Australian Fisheries Management Authority

For the purposes of determining under section 42 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 in each of

the particular Commonwealth fisheries, the relevant form and content of specific fishing

logbooks, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority now publishes for identification

and reference, copies of the following 2 logbooks:

CATCH MONITORING

FORM

CATCH DOCUMENTATION SCHEME

COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF

SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA

Book Number

CMAU02A

CMAU02A Front Cov.indd  1 28/10/13  11:10 AM

Australian Instructions for the Catch Monitoring Form

1. The Catch/Harvest section of the Catch Monitoring Form must be completed when SBT is landed (long lining, poling, tow mortalities), or for farmers, this must be done within 30 hours of landing or when sold whichever is sooner.

2.               In Description of Fish another line should be used for catch with a differing product, type or month.

3.              Wild Caught SBT1: After validation by the Fish Receiver Permit (FRP) holder the pink copy must be sent to AFMA by the SFR holder within 3 days of the fish being landed.

4.              Farmed SBT1: After validation by the FRP holder the pink copy must be sent to AFMA within 3 business days of the fish being harvested.

5.               After completion of the Catch/Harvest section the white and yellow copies must then be given to the FRP holder.

6.               The green copy stays in the book and should be retained for a period of 5 years and made available to an AFMA officer on request.

7.               When the FRP holder validates the Catch/ Harvest section each copy must be separately stamped.

8.               The FRP holder must ensure that the Intermediate Product Destination section or Final Product Destination Section is completed by either the owner(exporter) of the fish at time of export or the buyer for domestic sales.

9.               The FRP holder must ensure the completed yellow copy is sent to AFMA within 3 business days of the fish leaving the FRP holders custody for exports, or for domestic sales, within 3 business days of the buyer receiving the fish.

10.            The white original copy travels with the fish whether it is sold domestically or exported. For Farmers:

11.            Ensure you have received the Farm Stocking Form document number before harvesting SBT so that you can fill out the required documentation

(this will be recorded on your SBT04B).

Helpful Hints

1. If the catch is going to two or more destinations a separate Catch Monitoring Form must be completed for the SBT being sent to each destination. Split shipments are not permitted.

2.               the Exporter is the owner of the SBT at the time of export.

3.               the ‘Certification of Domestic Sale’ is completed by the buyer of the SBT.

4.               If an SBT is filleted while still at sea (or for farmers within 30 hours of the kill):

a)        You do not have to tag the fish as it is no longer considered whole2.

b)        The fish will still require a Catch Monitoring Form on landing.

c)        On the Catch Monitoring Form in the Catch Tagging Form Document Numbers field write “Filleted Tag not Required”.

5.               In the event that a fish has been landed and sold domestically (the Catch Monitoring Form has already been fully completed) and the SBT is then to be exported:

a)        a Re-Export/ Export After Landing of Domestic Product Form will be required;

b)        a copy of the completed form must be sent back to AFMA; and

c)        the original is to travel with the SBT (along with the Catch Monitoring Form); Please contact AFMA in the event that you are likely to need this form.

1 Southern Bluefin Tuna is considered wild caught if it is brought on board a vessel at sea, killed and has not been counted into a farm cage. A fish is not classified as wild caught if it has been transferred into a CCSBT registered farm, it is then ‘farmed’

2 An SBT is no longer considered whole if it has undergone filleting or loining. However, it is still whole if it has been cleaned, gilled, gutted or had the fins, gill plates, tail, head or part of head removed

Instructions for Fish Receiver Permit Holder.

1. When the Fish Receiver Permit holder (FRP) validates the Catch/ Harvest section each copy must be separately stamped.

2.               There are 4 copies of the Catch Monitoring form (CMAU02A). A white (original), a pink, a yellow and a green copy which stays in the book.

3.               After validation by the FRP holder the pink copy must be sent to AFMA by the SFR holder within 3 business days of the catch being landed.

4.               The FRP holder will receive 2 copies (a white and yellow) of the CMAU02A form.

5.               The FRP holder must ensure that the Intermediate Product Destination section or Final Product Destination Section is completed by either the owner (exporter) of the fish at time of export or the buyer for domestic sales.

