| (1) |
The master of a fishing vessel in respect of which a commercial licence or permit has been issued, shall maintain on such fishing vessel— |
| (a) |
a bound fishing logbook with numbered pages; and |
the format of which shall be determined in the permit and which shall be obtainable from Sea Fisheries: Provided that the provisions of this regulation shall not be applicable to fishing vessels which do not have a superstructure.
| (2) |
Catch logbooks shall contain the following recordings: |
| (a) |
On a daily basis and or for each fishing operation, catches retained on board by species in live weight kilograms; |
| (b) |
the estimated cumulative fishing since the commencement of fishing; |
| (c) |
the type of gear used; |
| (d) |
the number of fishing operations per day, where appropriate, and the duration of time that the fishing gear is deployed during each fishing operation; |
| (e) |
the fishing location, longitude and latitude; and |
| (f) |
the amount of fish dumped or discarded, where applicable. |
| (3) |
The fishing logbook and landing logbook shall be kept in a place where they are protected from damage and where they are readily available for inspection at any time upon the request of a fishery control officer or any other person acting on the written authority of the Minister. |
| (4) |
Upon return from each fishing journey, the master or owner of the fishing vessel concerned shall, not later than 24 hours after completion of the landing of the fishing hand over the original of both the fishing logbook and the landing logbook sheets to any person authorised in writing by Sea Fisheries for such purpose. |
| (5) |
The logbook sheet copies shall be kept by the owner of a fishing vessel for at least 24 months after the last entry was made. |
Statistics Act, 1999
