Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) (Wales) Order 2000 (S.I. No. 1078 (W. 71 of 2000).

Subject

Fisheries

Keyword

Marine fisheries Data collection/reporting Monitoring Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

This Order creates offences in respect of breaches of the provisions referred to in art. 4 of this Order, including breaches of Articles 6.1 and 6.2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1489/97. Articles 6.1 and 6.2 require the required information (as defined in art. 2(1) of the Order) to be sent to the flag Member State and the concerned coastal Member State by alternative means, at least every 24 hours, in the event of a technical failure or non-function of either a satellite tracking device installed on a fishing boat or the vessel monitoring system of the flag Member State. Also, in the event of a technical failure or non-function of a satellite tracking device the owner is required to have it repaired or replaced within one month or, where such event occurs during a fishing trip that lasts for more than one month, as soon as the fishing boat enters a port. The master of the fishing boat is not authorized to commence a new fishing trip until the satellite tracking device has been so repaired or replaced. Penalties for contravention of the provisions referred to in art. 4 of this Order are to be found in art. 5 of the Order. For the purpose of enforcing this Order British sea-fishery officers are given, within the territorial sea adjacent to Wales, powers to board fishing boats, to search, examine and test the equipment of the boat, to require the production of documents and to take the boat to the nearest convenient port (art. 7). Provision is also made for the prosecution of offences of changing the identification of a satellite tracking device installed on a fishing boat or removing the device from the boat without prior authorization (art. 4(3)), interfering with transmissions from the device or knowingly furnishing false information (art. 4(4)), and obstruction of British sea-fishery officers (art. 9). Penalties following conviction are set out in arts. 5(2) and 9.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Fisheries Act 1981 (Chapter 29).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1981 (2018)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Institution, Tax/levy, Special fund, Subsidy/incentive, Size, Transshipment, Enforcement/compliance, Policy/planning, Marine mammals, Fishery management and conservation, Offences/penalties, Fishing authorization, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1489/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 as regards satellite-based vessel monitoring systems.

Legislation | European Union | 1997 (1999)

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Equipment, Data collection/reporting, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) (Wales) Order 2000 Amendment Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 677 (W.74) of 2002).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2002

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) (Wales) Order 2006 (W.S.I. No. 2798 (W.237) of 2006).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX