Annual report of any instances in which whale sharks have been encircled by the purse seine nets of their flagged vessels, including the details required under CMM 2012-04 para 4(b) (AR Pt 1)
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6. CCMs shall advise in their Part 1 Annual Report of any instances in which whale sharks have been encircled by the purse seine nets of their flagged vessels, including the details required under paragraph 4(b).
4. CCMs shall require that, in the event that a whale shark is not deliberately encircled in the purse seine net, the master of the vessel shall:
(b) report the incident to the relevant authority of the flag State, including the number of individuals, details of how and why the encirclement happened, where it occurred, steps taken to ensure safe release, and an assessment of the life status of the whale shark on release (including whether the animal was released alive but subsequently died).
Theme
Mitigating impacts of fishing on species of special interest