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1. By 15 July each year, each Member State shall submit to the Commission detailed information on bluefin tuna catches in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean in the preceding year. The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat by 31 July each year. This information shall include:

(a) the name and ICCAT number of each catching vessel;

(b) the period of authorisation(s) for each catching vessel;

(c) the total catches of each catching vessel, including zero catches, throughout the period of authorisation(s);

(d) the total number of days each catching vessel fished in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean throughout the period of authorisation(s); and (e) the total catch outside their period of authorisation (by-catch).

2. Member States shall submit the following information to the Commission for fishing vessels flying their flag which were not authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean but which caught bluefin tuna as by-catch:

(a) the name and ICCAT number or, if not registered with ICCAT, the national registry number of the vessel; and (b) the total catches of bluefin tuna.

3. Member States shall notify the Commission of any information concerning any vessels not included in paragraphs 1 and 2 but known or presumed to have fished for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The Commission shall transmit that information to the ICCAT Secretariat as soon as the information is available.