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1. Masters of Union fishing vessels shall:

(a) transmit the electronic fishing logbook data by electronic means to their FMC, including at a minimum the data set out in Annex VIII including all catches when the vessel engaged in fishing activities for fishery resources;

(b) send a prior notification of entry before entering the Regulatory Area no earlier than 12 hours and no later than two hours in advance of each entry into the Regulatory Area, indicating the start of the fishing trip and including the information on catch retained on board prior to entering the Regulatory Area;

(c) transmit a correction report for the prior notification of entry before entering the Regulatory Area to update the information on catch retained on board, date and time and position at the time of the transmission, if the fishing vessel has engaged in fishing activities after sending the prior notification of entry and before entering the Regulatory Area;

(d) record daily all data for all fishing operations in the electronic fishing logbook and submit a fishing operation declaration to the FMC at least daily and no later than 23:59 UTC; on days where no fishing operations have been conducted or no catches have been taken, a nil report shall be transmitted; data for fishing operations may be reported per haul or as daily information; each transmission of the electronic fishing logbook shall include information on the catch that has been taken in the Regulatory Area since the last communication of catches;

(e) record and transmit a separate report for each gear, if the fishing vessel used more than one type of gear on the same day;

(f) record all fishing operations within the Regulatory Area in the electronic fishing logbook and transmit the data to the FMC before exiting the Regulatory Area or on receipt of a notification of inspection in the Regulatory Area;

(g) transmit to the FMC a prior notification of exit before exiting the Regulatory Area no earlier than eight hours and no later than two hours in advance of each exit, including the total quantity on board by species; and (h) transmit a correction report for the prior notification of exit before leaving the Regulatory Area to update the information on catch on board, date and time and exit position if the fishing vessel has engaged in fishing activities after sending the prior notification of exit report and before exiting the Regulatory Area; in addition, the master shall record those fishing activities in the electronic fishing logbook and transmit the information to the FMC before submitting the correction to the prior notification of exit.

2. Masters of Union fishing vessels shall not:

(a) cancel a prior notification of entry report after entering the Regulatory Area;

(b) cancel a prior notification of exit report after leaving the Regulatory Area;

(c) cancel a prior notification more than once;

(d) send a new prior notification outside the time limits given in paragraph 1, points (b) and (g); and (e) correct data recorded in the electronic fishing logbook after 12:00 UTC of the day after the reported fishing operations were finalised, or after leaving the Regulatory Area.

3. The FMC may accept corrections outside of given time limits in accordance with Article 17(7).

4. The FMC shall ensure that:

(a) data recorded in the electronic fishing logbook is corrected only in cases allowed for in this Regulation; and (b) all corrections and cancellations are recorded and visible for inspection purposes.

5. The information on catches referred to in this Article shall be given in kilogrammes live weight.