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Determining the activities that may be subject to inspection Research activities and the harvesting of marine living resources in the Convention area may be subject to inspection. Those activities shall be presumed where a CCAMLR inspector finds that the activities of a fishing vessel meet one or more of the following four criteria and there is no information to the contrary:

(a) fishing gear is in use, has recently been in use or is ready to be used, including:

(i) nets, lines or pots are in the water;

(ii) trawl nets and doors are rigged;

(iii) baited hooks, baited pots or traps or thawed bait are ready for use;

(iv) logbook indicates recent fishing or fishing commencing;

(b) fish which occur in the Convention area are being processed or have recently been processed, including:

(i) fresh fish or fish waste are stowed on board;

(ii) fish are being frozen;

(iii) operational or product information is available in this respect;

(c) fishing gear from the vessel is in the water, including:

(i) fishing gear bears the vessel's markings;

(ii) fishing gear matching that on board the vessel;

(iii) the logbook indicates that gear is in the water;

(d) fish (or their products) which occur in the Convention area are stowed on board.