Recommendation GFCM/45/2022/14 on the regulation of transshipment in the GFCM area of application. Pays/Territoire Type du document Miscellaneous Date 2022 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Pêche Mot clé Gestion et conservation des pêches Navire de pêche Port Commerce international Débarquement Pêche maritime Transbordement Pêche étrangère Résumé This Recommendation establishes the general principles and procedures regarding transshipment operations in the GFCM area of application. Each contracting party and cooperating non-contracting party shall, in its capacity as a port state, fully apply Recommendation GFCM/40/2016/1 on a regional scheme on port state measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities in the GFCM area of application. Transshipment shall not take place if any of the vessels involved are included in the list of vessels presumed to have carried out IUU fishing in the GFCM area of application, established in accordance with Recommendation GFCM/44/2021/19. This Recommendation allows transshipment only in designated ports and landing points or in places close to the shore designated by the contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties in accordance with the provisions of Recommendation GFCM/40/2016/1. Transshipments at sea shall be prohibited, except in cases of force majeure legally detected by a control authority within the GFCM area of application, and they shall be allowed only in authorized ports and be subject to an authorization and to the conditions laid down in this Recommendation. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.fao.org