S.L. 425.16 Art. 8Video monitoring and recordings (in transfers at sea).

(1) Donor operators shall ensure that transfer operations are at all times monitored and recorded by conventional video camera in the water, according to such minimum standards and procedures as the Director may order.

(2) In any case following the first transfer from a purse seiner to a towing cage, the donor operator shall deliver copies of the conventional video camera recordings referred in sub-regulation (1) without delay:

(a) at the end of any first transfer operation from the catching vessel or trap, to the ICCAT regional observer of the catching vessel and the national observer of the receiving towing vessel and, on termination of the fishing trip, to the Director or the competent authority of the flag State of the donor towing vessel or trap, and to the competent authorities of the farming flag;

(b) at the end of any subsequent transfer operation between towing vessels, to the national observer on board the donor towing vessel, and to the master of the receiving towing vessel and, at the end of the towing trip, to the Director or to the competent authority of the flag State of the donor towing vessel and to the competent authorities of the farming flag;

(c) at the end of any subsequent transfer operation between two different aquaculture establishments, to the ICCAT regional observer, to the receiving towing vessel, and to the Director or to the competent authority of the state of registration of the receiving aquaculture establishment.

(3) Copies of video recordings according to sub-regulation

(1) shall be kept on board the vessel or trap for the duration of the BFT fishing season.

(4) Whenever an operator is registered in Malta, the Director shall retain a copy of video recordings recorded according to this regulation for at least three (3) years:

Provided that the retention period may be longer if the data concerned is necessary for control and enforcement purposes as may be deemed necessary by the Director or any other competent authority.