High Seas Fishing Ordinance, 2001. Pays/Territoire Sainte-Hélène (RU) Type du document Législation Date 2002 (2021) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAN ORDINANCE to make provision for the implementation of the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas adopted by the Conference of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations on 24th November 1993 and the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10th December 1982 relating to the Conservation of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory fish stocks. Sujet Pêche Mot clé Pêche maritime Gestion et conservation des pêches Haute mer Autorisation de pêche Transbordement Relations internationales/coopération Collecte de données/déclarations Monitorage Pêche étrangère Mise en application Infractions/sanctions Autorisation/permis Aire géographique Afrique, Îles de l'Océan Atlantique, Afrique de l'Ouest Entry into force notes This Ordinance is enforced as of 1 August 2002. Résumé This Ordinance of St Helena concerns the licensing of St Helena fishing vessel which intend to fish at the high seas. The Ordinance implements the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas and the Conservation of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. A St Helena fishing vessel is a fishing vessel that is registered under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (U.K.), as amended or replaced by any Act that applies to St Helena, in a port of registry in St Helena. No fishing vessel registered at a port in St Helena shall fish on the high seas without a licence or, whether or not it is required to be licensed under this Ordinance, may engage in any activity on the high seas that undermines the effectiveness of international conservation and management measures. The Senior Fisheries Officer may make appropriate arrangements for the exchange of information, including evidentiary material, with other countries that are parties to the Agreement or either of them or to which the Agreements have or either of them has been applied in order to enable St Helena and such other countries better to implement the objects of the Agreements or either of them. The Senior Fisheries Officer in particular may, in case of suspected IUU fishing— (a) provide to the appropriate authorities of the flag State of the overseas fishing vessel concerned any information, including evidentiary material, relating to those activities, that is necessary to assist the flag state in identifying the vessel; and (b) when such overseas fishing vessel is voluntarily in a port of St Helena, promptly notify the appropriate authorities of the flag State of the vessel accordingly. A high seas fishing licence if granted is granted by the Senior Fisheries Officer to the master, owner or charterer in respect of a specified fishing vessel. “Fishing” in this Ordinance means— (a) the catching or taking of fish; (b) any other activity which can reasonably be expected to result in the catching or taking of fish; and (c) any other activity directly related to fishing including the operation of mother ships. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.sainthelena.gov.sh Références - Législation Amendé par Fisheries Ordinance 2021. Législation | Sainte-Hélène (RU) | 2021 Mot clé: Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives, Autorisation/permis, Prises accessoires, Mise en application, ZEE-Zone Economique Exclusive, Gestion et conservation des pêches, Zone de pêche, Autorisation de pêche, Engins de pêche/méthodes de pêche, Navire de pêche, Pêche étrangère, Pêche continentale, Poissons marins, Volume admissible de captures, Zone marine, Souveraineté Source: FAO, FAOLEX