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1. Masters of Union fishing vessels engaged in fishing activities in the Regulatory Area shall keep an electronic fishing logbook.

2. The electronic fishing logbook data transmitted by the master and stored at the FMC shall be considered to be official data. Those data and any changes thereof shall be notified to the NEAFC Secretariat by the FMC without delay.

3. Masters of Union fishing vessels engaged in fishing activities which process or freeze their catch shall in addition:

(a) record their cumulative production by species and product form in a production logbook in accordance with Annex VI; and (b) stow in the hold all processed catch in such a way that the location of each species can be identified from a stowage plan maintained on board the fishing vessel in accordance with the following requirements:

(i) processed catches shall be stowed and marked in such a way that the same species, product categories and quantities can be identified when stowed in different parts in the hold;

(ii) the stowage plan shall show the location of the products in the holds as well as the quantities of the products on board stated in kilogrammes and be updated every day for the preceding day reckoned from 00:00 hours until 24:00 hours Coordinated Universal Time (UTC); and (iii) the list of codes of product form, type of packing, type of container and type of processing shall be in accordance with Annex VII.

4. Union fishing vessels with frozen catch on board of fishery resources caught in the Convention Area by more than one fishing vessel may stow the fish from each vessel in more than one part of the hold, provided that the fish from each donor vessel is clearly separate (for example by plastic, plywood, netting etc.) from fish caught by other fishing vessels. All catches taken inside the Convention Area shall be stowed separately from all catches taken outside that area.

5. The recordings in the electronic fishing logbook shall be available for inspectors on board the fishing vessel for a period of at least 12 months.

6. All recorded date and time elements shall be indicated in UTC time. Coordinates shall be reported in decimal degrees to three decimal places using the WGS84 coordinate reference system.

7. The master of the fishing vessel shall be responsible for ensuring that the quantities recorded in accordance with this Article correspond accurately to the quantities kept on board.