APPENDIX 3 - Questionnaire sent to RFMOS

NAME OF ORGANIZATION:

FISHING ACTIVITIES BY OPEN REGISTRY FLAG VESSELS

Please respond to the questions below if any fishing activities of Open Registry flag vessels are of concern to your organization and/or its members.

Please describe the activities of the Open Registry flag vessels that are of concern - including past, current and potential as appropriate.

Please indicate whether the vessels undermine conservation and management measures agreed by your members, and if so the extent and frequency.

Please indicate if possible the flags flown by the Open Registry flag vessels.

Please provide available information on the fleet size and type of vessels.

Would the fleet activities likely be affected by the effective exercise of flag State responsibilities?

Please respond to the questions below if some fishing activities by Open Registry flag vessels are not of concern to your organization

Please describe why activities of the Open Registry flag vessels are not of concern to your organization.

Please indicate if possible any examples of effective flag State controls being exercised by Open Registry States over fishing vessels in your area of competence.

OPEN REGISTRY STATES AND YOUR ORGANIZATION

Do any of your member States operate Open Registries, if so please provide any commentary that would be appropriate for this review.

Does your organization require the exercise of flag State responsibilities in its Convention or other establishing instrument?

Does your organization support implementation among its members of the relevant international instruments? Please provide details as appropriate.

Does your organization seek ways of cooperating with Open Registry States to work towards more effective flag State control, such as -

• inviting the participation of Open Registry States in your organization, or

• encouraging bilateral agreement between members and the Open Registry States?

Has your organization taken measures in relation to Open Registry States, such as adoption of resolutions, refusal of allocations or sanctions if there is no effective flag State control? If so, please describe.

SANCTIONS AGAINST OPEN REGISTRY FISHING VESSELS WHERE THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE FLAG STATE CONTROL

Has your organization adopted any policies, resolutions or sanctions in respect of open registry fishing vessels where there is no effective flag State control? Please describe.

ENFORCEMENT AGAINST OPEN REGISTRY FISHING VESSELS

Does your organization have any information on enforcement measures that have been taken in relation to offences committed by Open Registry fishing vessels? If so, please provide as much of the following detail as possible for the years 1995-2001.

Flag:
Fishing vessel type:
Nature of offence:
Location of offence:
Action taken:
Results of the offence or any action taken: