National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on the High Seas

Page 75 Performance Indicator 1 – Pre and post fishing Inspections This performance indicator relates to the requirement for a vessel to be in possession of the correct permits, documentation paperwork, and fishing gear before the vessel participates in any fishing activity. Specifically this performance indicator relates to a vessel’s ability to fish legally and includes the following: • valid fishing permits • valid certification of registration • valid and operational VMS • good standing report • fishing gear that meets legal requirements • appropriate logbooks or electronic forms for the type of fishing the vessel expects to be engaged in • current copies of the required non-regulatory documentation • evidence that the vessel can comply with the Observer Standard. Performance target: An inspection target of 20% (Small light green) to 100% (> large orange has been set for this indicator. A high target is considered appropriate because there is little interpretation required in meeting this performance indicator in that a vessel either has a valid fishing permit, logbooks, and legal fishing gear on board or it does not. Performance Indicator 2 – Retrospective Analysis and cross checking This performance indicator relates to the reconciliation of the key documents that make up the harvest against landing and logbook declarations, harvest returns, and fish receiver returns that occur at the company level. This is enforced via processing establishment inspections and pre export data reconciliation It is important to note that when discrepancies are identified in this area the follow-up investigation often results in simple and valid reasons for the discrepancy. Performance target: This is a complex performance indicator in terms of setting and achieving a performance target. An inspection target of 20% (Small light green) to 100% (> large orange has been set for this indicator. However, it is expected that the risk level will fall as operators improve their knowledge and experience in undertaking in-house retrospective analysis. Measured performance against this target will not include discrepancies that were subsequently found to be due to administrative or data entry error. Performance Indicator 3 – Fishing documentation This performance target relates to vessel/crew compliance with paperwork and catch documentation requirements associated with the harvest of fish and the storage of that fish on-board the vessel as well as any associated non fish interactions. The specific elements of this indicator include: • accurate and timely completion of catch logsheets • accurate and timely completion of non-fish by-catch and protected species records Performance target: This indicator is administrative and operational in nature and the process to comply is relatively uncomplicated. An inspection target of 20% (Small light green) to 100% (> large orange has been set for this indicator. It recognises that the completion of documentation inevitably can result in non-deliberate errors with regards to data entry mistakes. This target level could be increased over time. Reporting Frequency Performance of the sector against these three indicators will be reported every quarter. Each report will provide information on: • number of inspections in each category • performance against indicator • comparison of performance against last quarter