S.L. 425.16 Art. 10Transfer declarations.

(1) Donor operators shall complete an ITD according to applicable ICCAT requirements, and they shall transmit a copy of the same without delay to the Director or the relevant foreign competent authority, to the ICCAT regional observer whenever the presence of the latter is required and, as applicable, to the master of the towing vessel or to the aquaculture establishment receiving the BFT.

(2) The ITD shall accompany the BFT transferred up to the aquaculture establishment where it will be caged:

Provided that upon the first transfer, the original of the ITD shall be duplicated by the donor operator when a single catch is transferred from the purse seine net or the trap to more than one transport cage:

Provided further that in the case of a further transfer, the master of the donor towing vessel shall update the ITD according to ICCAT requirements, and hand over a copy of the updated ITD to the receiving towing vessel.

(3) A copy of the ITD shall be kept by all operators involved with the BFT concerned and be accessible at any time for control purposes during the duration of the relevant fishing campaign.

(4) The Director shall ensure that the ITD is appropriately completed and numbered using the three letters MLT or another applicable designation, followed by the four numbers showing the year and three sequential numbers, followed by the three letters ITD.

(5) The Director shall be competent to decide whether the ITD complies with the ICCAT requirements referred in this regulation and also to identify the applicable ICCAT requirements.