6.               The FRP holder must ensure the completed yellow copy is sent to AFMA within 3 business days of the fish leaving the FRP holders custody for exports, or for domestic sales, within 3 business days of the buyer receiving the fish.

7.               The white original copy travels with the fish whether it is sold domestically or exported.

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CATCH MONITORING FORM

INSTRUCTION SHEET

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This form is to be issued by the State/Fishing Entity that holds the national quota allocation against which these SBT have been taken. This form (CMF) must accompany all transhipments, landings of domestic product, exports, imports and re-exports of SBT, and a copy of this form must be provided to the issuing State/Fishing Entity. The only exception is that exportation/import of fish parts other than the meat (i.e. head, eyes, roe, guts, tails) may be allowed without this document.Any meat separated from fish parts is considered to be meat in this context and therefore requires CMAU forms to be completed. Please note that:

•       For farms, Farm Stocking Form(s) must have been produced by the State/Fishing Entity for all SBT on the CMF and the

document number of those Farm Stocking Form(s) must be recorded on the CMF.

•       Catch Tagging Form(s) must have been completed for all SBT on the CMF and copies must be provided to the issuing

State/Fishing Entity. The document numbers of these Catch Tagging Form(s) must be recorded on the CMF.

If a language other than one of the CCSBT official languages (English and Japanese) is used in completing the form, please add the English or Japanese translation on the Document.

The Catch Monitoring Form has 3 main sections: (1) Catch/Harvest; (2) Intermediate Product Destination; and (3) Final Product Destination. The Catch/Harvest and Final Product Destination sections must always be completed. However the Intermediate Product Destination section only needs to be completed if the product is being exported and/or transhipped.

The top of the form contains 2 additional pieces of information that must always be completed. These are:

Document Number:  Enter the 2 digit year, e.g. for 2014 write 14, in between the CMAU and pre printed book number e.g. CMAU14 001. This would then be your Unique Document Number.

Catch Tagging Form Document numbers:  Enter the unique document number of each Catch Tagging Form that is associated with this form. If there is insufficient room to enter all document numbers, enter this information on a separate page and attach that page.

CATCH HARVEST SECTION - tick and complete only one part

Tick the box to specify whether the catch is for the Wild fishery of for the Farmed SBT.

You must complete the part of the Catch Harvest section corresponding to the box that you ticked, and then complete the remainder of the section.

For Wild Fishery - this should only be completed for the wild fishery (not for farmed SBT)

Name of Catching Vessel: Enter the Name of the catching vessel.

CCSBT Registration Number:  Enter the Registration Number of the catching vessel as issued on the CCSBT list of authorised vessels.

Flag State / Fishing Entity:  Enter the Flag State or Fishing Entity of the catching vessel.

For Farmed SBT - this should only be completed for farmed SBT

CCSBT Farm Serial Number:  Enter the serial number of the farm as recorded on the CCSBT list of authorised farms.

Name of Farm:  Enter the full name of the farm as recorded on the CCSBT list of authorised farms.

Document number(s) of the Associated Farm Stocking (FS) Form(s):  Enter the unique document number of each Farm Stocking From that is associated with this form. If there is insufficient room to enter all document numbers, enter this information on a separate page and attach that page.

Description of Fish

ALL SBT described in this section must be recorded in either the Intermediate Product Destination or Final Product Destination Section. SPLIT ShIPMENTS are not permitted  i.e. A single shipment can not be recorded on a CMF as export and domestic sale, therefore if SBT are to go to two or more different destinations, a separate Catch Monitoring Form must be completed for the catch sent to each destination.

The shipment of SBT must be described, to the highest degree of accuracy using the following information.

NOTE: One row shall describe one product type

Product:  Enter the type of product being shipped as either FRESH (F) or FROZEN (FR).

Type:  Enter the type of product being shipped as either ROUND (RD), GIllED AND GUTTED (GGO OR GGT), DRESSED (DRO OR DRT), FIllET (Fl) or OTHER form (OT). For OTHER, describe the type of product in the shipment.

