of those special provisions have been transposed into Community law by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3943/90 of 19 December 1990 on the application of the system of observation and inspection established under Article XXIV of the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources, by Council Regulation (EC) No 66/98 of 18 December 1997 laying down certain conservation and control measures applicable to fishing activities in the Antarctic, and by Council Regulation (EC) No 1721/1999 of 29 July 1999 laying down certain control measures in respect of vessels flying the flag of non-Contracting Parties to the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(6).

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1382/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the inspection of fishing vessels

Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 provides for the adoption of detailed rules for the inspection of fishing vessels;

Inspections of fishing vessels carried out at sea

Obligations of masters of fishing vessels during the inspection procedure

Monitoring/inspection of fishing activities of non-Contracting Party vessels

A copy of the inspection report shall be given to the master of the fishing vessel.

inspections of fishing vessels carried out at sea or in port and of the catch landed,

"boarding" means the boarding of a fishing vessel by NEAFC inspectors to carry out an inspection;

Community vessels fishing within the Kiribati fishing zone shall permit and facilitate the boarding and fulfilment of the tasks of Kiribati officials responsible for the inspection and monitoring of fishing activities.