AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE IDCP. The Parties approved: (1) Resolution A-09-01 on vessel assessments and financing, to update and improve the previous resolution on these matters; (2) Resolution A-09-02, to improve reporting on cases of possible infractions of the AIDCP; (3) an amendment to Annex II.12 of the AIDCP regarding the payment of vessel fees; (4) guidelines for rafts used for the observation and rescue of dolphins; (5) an amendment to the AIDCP referencing the raft guidelines; (6) requirements regarding trial sets for vessels with DMLs; and (7) endorsed a program of work to promote AIDCP dolphin safe tuna.
AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE IDCP. For 2010, the Parties: 1) maintained Resolution A-09-01 on vessel assessments and financing to fund the on-board observer program; and 2) decided to dissolve the Joint Working Group on fishing by non- Parties. The IRP will perform the functions of the dissolved working group regarding compliance with the AIDCP.
AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE IDCP. In June 2013, the Parties approved Resolution A-13-01 on vessel assessments and financing for the On- Board Observer Program, which included the provision that all vessels, active and inactive, would pay an exceptional assessment, for 2014 only, of US$ 2.00 per cubic meter (m3) of well volume, in order to off- set the chronic deficit in the financing of the program. A major change in the AIDCP was introduced in 2014 by Resolution A-14-01, which harmonized the AIDCP Agreement Area with the IATTC Conven- tion Area by moving its northern boundary from the 40°N to the50°N parallel and the southern boundary from the 40°S to the 50°S parallel.
AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE IDCP. The 13PthP Meeting of the Parties passed one resolution that affects the operation of the IDCP. HTUResolution A-05-01UTH provided that vessels whose well volume had been established by an agreed procedure would have their assessments based on that volume and others would have their well volumes established in accordance with HTUResolution A-03-01UTH, and increased the assessment rate for observed vessels. During 2005, the following HTUamendments UTHwere made to the Annexes of the Agreement or adopted as other measures to strengthen the Agreement:
AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE IDCP. The 11th Meeting of the Parties passed two resolutions that affect the operation of the IDCP. Resolution A-04-02 requires any fishing captain on an IDCP vessel who has committed two or more night set infractions to attend an instructional seminar, as described in Section 3.1 of the Procedures for maintaining the AIDCP List of Qualified Captains, prior to his next trip as a fishing captain, unless no seminar is available before that trip, in which case he shall be required to attend a seminar as soon as possible thereafter. Resolution A-04-03 requires each Party to inspect its DML vessels twice a year to ensure that the dolphin safety gear and equipment requirements in Section 2 of Annex VIII of the AIDCP have been met. The 11th Meeting of the Parties also amended the Procedures for AIDCP Dolphin Safe Tuna Certification by adding a new Section 3, Procedures for invalid dolphin safe certificates. The 12th Meeting of the Parties passed Resolution A-04-07, which establishes a list of vessels presumed to have carried out illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities in the Agreement Area. Once the Parties adopt the list , they shall ask non-parties with vessels on the list to take all the necessary measures to eliminate IUU fishing activities. The 12th Meeting of the Parties also amended Annex VIII (I) of the AIDCP to require that vessels with a DML have onboard an operable long-range, high-intensity floodlight with a sodium lamp of at least 1,000 xxxxx or a multivapor lamp of at least 1,500 xxxxx.
AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE IDCP. During 2006, the AIDCP Parties adopted Resolution A-06-01 on vessel assessments and financing, which establishes the basis for the assessments paid by purse-seine vessels that fish in the EPO. These assessments are the principal source of funding for the operation of the AIDCP. Also with respect to financing, the Parties agreed that all charges for inactive vessels and fees for late payment will be retained by the Secretariat. (Previously, a portion of all fees received had been paid to the appropriate national programs.) In addition, it was decided that vessels entering the fishery during the course of a year that did not fish in the Agreement Area during the previous year are not required to pay the surcharge for late payment, regardless of their date of entry into the fishery. During 2006 the Parties also agreed to amend Annex IV.I.8 of the AIDCP to broaden the definition of the uses of DMLs from the Reserve DML Allocation (RDA) to reflect the principal rationale for the use of the RDA in practice, namely, assigning DMLs to vessels that legitimately enter the fishery during the course of the year, but too late to be assigned a DML in acccordance with the usual procedures.
AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE IDCP. During 2008, the Parties agreed to reduce the total duration of the AIDCP meetings held each year from
AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE IDCP. During their 37th meeting in 2018, the Parties adopted Resolution A-18-01 on Vessel Assessment and Financing, replacing A-13-01. This updated resolution deleted provisions that were no longer relevant and adjusted the drafting of others for the sake of completeness and clarity, but did not affect the substantive rules and procedures concerning vessel assessments, in particular regarding the amount of the contributions to be made. At their 38th meeting in 2018, the Parties adopted Resolutions A-18-02 and A-18-03, both on observer safety at sea. Through Resolution A-18-02, the Parties authorized the purchase, and mandated the use, of
