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Box 638 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 3Y9 Tel.: (902) 468-5590 • Fax: (902) 468-5538 E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.nafo.int Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization ii www.nafo.int (2019) Northwest Atlantic www.nafo.int iii Fisheries Organization (2019) TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword .............................................................................................................................. vii Amendments Adopted at Annual Meetings ............................................................... viii .......................................................................................................... 1 Article 2 - Scope ..................................................................................................................... 2 Article 31 - DutiesDefinitions of the Contracting Parties .............................................................. 2 CHAPTER I CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES ........................................ 3 Article 4 – Research Vessels ............................................................................................. 3 Article 5 – Catch and Effort Limitations ...................................................................... 4 Bycatch When No Directed Fishery is Permitted ........................... 8 Article 76 –- BycatchCod Recovery Retention Plans on ........................................................................................ Board of Stocks Identified in Annex I.A as 10 Article 8 – American plaice ............................................................................................... 13 Article 9 – Shrimp ................................................................................................................. 15 Article 10 – Greenland Halibut ........................................................................................ 17 19 Article 11 – Squid .................................................................................................................. 19 Article 1210 –bis. Conservation – 3LN Redfish and Conservation Management Plan of Sharks and Harvest ......................................... Control Rule 19 Article 13 - Gear Requirements ...................................................................................... 20 Article 14 - Minimum Fish Size Requirements ......................................................... 23 CHAPTER II PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS (VMES) IN THE REGULATORY AREA FROM BOTTOM FISHING ACTIVITIES ..................... 24 ....................................................................................................... 24 Article 16 - Map of Footprint (Existing Bottom Fishing Areas) ....................... 24 Article 1715 – AreaDefinitions Restrictions for Bottom Fishing Activities ............................. 26 Article 18 – Exploratory Bottom Fishing Activities................................................ 33 Article 19 – Preliminary Assessment of Proposed Exploratory Bottom Fishing Activities .......................................................................................... 34 Article 20 – Management of Exploratory Bottom Fishing Activities ............. 35 Article 21 – Evaluation of Exploratory Bottom Fishing Activities ................... 35 Article 22 – Provisions in Case of Encounter ............................................................ 36 Article 23 – Reassessment of Bottom Fishing Activities ...................................... 38 Article 24 - Review ............................................................................................................... 39 CHAPTER III VESSEL REQUIREMENTS AND CHARTERING ................................................ 40 Article 25 – Vessel Requirements .................................................................................. 40 Article 26 - Chartering Arrangements ........................................................................ 42 CHAPTER IV MONITORING OF FISHERIES .............................................................................. 45 Article 27 - Product Labelling Requirements ........................................................... 45 Article 28 – Monitoring of Catch .................................................................................... 45 Article 29 - Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) ........................................................... 49 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization iv www.nafo.int (2019) CHAPTER V OBSERVER SCHEME .............................................................................................. 52 Article 30 - Observer Program ........................................................................................ 52 CHAPTER VI AT-SEA INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE SCHEME ................................... 58 Article 31 - General Provisions ....................................................................................... 58 ....................................................................... 59 Article 33 - Surveillance Procedures ............................................................................ 60 Article 3432 - BoardingNotification and Requirements Inspection Procedures for Contracting Parties ... 61 Article 35 - Obligations of Master during Inspection ............................................ 61 Article 36 - Inspection Report and Follow-up .......................................................... 63 Article 37 - Procedures Relating to Infringements ................................................. 64 Article 38 - Additional Procedures for Serious Infringements.......................... 65 Article 39 – Follow-up to Infringements ..................................................................... 68 Article 40 - Contracting Party Reports on Inspection, Surveillance and ..... Infringements ................................................................................................ 69 Article 41 - Dispute Resolution Regarding the Interpretation or Application of this Scheme ...................................................................... 70 CHAPTER VII PORT STATE CONTROL ........................................................................................ 71 Article 42 - Scope .................................................................................................................. 71 Article 43 - Duties of the Port State Contracting Party ......................................... 71 Article 44 - Duties of the Flag State Contracting Party ......................................... 74 Article 45 - Obligations of the Master of a Fishing Vessel ................................... 75 Article 46 - Duties of the Executive Secretary .......................................................... 76 Article 47 - Infringements Detected During In-Port Inspections ..................... 76 CHAPTER VIII NON-CONTRACTING PARTY SCHEME .............................................................. 77 Article 48 - General Provisions ...................................................................................... 77 ..................................................................... 77 Article 50 – Sighting and Inspection of NCP Vessels in the NRA ...................... 78 Article 5149 – PortPresumption Entry and of Inspection IUU fishing of NCP vessels ......................................... 78 Article 52 - Provisional IUU Vessel List ....................................................................... 79 Article 53 - IUU Vessel List ................................................................................................ 81 Article 54 - Action Against Vessels Listed in the IUU Vessel List ...................... 82 Article 55 - Action Against Flag States ......................................................................... 83 ANNEX I – FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ............................................................. 87 Annex I.A Annual Quota Table ..................................................................................... 87 Annex I.B Effort Allocation Scheme for Shrimp Fishery in the NAFO Regulatory Area Div. 3M, 2019–2020 .................................... 90 Annex I.C List of Species ................................................................................................ 91 Annex I.D Minimum Fish Size ..................................................................................... 96 Annex I.E Templates for the Conduct of Exploratory Bottom