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1. The donor operator shall ensure that the transfer is monitored by video camera in the water in order to determine the number of bluefin tuna individuals being transferred, except for transfers of cages between two towing vessels, which do not involve the movement of live bluefin tuna individuals between those cages. The video recording shall be carried out in accordance with the minimum standards for video recording procedures set out in Annex X. Each competent authority of the Member State of the donor operator shall take the necessary measures to ensure that copies of the relevant video records are provided without delay by the donor operator:

(a) for the first transfer and any voluntary transfer, to the ICCAT regional observer, to the master of the receiving towing vessel and, at the end of the fishing trip, to the competent authority of the flag or trap Member State of the donor operator;

(b) for further transfers, to the national observer on board the donor towing vessel, to the master of the receiving towing vessel and, at the end of the towing trip, to the competent authority of the flag Member State of the donor towing vessel;

(c) for transfers between two different farms, to the ICCAT regional observer, to the master of the receiving towing vessel and to the competent authority of the farm Member State of the donor operator; and (d) if a national or ICCAT inspector is present during the transfer operation, to that inspector.

1a. The video record concerned shall accompany the fish to the farm of destination. A copy shall be kept at the traps, in the farms or on board the donor vessels, and shall be accessible for control purposes at any time during the fishing season.

2. Where the SCRS requests the Commission to provide copies of the video records, Member States shall provide those copies to the Commission, which shall forward them to the SCRS.

3. The donor operator and the competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall retain the video records related to transfers for at least 3 years and keep them as long as necessary for control and enforcement purposes.