With regards to the Vessel Monitoring System mentioned in the Chapter IV Section 4 of the Annex to this Agreement, all Seychelles vessels fishing, or intending to fish, in EU fishing area as defined in Chapter I point 2(a) of the Annex, hereinafter referred to as fishing area, shall comply with all the following provisions.

3. The number of EU vessels fishing for bluefin tuna in the Adriatic Sea for farming purposes authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm shall be limited as set out in point 3 of Annex IV.

Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Lib.): The master of a Portuguese vessel was issued a citation by Canadian Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, NAFO, inspectors for exceeding the bycatch limit of 5% for cod while fishing outside Canada's 200 mile limit in December 2002.

The vessels eligible for such measures are fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Community fishing fleet register, fishing for tuna or tuna-like species exclusively outside Community waters and beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines of the Member States.

Canadian observers on foreign boats fishing within Canada's 200 mile limit have reported many violations of Canadian fishing regulations.

The Protocol was initialled on 10 June 1993 and for the period in question grants Community vessels the following fishing opportunities off Mauritania: - Specialized vessels . fishing vessels specializing in crustaceans, with the exception of crawfish: 4 500 GRT/month annual average; . black hake trawlers and bottom longliners: 12 000 GRT/month annual average; . vessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls: 2 600 GRT/month annual average; . trawlers fishing for deepwater demersal species other than black hake: 4 200 GRT/month annual average; . pot vessels (crawfish): 300 GRT/month annual aver ...[+++]age.