Month of Catch/harvest (mm/yy): Enter the month and year of harvest of the southern bluefin tuna; in the case of farmed fish, this applies to the month of kill, not the month of initial harvest.

Gear code:  Identify the gear type that was used to harvest the southern bluefin tuna using list below; for OTHER TYPE, describe the type of gear. In the case of farmed fish, write “FARM”.

GEAR CODE GEAR TYPE

BB Baitboat

GIll Gillnet

HAND Handline

HARP Harpoon

ll longline

MWT Mid-water Trawl

PS Purse Seine

RR Rod and Reel

GEAR CODE GEAR TYPE

SPHl Sport Handline

SPOR Sport Fisheries Unclassified

SURF Surface Fisheries Unclassified

Tl Tended line

TRAP Trap

TROl TROll

UNCl Unspecified Method

OT Other Type

CCSBT Statistical Area: Enter the area in which the southern bluefin tuna were harvested using the main CCSBT Statistical Areas (1 to 10 and 14 to 15) or the other CCSBT Statistical Areas (11 to 13) where there is no corresponding main area. In the case of farmed fish, it is not necessary to fill in this column. A map showing the statistical areas in provided on page 3 of these instructions.

Net Weight (kg):  Enter the the net product weight in kilograms. In the case of farmed SBT, this is the weight at the time of harvest from the farm (as opposed to when originally caught).

Total Number of  whole Fish (including RD, GGO, GGT, DRO or DRT):  Enter the the number of fish that remain whole. A fish remains whole despite cleaning, gilling and gutting, freezing, removing fins, gillplates and tail and removing the head or parts of the head. A fish is no longer considered whole if it has undergone processes such as filleting or loining.

For Other (OT) Describe the type of product: If product Type is Other (OT), then describe the product.

For Other (OT) Specify the Conversion Factor:  If product Type is Other (OT), then specify the Conversion Factor to be used to convert this weight to a whole weight equivalent.

1 The official must be in the employment of , or delegated by, the competent authority of the Member, or Co-operating  Non-Member that issued the Catch Monitoring Form. The Member or Co-operating Non Member which utilises a delegated entity shall submit a certified copy of such delegation to the Executive Secretary.

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CATCH MONITORING FORM

INSTRUCTION SHEET

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CATCH HARVEST SECTION - (continued)

Name of Processing Establishment (if applicable): Enter the name of the establishment that processed the southern bluefin tuna (if applicable).

Address of Processing Establishment (if applicable):  Enter the address of the establishment that processed the southern bluefin tuna (if applicable).

Validation

Validation by Authority (not required for export transhipments at sea):  If this is not an export being transhipped at sea, enter the name and full title of the official signing the document, together with the signature of the official, date (dd/mm/yyyy) and official seal. For SBT transhipped at sea and then landed domestically, validation should occur at the point of domestic landing (i.e. after transhipment)’.

INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT DESTINATION SECTION - only for transhipments and/or exports - tick and complete required part(s)

This section only needs to be completed if the product is being exported and/or transhipped.

Tick the box to specify whether the poduct is being transhipped or exported. If this is both a transhipment and an export then tick both boxes. You must then complete the parts of the intermediate product destination section corresponding to the box(es) that you ticked.

Transhipment

Certification by Master Fishing Vessel (only required for transhipments at sea): In the case of all transhipments at sea, the master of the fishing vessel shall complete this section with his/her full name, signature and date (d/mm/yyyy) to certify that the form correctly records the catch/harvest information.

The next part should be completed by the Master of the vessel receiving the southern bluefin tuna.

Name of Receiving Vessel: Enter the name of the Receiving vessel.

Registration Number:  Enter the Registration Number of the Receiving vessel.

Flag State / Fishing Entity: Enter the Flag State or Fishing Entity of the Receiving vessel.

Certification by Master of Receiving Vessel: The master of the receiving vessel shall complete this section, with his/her full name, signature and date (dd/mm/yyyy) to certify that the form correctly records the fish that were transferred to the receiving vessel.

