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Information on FADs submitted by Member States Member States shall submit every year to the Commission, 15 days prior to the deadline established by ICCAT for the given year, the following information, in order to make it available to the ICCAT Secretariat:

(a) the number of FADs actually deployed, on a quarterly basis, by FAD type, indicating the presence or absence of a beacon/buoy or of an echo sounder associated to the FAD;

(b) the number and type of beacons/buoys (e.g. radio, sonar only, sonar with echo-sounder) deployed on a monthly basis in accordance with Task II data requirements;

(c) the average number of beacons/buoys activated and deactivated on a monthly basis that have been followed by each vessel;

(d) average number of lost FADs with active buoys, on a monthly basis;

(e) for each support vessel, the number of days spent at sea, per 1° grid area, month and flag Member State;

(f) purse seiner and baitboat catches, effort and number of sets (for purse seines) by fishing mode (FOB associated schools and free school fisheries) in accordance with Task II data requirements;

(g) when the activities of purse seiners are carried out in association with baitboats, reports on catches and effort of purse seiners associated to baitboats in accordance with Task I and II data requirements.