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Member State reports on inspection, surveillance and infringements

1. Each Member State shall by 1 February each year report to the Commission and to EFCA, in accordance with the Scheme, the following information:

(a) the number of inspections of fishing vessels flying its flag and fishing vessels flying the flag of another NAFO Contracting Party it carried out in the previous calendar year;

(b) the name of every fishing vessel in relation to which its inspectors have issued a notice of infringement, including the date and position of the inspection and the nature of the infringement;

(c) the number of hours flown by its surveillance aircraft on patrol, the number of sightings made by such aircraft, the number of surveillance reports it has transmitted and, for each such report, the date, time and position of the sightings;

(d) the action it has taken during the previous year, including a description of the specific terms of any judicial or administrative actions or sanctions imposed (for example the amount of fines, value of forfeited fish and/or gear, written warnings given), concerning:

(i) every infringement cited by an inspector relating to vessels flying its flag; and (ii) each surveillance report it has received.

By 1 March each year, the Commission shall transmit the information referred to in the first subparagraph to the NAFO Executive Secretary.

2. The reports referred to in point (d) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall indicate the current status of the case. The Member State shall continue to list such infringement in each subsequent report until it reports the final outcome of the infringement.

3. A Member State shall provide a sufficiently detailed explanation regarding every infringement for which it has taken no action or where no penalties were imposed.