Signature of Observer (only for transhipments at sea):  If a transhipment is covered by the CCSBT Resolution on Establishing a Program for Transhipment by large-Scale Fishing Vessels (i.e. is transhipped at sea), then the observer must enter his/her full name, signature and date (dd/mm/yy).  If there were any discrepancies between the observed transhipment and the information recorded on the Catch Monitoring Form, the observer’s transhipment report should document those discrepancies.

Export

Point of Export

City: Enter the City of Export.

State or Province: Enter the State or Province of Export.

State/Fishing Entity: Enter the State/Fishing Entity of Export.  For transhipments on the high seas, enter the CCSBT Statistical Area where the transhipment occurred and leave other fields blank.

Destination

State/Fishing Entity:  Enter the State/Fishing Entity to which the southern bluefin tuna is being transported.

Certification by Exporter:  The Exporter must provide his/her name, signature, date (dd/mm/yyyy) and either the exporter licence number or the exporter company name to certify the information provided in relation to the export shipment (i.e. that the form correctly records

what is being exported).

Validation by Authority: Enter the name and full title of the official1 signing the document, together with the signature of the official, date (dd/mm/yyyy) and official seal.

FINAL PRODUCT DESTINATION SECTION - tick and complete only one Destination

Tick the box to specify whether the final destination of the product is for landing of domestic product or for import. You must then complete the part of the final product destination section corresponding to the box that you ticked.

Landing of Domestic Product for Domestic Sale

Certification of domestic sale: The person or company that receives southern bluefin tuna from a domestic vessel for the purpose of domestic sale must provide his/her/its name, address, signature and date (dd/mm/yyyy) on which the southern bluefin tuna was received.

Each buyer must also provide his/her name, address, signature, date (dd/mm/yyyy) on which the southern bluefin tuna was received, weight and number of fish purchased.

Import

Final Point of Import

City: Enter the City of Import.

State or Province: Enter the State or Province of Import.

State/Fishing Entity:  Enter the State/Fishing Entity of Final Import.

Certification by Importer: The person or company that imports southern bluefin tuna must provide his/her/its name, address, signature, date (dd/mm/yyyy) on which the southern bluefin tuna was imported. For fresh and chilled product, the signature of the importer may be substituted by a person of a customs clearance company when the authority for signature is properly accredited to it by the importer.

1 The official must be in the employment of , or delegated by, the competent authority of the Member, or Co-operating  Non-Member that issued the Catch Monitoring Form. The Member or Co-operating Non Member which utilises a delegated entity shall submit a certified copy of such delegation to the Executive Secretary.

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

CATCH MONITORING FORM

REFERENCE SHEET

SBT STATISTICAL AREAS

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GEAR CODES

LL Longline

SURF Surface fisheries unclassified (to cover pole and line)

UNCL Unspecified methods

PS Purse seine HAND Handline OT Other

TROL Troll

RR Rod and reel

CODES FOR PROCESSING METHODS

RD = ROUND or WHOlE –

No processing.

OT = OTHER –

Should include any processing method not covered elsewhere and should include any variations to the dressed codes described below.

GGO = GIllED AND GUTTED – TAIl ON –

Processed with gills and gut removed. Operculae (gill plates/covers) and dorsal, pelvic and anal fins may or may not be removed.

GGT = GIllED AND GUTTED – TAIl OFF –

Processed with gills, gut and tail removed. Operculae (gillplates/covers) and dorsal, pelvic and anal fins may or may not be removed.

DRO  = DRESSED – TAIl ON –

Processed with gills, gut, operculae (gill plates/ covers) and head removed. Dorsal, pelvic and anal fins may or may not be removed.

DRT  = DRESSED – TAIl OFF –

Processed with gills, gut, operculae (gill plates/ covers), head and tail removed. Dorsal, pelvic and anal fins may or may not be removed.

Fl = FIllET –

Processed further than DRT, with the trunk of the SBT cut into fillets.

CATCH DOCUMENTATION SCHEME – CMAU02A

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna